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Chapter 6 – Religion
AP Human Geography – Reading Guide

Key Issue 1 – Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?

Rubenstein 12e, pgs. 183-195

1. What are the four largest religious groups in the world today? How many adherents (followers)
are with each?

2. What percentage of the world’s population adhere to Judaism?

3. Define atheism:

4. Define agnosticism:

5. Define universalizing religion:

6. Define ethnic religion:

7. Define congregation:

8. Define denomination:

9. Define branch:

10. Give the percentage of the world’s Christian population belonging to each of Christianity’s 3 major
branches.

11. What percentage of Latin Americans are Roman Catholic? _____ Protestant? _____

12. What percentage of North Americans are Roman Catholic? _____ Protestant? _____

13. Half of the world’s Muslims live in North Africa & the Middle East. The other half live in 4
countries outside the Middle East. Identify them:

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Chapter 615–mins
Religion Heathrow Express
AP Human Geography – Reading Guide
Key Issue 1 – Where Are the World’s Religions Distributed?
Rubenstein 12e, pgs. 183-195
1. What are the four largest religious groups in the world today?
are with each?
2. What percentage of the world’s population adhere to Judaism?
3. Define atheism:
4. Define agnosticism:
5. Define universalizing religion:
6. Define ethnic religion:
7. Define congregation:
8. Define denomination:
9. Define branch:
10. Give the percentage of the world’s Christian population belong
branches.
11.
What percentage of Latin Americans are Roman Catholic? _____ Prote
12.
What percentage of North Americans are Roman Catholic? _____ Prote
13. Half of the world’s Muslims live in North Africa & the Middle
countries outside the Middle East. Identify them:
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14. Give the percentage of each of Islam’s 2 greatest branches: Su
15. Only in 6 countries do Shiite Muslims number more than Sunni.
16. Why does France have such a high percentage of Muslims?
17. The United States has a Muslim population of 1-5 million that
_______________and other Southeast Asian countries.
18. Complete this chart dividing Buddhism into its 3 main branches
% of Global
Branch
Regions of Predominance
Buddhist Population
Mahayana
Theravada
Vajrayana
19. Why are Buddhists difficult to count?
20. What is the main difference between universalizing religions a
21. Where are Hindus concentrated? What percent of all Hindus live
22. Where are other Hindus located?
23. Define syncretism:
Make a note or two about each of the following religions:
24. Confucianism:
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25. Taoism (Daoism):
26. Animism:
27. Sikhism:
28. Juchte:
29. Spiritism:
30. Judaism:
31. What is the main function of Bahá’i?
Key Issue 2 – Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distributions?
Pgs. 196-205
32. Complete the chart below describing the origins and branches o
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Year of Origin
Founder
Major Branches &
Main Belief of Each
Branch
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33. Buddhism is built around the “Four Noble Truths” as taught by

34.
Use the text to complete this chart about the different beliefs of
Branch of Buddhism
Main Ideas/Beliefs
Mahayana
Theravada
Vajrayana
35. How is Hinduism’s origin different than other universalizing r
36. When did Hinduism originate?
37. Where did Hinduism originate?
38. What 2 ancient peoples beliefs blended to form Hinduism?
39. Give 3 explanations for the diffusion of Christianity.

40. Give 3 ways in which Islam spread.

41. Give 2 reasons for the expansion of Buddhism.

42. Create a pie chart showing the religious makeup of immigrants

coming to the United States
43. Why does the United States & Canada have a Protestant
majority?
44. How is the worldwide distribution of Judaism very different fr
45. What was the diaspora?
46. How were most Jews treated as they lived among other nationali
47. What is the origin of the term ghetto?
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Key Issue 3 – Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patte
Pgs. 206-217
48. How is Christianity portrayed on the cultural landscape?
49. How is a Muslim mosque viewed differently than a Christian chu
50. Identify 4 specific, visible features of a typical mosque.
51. What is unique about the placement of Bahá’í Houses of Worship
52. What is the religious purpose of a Buddhist pagoda?
53. Formal worship in a Buddhist pagoda is not typical. Where does
54. What is the religious purpose of a Hindu Temple?
55. Complete the chart below with brief notes on the religious set
Utopian Settlements
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Puritans
56. How can religion influence toponyms? Give an example from our
57. Define hierarchical religion:
58. List the Roman Catholic hierarchy, indicating geographic regio
59. Why are parishes in Latin America so much larger than in Europ
60. Describe an autonomous religion:
61. In the absence of a hierarchy, what is the only formal organiz
62. What holds Islam together?
63. Complete the chart below to categorize other religions and den
Autonomous Religions
Hierarchical Religions
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64. What is a pilgrimage?
65. Read the section Sacred Space in Universalizing Religions (pgs
studies: Buddhism, Islam & Hinduism.
Holy Sites
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
66. Define cosmogony:
67. Christians practice burial of the dead. Summarize the history
68. What form of burial is suggested in China? Why?
69. Complete the chart below with brief notes on the disposal of t
Group
How do they dispose of their dead?
Hindus
Zoroastrians
(Parsis)
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Micronesia
70. Complete the chart below regarding religious calendars.
What is the most prominent feature of the
What is the principle purpose of the
calendar in an ethnic religion?
calendar in a universalizing religion?
71. Both the Jewish and the Muslims use a lunar calendar, yet in a
different results. Explain.
72. Why do different Christian branches celebrate Easter on differ
73. How is this similar to Buddhism’s major holidays?
74. How is the Jewish calendar typical of the ethnic use of the ca
75. What is the solstice?
Key Issue 4 – Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious G
Pgs. 218-225
76. What aspect of Hinduism has clashed with Western/modern ideas?
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77. What western groups criticized this aspect? Why?
78. How has the Indian government responded to this issue?
79. In Russia/Soviet Union, how did Communism attempt to limit the
the Eastern Orthodox Church?
80. What happened, and is continuing to happen, in each of the fol
Empire/Soviet Union since the fall of Communism in the 1990s? Comp
adding THREE more countries to each category and then describing w
present time in that region.
Historically Catholic Regions
Historically Muslim Regions
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, …
Lithuania, …
Currently…
Currently…
81. Define fundamentalism:
82. Fundamentalism is increasing in the world today and its growth
increasing?
83. In what ways did the Taliban government of Afghanistan raise c
ideas after it took control of the country in 1996?
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84. What 3 religions are in constant conflict over the land in the
85. Why is Jerusalem so heavily contested between Jews, Christians
86. What was the military campaign by the Christians to recapture
87. Summarize the conflict between Israel and its neighbors:
88. Complete the chart below regarding the Conflicting Israeli and
Palestinian Perspective
Israeli Perspective
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89. Why is the Western Wall important in Judaism?
90. Why is the Dome of the Rock important in Islam?

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