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the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or Gods

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religion

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the belief that God does not exist

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Atheism

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the belief that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven by logic

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Agnosticism

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appeal primarily to one group of people living in one place.

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Ethnic religions

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a large and fundamental division within a religion

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Branch

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a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body

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Denomination

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a relatively small group that had broken away from an established denomination.

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sect

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the belief that God dwells within all things, everything in nature is spiritual

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Primal-indigenous ethnic religion

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a combination of Buddhism (universalizing religion) with Confucianism, Taosim, and other traditional Chinese practices is practiced in East Asia and Southeast Asia

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Chinese Traditional

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the blending or combining of several traditions

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Syncretism

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emphasized the importance of the ancient Chinese tradition of li, which is the correct behavior

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Confucianism

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emphasize the mystical and magical aspects of life rather than the importance of public service

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Taoism

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an ethic religion whose followers believe that inanimate objects or natural events, such as natural disasters, have spirits and conscious life

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Animism-

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The belief is that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through a psychic

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Spiritism

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Four main religions (78%)

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Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism

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Largest Folk Religions (6%)

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Chinese traditional, Primal-indigenous, African traditional

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attempts to be global (widely spread) by appealing to all people regardless of location or culture

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universalizing religions

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how much of the world’s population practice an ethic relgion

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26%

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largest ethnic religion

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Hindusim

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Where is Christianity mostly practiced

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Europe and sub-Saharan Africa

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where is Islam mostly practiced

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Southwest Aisa, North Africa, and Central Aisa

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Where is Judaism

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Israel

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what is mostly practiced in East Aisa

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1/2 unaffiliated, 1/2 Buddhism and fol relgions

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What is mostly practiced in South Aisa

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2/3 Hindus 1/3 Muslims

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What is mostly practiced in Southeast Asia
2/5 (40%) Muslims 23% Buddhists and Christians
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What is mostly practiced in sub-Saharan Africa
2/3 Christians (in the south) 1/3 Muslims (in the north)
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2 branches of Christianity
Catholicism and Protestantism
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Three major branches of Christianity
Roman catholic (51%) Postisetant (2%) Orthodox (11%)
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Where is Roman Catholic usually practiced?
southwest and eastern Europe
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Where is Postisetant usually practiced?
dominant in northwestern Europe
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two denominations of the Protestant branch
methodist and baptist
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what is the most practiced religion in Europe
half split between Roman Catholics and Christians
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What is most practiced in the Western Hemisphere
christianity
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Where are baptists mostly in the US
at the bottom area/ south
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Where do latter day-saints practice mostly in the US
all in Utah, parts of Arizona, parts of Idaho, and a small number of Nevada and New Mexico
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Where do Lutherans practice mainly in the US
The mid west
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Where do Methodists practice in the US
In the states between the Baptist States and the Lutheran states
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Where do Catholics come from (to the US)
Ireland, Latin America, and Italy (roman catholic)
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What faith is indigenous to the US
Baptist
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Where do Lutheran come from
Scandinavia
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Mennonite is the same as
Amish
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In the map of the US religions, what are most likely the "other" religions
Buddhist or Dearborn (Muslims)
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Where is Islam mostly practiced
Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and North Africa
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What are the two branches of Buddhists
Mahayana and Theravada
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Where do people of the Mahayana religion mostly practice?
China, Japan, Korea
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what type of Buddha does the Mahayana religion have
Laughing Buddha
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What do the people of the Mahayana religions belive in moraly
The belief that enlightened humans can facilitate the path to nirvana The belief that attainment of nirvana is not so trying
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Where do people of the Theravada religion mostly practice (countries)
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
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what type of buddha does Theravada have
the silent calm propper buddha
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Is Therevada the older or younger branch
older
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What do the people of the Theravada religion believe in morally
Belief in deprivation as the path to nirvana
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Where do most Muslims live
east in South and Southeast Asia
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What are the two major branches of Islam
Sunni and Shiite (sometimes Shia)
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Which branch of the Islam major branches is larger
Sunni
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What type of new leader does Sunni want
the most qualified
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What type of leader do the Shiite want?
Blood relative of Muhamid
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What do people of Ethnic religions all share in common
similarities in history, language, and destiny
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What is the Largest Ethnic religion
Hinduism
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where is Hinduism concentrated
Nepal and India
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What is the second-largest ethnic religion?
Shaivism
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Which religion first had Monotheism
Judaism
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the belief that there is only one God
Monotheism
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the worship of a collection of gods
Polytheism
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How many years ago was Christianity founded
2,000
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Where was Christianity founded
Israel
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Where did Orthodox start
Roman Empire
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Where did Islam originate
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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Where did Buddhism orgininate
Nepal, India
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What do the people of the Mahayana Buddhism branches believe morally?
to help other and aren't demanding or strict with their pracitces
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individuals who help to transmit a universalizing religion through relocation diffusion
Missionaries
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What country attracts the most Islamic migrants
Saudi Arabia
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What is the world's only state with Jewish majority?
Israel
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where people meet to pray, yet doesn't need to be sacred, a meeting hall
Mosque
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a community built to reflect the ideals of a particular religious or social group
Utopian Settlement
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self-sufficient, and interaction among communities is confined to little more than loose cooperation and shared ideas
Autonomous religions-
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a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe
Cosmogony
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what are considered to be the holiest places in India for the Hindus
river banks and coast lines
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what do you call someone that practices Islam
Muslim
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what religion buries bodies in stacks and in a tall cillender
Jainism
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has months that correspond to the season or the apparent position of the sun in relation to the stars.
Solar calendar
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has months that correspond to the cycles of the moon.
Lunar calendar
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what religion uses a solar calendar
christians
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what religion uses a lunar calendar
islams
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lunisolar calendar
has lunar months that are brought into alignment with the solar year through periodic adjustments.
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what religion uses a lunisolar calendar
jewish
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a literal interpretation and a strict and intense adherence to what the fundamentalists define as the basic principles of a religion.
Fundamentalism
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where and in what religion did fundamentalism start
in the US with prodestants
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journeys of religious purposes
Pilgrimages-
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what is a minaret and what religion is it related to
an architectural feature of a mosque which is related to Islam

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