Religion

Question 1

Religion

Answer 1

A system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.

Question 2

Secularism

Answer 2

Is the indifference to or rejection of religion, Europe and the US

Question 3

Animistic Religion

Answer 3

Inanimate objects possess spirits.

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Universalizing Religion

Answer 4

Actively seeks converts, they have a message that applies to all people.
Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism.

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Ethnic Religion

Answer 5

People born into it, Faith/culture intertwined, spatially concentrated.
Judaism and Hinduism

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Hinduism

Answer 6

Originated in India (South Asia), Indus River Valley, oldest religion, caste system, temples (engravings /sculptures of gods), Ganges River, relocation diffusion.

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Caste System

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It is a social hierarchy passed down through families.

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Syncretic (know Sikhism)

Answer 8

Ethnic religion, spatially located, mix of hinduism and Islam.

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Buddhism

Answer 9

Founded by Siddharta Guatama, originated in Bodh Gaya (India), the sacred sight is the bodhi tree, diffuses through trade and relocation diffusion. (Spread to Southeast Asia, China, Japan), PAGODAS.

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Shintoism

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Mixing of Buddhism and local religion in Japan, focused on nature and ancestor worship.

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Taoism

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Taoism holds that humans and animals should live in balance with the Tao, or the universe.

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Confucianism

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An ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality.

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Judaism

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The hearth of Judaism is judea, Spread through relocation, Spatially concentrated, Northeast, Eastern Europe and Israel,

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Diaspora

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The dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.

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Zionism

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Another word for Israel/homeland for Jewish people

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Interfaith Conflict

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Boundaries between the world’s major faiths, 2 different religions (Ex: Israel/Palestine).

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Intrafaith Conflict

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Boundaries within a single major faith, Same faith (Ex: Catholic v Northern Ireland)

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Christianity

Answer 18

Christians in the US are in the North East, it’s a universalizing religion, the hearth of Christianity is Judea.

Question 19

Eastern Orthodox Church

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The second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members.

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Roman Catholic Church

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Is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2019.

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Protestant

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A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches.

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Islam

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Mainly in the Middle East and North Africa, the landscape includes geometric patterns, no people, calligraphy and minarets, the hearth of Islam is Judea

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Sunni

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The larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna, its conception of religious leadership, and its acceptance of the first three caliphs.

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Shi’ite

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An adherent of the Shia branch of Islam.

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Shamnaism

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Community faith, follow the practices and teachings of the shaman.

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Pilgrimage

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The movement of the traveler or group of travelers away from home, usually with a specific, sacred goal in mind.

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Sacred Sites

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Holy place where people visit on pilgrimage to pay respects, pray, or pay the religions meaning infused with the sites.

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Minerets

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Balconied tower of a mosque that rises above townscapes where five times a day the faithful are called to prayer.

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Hajj

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Pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia – where faithful circle the holy Kaaba in the Grand Mosque.

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Religious Fundamentalism

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Beliefs are non-negotiable and uncompromising, Strict religions.

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Religious Extremism

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Fundamentalism carried to the point of violence.

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Jihad

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A struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam.

Question 33

Where did Hinduism originate?

Answer 33

India (South Asia)

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Where did Buddhism originate?

Answer 34

India

Question 35

FRQ: Why would people Pilgrim to a place?

Answer 35

To pray and visit sacred sites.

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FRQ: What does Pilgrimage do for a place?

Answer 36

Brings in money and funds the place through tourism.

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Relocation Diffusion

Answer 37

He took the religion with him and left India.

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How do religions contribute to diversity?

Answer 38

Different sacred sights, symbols or toponyms.

Question 39

Israel vs Palestine

Answer 39

Land has religious meaning to both groups.

Question 40

Where are Lutherans in the US?

Answer 40

The Midwest

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Where are Mormons in the US?

Answer 41

Utah

Question 42

Which Religion has Pagodas?

Answer 42

Buddhism

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Largest group of Christians:

Answer 43

Roman Catholics

Question 44

FRQ: Why would someone go to the Dome of the Rock?

Answer 44

Muhammed died there, sacred site, His soul ascended.

Question 45

FRQ: Why would someone go to Bodh Gaya?

Answer 45

The Buddha is there!