Human Geography Chapter 6 Test

4 Written Questions

1. A universalizing religion founded in Israel around 4 B.C. to A.D. 30 by Jesus Christ. Diffused to Europe and Near East and later Africa and Western world. World's largest religion (30%); monotheistic; branches include Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism.
2. A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular region.
3. An ethnic religion founded in Israel around 1800 B.C. by the Patriarchs (Abraham, Jacob). Diffused to Europe and Russia by Romans expelling Jews from Palestine. Monotheistic religion with many branches, such as Orthodox and Conservative.
4. A region with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which adherents are concentrated.

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A universalizing religion founded in Nepal around 563 B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama. Diffused to Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia. Monotheistic religion; branches are Theravada and Mahayana.
   1. Hinduism
   2. Sikhism
   3. Buddhism
   4. Judaism
2. An ethnic religion founded in Central Asia around 1500 B.C. and was diffused to India in 1400 B.C. by conquering Aryan tribes. Polytheistic religion; world's largest ethnic religion (13%); branches include Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
   1. Buddhism
   2. Sikhism
   3. Hinduism
   4. Judaism
3. A large and fundamental division within a religion.
   1. branch
   2. Islam
   3. Judaism
   4. sect
4. A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
   1. Sikhism
   2. Islam
   3. branch
   4. sect

3 True/False Questions

1. denomination → An ethnic religion founded in Central Asia around 1500 B.C. and was diffused to India in 1400 B.C. by conquering Aryan tribes. Polytheistic religion; world's largest ethnic religion (13%); branches include Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

   True        False

2. Sikhism → An ethnic religion founded in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India in the 1400s by the Sikh Gurus. Monotheistic religion with small world percentage (.36%).

   True        False

3. Islam → A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.

   True        False