Religion:KeyIssue1 Name______Per. ______1

WhereAreReligionsDistributed?Chapter 6 Religion

Rubenstein,pp.168-178

Two types of religions are: p. 170-171

  • UNIVERSALIZINGRELIGIONS: definition:______
  • ETHNIC RELIGIONS: definition:______
  • ______% of the world’s population practice a universalizing religion
  • ______% practice an ethnic religion
  • ______% no religion
  • THREE main universalizing religions are: ______, ______, ______
  • Each of the THREE is divided into branches, denominations, and sects.
  • A branch is:______
  • A denomination is:______
  • A sect is:______

CHRISTIAN

1.Givethepercentageoftheworld=sChristianpopulationbelongingtoeachof Christianity’sthreemajorbranches

RomanCatholic- Orthodox- Protestant-

2.RegardingOrthodox (Eastern)churches...

Howmanyseparatechurchesarethere? Whichhasbyfarthelargestmembership?

Christianity in the Western Hemisphere p. 172

3. ______% of people living in the Western Hemisphere are Christian.

4. ______% people living in the Western Hemisphere belong to other religions

5. ______% people living in the Western Hemisphere profess to no religion

6.___ % of Roman Catholic Christian are found in Latin America

7. ___ % of Roman Catholic Christians are found in North America2

8. Roman Catholics in America are clustered in:

a. b.c.

9. Protestant churches have ____ million members, or about ____% of the U.S. population over age 5.

10. Baptist churches have the largest # of people with about ____ million.

11. Baptists are highly clustered in the ______and Lutherans are in the ______

Smaller Branches of Christianity p. 172

12. Several other Christian churches developed independently of the 3 main branches. Why?

a. b.

13. There are several other Christian churches in northeast Africa, Middle East, and Lebanon.

a. Coptic Church of Egypt

b.

c.

d.

14. In the USA, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) regard their church as a branch of Christianity separate from other branches. About ___%

are members of this branch and a large percentage are clustered in ______.

Islam

15. Islam is religion of ______billion people

16. Predominant religion of ______, ______, ______.

17. Half of the World’s Muslims live in FOUR countries:

a.b.c.d.

18. “Islam” in Arabic means “______.”

19. Followers/adherents are called ______.

20. Core of Islamic belief is represented by 5 Pillars of Faith. Name them and describe.

a.

b.

c.

d. e.

21. Givethepercentageforeachof Islam=stwogreatbranches:

•Sunni-

•Shiites–

22.Shiites are clustered in a handful of countries: ______, ______, ______, 3

______and ______.

Islam in North America and Europe p. 175

23. Muslims in North American range from ____ million to ___ million.

24. In Europe Muslims account for ____% of the population.

25. ______has the largest Muslim population.

26. Muslims in Europe are part of a legacy of ______from predominately former colonies in ______.

27. Islam also has a presence in the USA through the ______also known as Black Muslims.

BUDDHISM

28. Buddhism the 3rd universalizing religions has nearly ____ million adherents who are found in ______and ______. P. 175-176

29.Buddhismisbuiltaround“FourNobleTruths”astaughtbythe Buddha.Summarizethem. (a)

(b) (c) (d)

30.Completethischartdividing Buddhismintoitsthreemainbranches.

Branch / %of allglobal Buddhist population / Regions wherepredominant

31.Whyare Buddhistsdifficulttocount?

Other Universalizing Religions p. 176

32. WhereareSikkhsconcentrated?

33.Whatisthemainbeliefofthe Bahá’i?

Ethnic Religions p. 176-1774

  • Largest # of followers of an ethnic religion are the Hindus
  • 900 million adherents
  • 3rd largest religion behind Christianity and Islam
  • Ethnic religions typically have more clustered distributions than do universalizing religions

HINDUISM

34.WhereareHindusconcentrated?What%ofall Hinduslivethere?

35.Wherearethe rest?(include%)

36.Hinduismdoesnothavedifferentbranches,butbecauseitispolytheistic, it doeshavemoregodsthanothers.Include basic facts about the Hindu religion.

Other Ethnic Religions

Write down important facts about these Ethnic Religions p. 177-178

  1. CONFUCIANISM

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

  1. DAOISM (Taoism)

a.

b.

c.

d.5

e.

  1. SHINTOISM

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

  1. JUDAISM

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

monotheism is:______

polytheism is:______

  1. ANIMISM

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

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