World Geography Study Guide - Geography of Religions and Cultures

Geography of Religions and Cultures

Ethnic Religions

Do not attempt to appeal to all people.

Universalizing Religions

Offer belief systems that are attractive to the universal population.

Christianity

Is the largest universalizing religion.

Monotheistic Religions

Believe in one supreme being or god.

Polytheistic Religions

believe in more than one supreme or deity.

Monotheistic & polytheistic

are the two basic kinds of religions.

The video talks about how one-sided stories put lenses over your eyes to only see the differences between people rather than what makes them similar.

“The Danger of a Single Story” from TED by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. - What does the video talk about?

The video talks about where you live and the culture you live in forms your behaviors and your norms so that something normal where you live can be weird for others in different parts in the world and vies versa.

“How Culture Drives Behaviors” by Julien S. Bourrelle. What does the video talk about?

You become unaware of other people’s norms and what is respectful or rude in different culture making it hard for others to be on good terms with you or each other.

What are the dangers of ethnocentrism?

Ethnocentrism

Thinking that your culture is better than another culture.

Cultural Relativism

Refers to not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal.

Culture

Is the beliefs, behaviors, objects, and other characteristics shared by groups of people.

Is based on shared ethnicity, gender, customs, values, or even objects.

Culture

They’re all monotheistic.

What does Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have in common?

Judasim

Which of the following religions would be considered the oldest?

Christianity

Is the religion that celebrates the birth of Jesus.

Hinduism religion

believes in reincarnation.

Christianity/Buddhism/Islam

Are Universalizing religions.

Hinduism/Judaism

Are Ethnic religions.

Geographers

Research and document the location of religions to explain why certain religions are widely distributed and why others are extremely concentrated.

Diffusion

Religions that spread over time.

Hearth

An area where a set of cultural traits and concepts develop.

Cultural Diffusion

Is the spread of the various aspects of one or more cultures over time.

Language

Is a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning.

French and Spanish

Two languages that English shares derivative

England was invaded by Normandy in 1066.

The change of the English language came when