Chapter 6 ap Religion test

Syncretic religion: the blend or combination of religions (ex: Buddhism and Shintoism)

Prince Siddharta Gautama: The founder of Buddhism

Universalizing Religion is a holiday based on the life events of the founder

-The main UR are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

Ethnic Religion: is a holiday based on physical geography

-The main ER are Hindusism, Judaism, and Shintoism

Monotheistic religions: worshipping one God

Polytheistic religions: worshipping multiple Gods

Atheistic: believing there is no God

Agnostic: believe that God cannot not be proven or disproven

Place:

Islam

Christianity

Judaism

Hinduism

Buddhism

Birthplace:
Mecca and Saudi Arabia

Bethlehem and Palestine

Ancient Israel

Indus Valley, India

Lumbini, Nepal

Cremation was the most common method of disposing of the dead in Hinduism

Examples of Utopian Settlements: Onedia, New York, New Harmony, and Ind

The caste System in India was the class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu was assigned according to religious law (India)

The Crusade’s goal was to reclaim Christianity in the Holy Land

Catholicism is a hierarchical religion

A ghetto: a place, by law, the Jews had to live in

Islam diffused: trade based

Christianity diffused: relocation

Judaism diffused: Trade-based

Hinduism diffused: migration

Buddhism diffused: Expansion

The branches of Islam are Sunni and Shite

The branches of Christianity are Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant

Not all Christians in the US have the same beliefs because of denominations

Hinduism and Buddhism both originated in India (Hinduism is dominant) (Buddhism spread toward east Asia)

France has a high Muslim population because of immigration from Africa and the Middle East

A wave of immigrants came into the roman catholic population making it clustered

Ethnic Religions are most likely to be clustered

Religions can cause division… meaning it can be a centrifugal Force

Islam is the religion that still has important faith in its homeland

In the Middle East Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the region for monotheistic religions

Hinduism is the largest Ethnic Religion

Cosmogony is a set of religious beliefs concerning the origins of the universe

Sunni is the dominant branch of Islam in Iran

Christianity has the most adherents worldwide

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