1. Chapter 7 review

2. 1. What are the major religions, their origins, and diffusion paths?
Monotheistic
Taoism- China 2500 yrs ago
Feng Shui
Into East Asia
Christianity- Southwest Asia yrs ago
Bible
Into Western Europe and then world wide
Catholic, Protestant, E. Orthodox
Islam- Arabian Peninsula yrs ago
Qu’ran
Mohammad
Into North Africa, Spain, Southeast Asia
Sunni, Shi’ite
Most rapidly growing in USA
Polytheistic
Hinduism- South Asia (Indus River Valley) over 4000 yrs ago
Caste System
Veda
India, South Asia and Southeast Asia
Can be considered the oldest
Buddhism- South Asia (India) yrs ago
Splintered off of Hinduism
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)- Four Noble Truths
Tibet and East Asia

3. 1. What are the major religions, their origins, and diffusion paths?
Animistic
Native American Religions
Shinto
Mixed with Buddhism in Japan
Universalizing (actively seek converts, easy to join)
Christianity, Islam- also evangelical
Buddhism- not evangelical
Ethnic (adherents are born into faith)
Confucianism
Judaism- Southwest Asia 4000 yrs ago
First major Monotheistic religion
Torah
Into European Cities, North America, Israel
Hinduism

4. 2. How is religion seen on the cultural landscape?
Sacred Sites
Christianity
Jerusalem, Churches, statues
Islam
Jerusalem, Mosques, Mecca
Hinduism
Ganges River
Buddhism
Pagodas
Judaism
Jerusalem, Synagogues
Pilgrimages
Travel to a religious site to pay respects or participate in rituals at the site
Vatican City
Mecca
World Wide:
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism

5. 3. How does religion influence political conflicts?
Interfaith boundaries
Between major faiths
Christian-Muslim in north Africa
Judaism, Islam, Christianity in Israel
Hinduism-Buddhism in India
Intrafaith boundaries
Within a single faith
Sunni-Shi’ite Muslim (Sunni is the larger group)
Baptists and Mormons
Religious Fundamentalism
Return to the basics
Religious Extremism
Carry out the basics to the point of violence