Geography Exam 3

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refers the branch of human geography dealing with the number, composition, and distribution of human in relation to variations in earth space conditions

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population geography

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the statistical study of populations

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demography

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what is the world population today?

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exceeds 6 billion

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the yearly number of live births per 1000 population

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crude birth rate

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what are the factors that influence crude birth rate?

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1.culture
2. religion and medicine
3. age and sex structure
4. custums and family size expectations
5. adopted population polices

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what is considered low birth rate?

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birth rates of a country that are less than 1000 per population

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the average yearly number of deaths per population 1000.

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crude death rate

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which four areas of the world have the largest clusters of people?

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east asia, south asia, europe, northeastern US/southeastern canada

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which area of the world has the largest cluster of people?

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east asia

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which are of the world has the least cluster of people?

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NE US/ SE Canada

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the specialized behavioral patterns, understanding, and adaptations that summerize the way of life of a group of people.

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culture

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what are the three elements of culture?

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cultures is learned, culture is shared through interactions, and culture is passed on through generation.

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units of learned behavior ranging from the launguage spoken to the tools used or games played

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culture traits

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an integrated assemblage of cultured traits descriptive of one aspect of a society's behavior of activities.

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culture complex

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what are the four components of culture?

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material, nonmaterial, cognative, and language culture

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consits of the concrete tangable elements of culture

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material culture

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consists of the totality of knowledge, and the beliefs, values, and rules for appropiate behaviors

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nonmaterial culture

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the thinking component of culture. shared reality

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cognative

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language is an organized system of speach by which people communicate with each other .

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language culture

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which component of culture is abstract and which includes the concrete tangible elements of culture?

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abstract: nonmaterial culture
concrete: material culture

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argues the language a person uses determines his or her perception of reality

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sapir-whorf hypothesis

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a language substantially uniform with respect spell, grammar, prounciations, and vocabulary that is approved by the community.

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standard language

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a regional or socioeconomic variation of a more widely spoken language.

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dialect

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what are the three catagories of religion?

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universalizing religion, ethnic religion, tribal religion

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a religion that claims global truth and applicability and seeks the conversion of all human kind

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universalizing religion

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a religion idenified with a particular ethnic group and largely exculsive to it.

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ethnic religion

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a special form of ethnic religion destingished by their small size and thier close ties to nature

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tribal religion

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how does each catagory of religion spread?

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universalizing: the message is carried to new people in new areas
ethnic: regionally confined or expand slowly over long periods of time
tribal: get smaller as they learn about new faiths

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what catagory of religion is christianity?

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universalizing

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what catagory of religion is judaism?

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ethnic

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what catagory of religion is Islam?

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universalizing

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what catagory of religion is Hunduism?

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ethnic

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what catagory of religion is Buddism?

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universalizing

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what religion laid the foundation for christianty and islam?

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judaism

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the need to create an autonomis (self governing) and state palestaine

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Zionism

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when was the establishment of the state of Israel?

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1948

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what is the Jewish book of worship?

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Torah

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who are the Jews decended from?

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Israel, Patriareh Jacob

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what is the Jewish place of worship?

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synagogue

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where did christianity's teaching originate?

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Jesus

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the new covenant that jesus preached was ____ traditional judaism, but salvation to all.

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not against

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what is the mission of christianity?

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conversion

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what is the inspired word of god?

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the Bible

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what are three divisions of christianity?

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catholicism, protestantism, eastern orthodox

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are there more protestants or catholics in the US?

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protestants

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a religious movement in the 16th century that began as an attempted reform of the roman catholic church but resulted in the founding of protestant churches separate from it.

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protestant reformation

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catholic priest of the roman catholic church that started the reformation by posting his 95 thesis on the door of a catholic church in Wiltenberg, Germany.

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Martin Luther

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a list of criticisms of the church and suggestions for reform

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95 thesis

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luther believed that this gave much power to the priests

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transubstantiation (the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ)

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making payment to a priest for less time in purgatory

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Sale of indulgence

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Luther didn't believe in the ___ of the church. (statues)

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ornateness

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what was luther's main argument?

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justification by grace through faith alone

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very similar to the catholic church except don't believe in an authority to Pope and priests can marry.

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Eastern Orthodox

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where is easter orthodox most prominent?

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easter europe, greece, turkey, russia.

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how many gods does Islam believe in? name?

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one, Allah

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who was reffered to as the proffet to Allah?

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Mohammed

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what is the Islam book of worship?

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Koran

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what is the place of worship for islams?

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mosque

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how many times do muslims pray per day?

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5

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where is the birthplace of Mohammed?

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Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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who must make one pilgrimage to mecca in a lifetime?

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Muslim males

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where is islam the dominant faith?

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arab nations, central asia, and indonesia

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what is the fastest growing religion?

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islam

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where is a place of worship for hindus?

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temple

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where is hinduism mostly found?

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india, SE asia, cambodia, thailand

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what is the worlds oldest religion?

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hinduism

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what religion emphasizes freedom from the material world?

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hinduism

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which religion has no common creed or single religious doctrine?

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hinduism

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which people of this religion is born into a caste system?

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hinduism

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the law of duty for all individuals no matter what caste?

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dharma

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how many gods do hindus believe in?

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one, many, or none.

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what religion believes in reincarnation?

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hinduism

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buddhism was founded in the 6th century by who?

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saddharta gautama

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buddha means what?

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enlightened one

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buddhism's teachings are more a ___ than a ____.

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moral philosophy than a religion.

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how many gods does buddhism believe in?

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none

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buddha viewed the road to enlightenment to lie in understanding the ____

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four noble truths

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what are the four noble truths?

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1. existance involves suffering
2. suffering is the result of desires
3. pain ceases when desire is destroyed
4. destruction of desires come through the knowledge of correct behavior and correct thought.

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where is buddhism mostly found?

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india and asia (tibet)

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what is the place of worship for buddhism?

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shrine