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A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a...
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A universalizing religion
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appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.
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According to this map, the largest group of religious adherents in the U.S. Southwest are...
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Catholics.
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Adherents of which religion controlled much of present-day Spain until 1492, but not since then?
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Islam
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Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?
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Islam
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Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to...
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Christianity
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An ethnic religion is...
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appealing mostly to one group of people in one place.
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Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are...
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cosmogony.
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Both universalizing and ethnic religions...
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can diffuse to different populations around the world.
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Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because...
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its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.
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According to this map, Buddhism diffused initially to...
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South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
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According to this map, Islam diffused initially to...
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Southwest Asia and North Africa.
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Animists believe that...
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inanimate objects and natural events have spirits.
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Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are...
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cosmogony.
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Christianity first diffused from its hearth through...
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relocation diffusion.
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Especially important in Confucianism is to...
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perform public service.
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Especially important in Daoism is to...
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reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.
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Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham?
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Mahayana.
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Given Daoism's classification as either a universalizing or an ethnic religion, which of the following would you be more likely to categorize as pertaining to Daoism?
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Most shrines are located at major physical features or sites of longstanding cultural significance.
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Given Muslim perspectives on sacred spaces in the Middle East, politicians in the region have been wary of inviting further religious-fueled conflict by proclaiming...
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Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
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Hinduism's caste system...
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assigns everyone to a distinct class.
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Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because...
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sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built on top of one another.
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Adherents of which religion controlled much of present-day Spain until 1492, but not since then?
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Islam
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Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?
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Islam
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Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
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Hinduism
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For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been...
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dispersed around the world.
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Given Muslim perspectives on sacred spaces in the Middle East, politicians in the region have been wary of inviting further religious-fueled conflict by proclaiming...
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Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
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Israel has controlled all of Jerusalem since...
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the Six-Day War in 1967.
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The Julian and Gregorian calendars are...
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Christian calendars that are now used as standard calendars in much of the world.
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Which is NOT a characteristic of a hierarchical religion?
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It encourages each congregation to be self-sufficient.
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With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment...
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religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment.
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Given the Soviet Union's policies toward religion discussed in this chapter, a historian could hypothesize that in the United States, Cold War opposition to the Soviet Union was accompanied by a heightened...
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emphasis on religion as a weapon against "Godless communism."
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Hinduism's caste system...
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assigns everyone to a distinct class.
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It is reasonable to surmise that historically, when signs were posted in store windows warning "No Irish Need Apply," the store owner may also have been...
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a Protestant discriminating against Roman Catholic immigrants.
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Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because...
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sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built on top of one another.
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Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because...
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religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others.
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Some of the violence linked to religion in Israel and Palestine is also linked to...
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ethnic groups, resources, and disputes over the control of land.
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The barrier between Israel and the West Bank...
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has been ruled as illegal by both Israeli and international courts but is supported by other elements of the Israeli government.
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The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city...
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where Jews were forced to live.
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The example of Jerusalem indicates that in regards to the geographic landscape...
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sacred sites may be equally important to universalizing and ethnic religions.
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The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet is the...
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Dalai Lama.
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The goal of the majority of people living in Northern Ireland is to...
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remain part of the United Kingdom.
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The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of... a. British colonial control which contributed to poor economic conditions.b. counties in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the United Kingdom. c. Catholic protest against discrimination by Protestants. d. violence committed by extreme partisans on both sides. e. all of the above |
e. all of the above
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The United Nations partition plan dividing Palestine placed Jerusalem under...
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United Nations administration.
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Which of these penalties were imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan? a. Men were beaten for shaving their beards. b. Thieves' hands were cut off, and women with nail polish had their fingers cut off. c. Homosexuals were buried alive. d. Prostitutes were hanged in public, and men were stoned for committing adultery. e. all of the above |
e. all of the above |
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A racist believes in...
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the biological classification of people and the superiority of some groups over others on the basis of racial identity.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, a Mexican American might also be considered a member of which races?
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Black, White, or another
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An analysis of this map indicates that African Americans are clustered in what part of North Carolina?
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the eastern half of the state
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An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the United States reveals...
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ethnic groups tend to cluster in urban areas and in different U.S. regions.
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Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?
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West
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Ethnicities in the same country come into conflict partly because...
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they have conflicting traditions of self-rule.
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Ethnicity is important because
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it reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture.
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Los Angeles has what kind of ethnic distribution?
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clustered
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The racist laws that divided South Africans were known as...
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apartheid.
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The "separate but equal" doctrine in the United States was legally established by...
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Plessy v. Ferguson.
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The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of...
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self-determination.
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A nationality is...
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a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
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An example of a nationality might be...
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a group of Cherokee Indians living on a reservation.
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Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is...
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nationalism.
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The key elements of nationalism include all but...
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political structure.
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The most important centripetal force in Yugoslavia before its breakup was the...
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common economic interests.
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Which describes the nationality of someone who gives allegiance to the United Kingdom?
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British
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Which of the following is likely the least or weakest centripetal force in the United States?
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Internet content available from around the world
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Before its breakup the Soviet Union was the largest ________ state.
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multinational
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Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because...
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nearly the entire population are ethnic Danes who speak Danish.
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A nationality is...
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a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
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Ethnicities in the same country come into conflict partly because...
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they have conflicting traditions of self-rule.
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Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is...
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nationalism.
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Most of the conflict in Africa is widespread because of...
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colonial boundaries in the midst of numerous ethnic and national groups.
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Sri Lanka has continuing ethnic conflict between...
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Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus.
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The Kurds have a large population but...
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are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one.
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The Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of...
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changes in the majority between religious groups.
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Which describes the nationality of someone who gives allegiance to the United Kingdom?
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British
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According to this map, the Kurds are likely...
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divided among Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
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True or False: In Sri Lanka, the Moors are the ethnicity that dominate the smallest amount of territory.
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True
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True or False: Nationalism is an important example of a centrifugal force for a state.
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False
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True or False: The maps in this chapter indicate that in the former Yugoslavia, a Bulgarian minority occupied parts of eastern Serbia.
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True |
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As Sudan's religion-based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of...
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Darfur.
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Balkanization refers to...
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the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
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Most of the conflict in Africa is widespread because of...
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colonial boundaries in the midst of numerous ethnic and national groups.
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NATO planes flying high over former Yugoslavia during the civil war provided information later used for geographic interpretation to...
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document acts of ethnic cleansing by Serbs.
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One reason for forced migration in Ethiopia was the...
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civil war with the Eritreans.
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The breakup of Yugoslavia during the 1990s was caused mainly by...
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rivalries among nationalities.
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The most important centripetal force in Yugoslavia before its breakup was the...
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common economic interests.
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The process when a group forcibly removes another group is called...
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ethnic cleansing.
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True or False: The maps in this chapter indicate that the former Yugoslavia was roughly divided between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s.
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True
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