Human Geography - Clicker Questions Jeff Lash
Chapter 7
1. Geographers
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study the origins and diffusions of religions.
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study the transformations of the world’s religions.
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study the regional patterns of religion.
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study the cultural landscapes of religion.
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All of the above.
Answer: E
2. This map (Fig. 7.3) suggests that –
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not many pigs are raised in India.
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Indonesians cannot afford to eat pork.
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Hindus living in China are not behaving correctly.
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religions set standards for how adherents “should” behave.
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All of the above.
Answer: A
3. This figure (Fig. 7.5) suggests that
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Islam’s hearth is near the Yellow River.
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Islam and Christianity have nothing in common.
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Islam was created directly from Greek philosophy.
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Islam was influenced by Judaism and Greek philosophy.
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Islam is the only major religion to have a second-stage revolution.
Answer: D
4. This map of world religions (Fig. 7.6) indicates
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that Mormanism is common throughout the United States.
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that southern Louisiana is mostly Protestant.
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that Tantrayana Buddhism is more wide-spread than Theravanda Buddhism.
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that the hearth of Shintoism is in South Korea.
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that Iranians practice the same religion as Russians.
Answer: C
5. This photograph (Fig. 7.7) shows
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the ruined Islamic mosque in Mecca, one of Islam’s sacred sites.
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the craftsmanship of early Buddhist colonists in China.
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the results of neglect and destruction of Hindu temples in India.
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the monumental Buddhist temples under construction in Qatar.
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the temple complex in Angkor Wat, site of the earliest period of Hinduism’s diffusion into Southeast Asia.
Answer: E
6. This map (Fig. 7.12) reflects
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the split between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
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the split between Christianity and Islam in the late 18th century.
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the split between Christians and Jews at the end of the 15th century.
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the split between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
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the split between the Roman Catholic Church and Shia Islam.
Answer: D
7. This photograph (Fig. 7.15) reflects the fact that
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Islam has made a strong imprint on the cultural landscape in Malaysia.
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Hinduism has made a strong imprint on the cultural landscape in Saudi Arabia.
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minarets are a common element of the cultural landscape in Japan.
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adherents of Shintoism believe that locating airports next to temples brings good luck.
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None of the above.
Answer: A
8. This map (Fig. 7.16) indicates that
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Islam spread into southeastern Europe under the influence of the Ottoman Empire.
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Islam’s hearth is in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Muslim travelers spread Islam to East Africa and Indonesia.
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by 1600, Islam had spread across the entire Sahara.
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All of the above.
Answer: E
9. This photograph (Fig. 7.22) illustrates
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the fact that for Hindus the Ganges river is sacred.
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the fact that for Hindu it is a duty to bath in river water every day.
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the fact that Muslims in India have no rights and must bath in river water.
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the fact that Muslims believe that Muhammad ascended to heaven from the Indian city of Varanasi.
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None of the above.
Answer: E
10. The white spaces on this map (Fig. 7.37) indicate
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no ethnic diversity.
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no ethnic data is available.
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areas with few people.
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extreme ethnic diversity.
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Where Serbs had monasteries in the 13th century.
Answer: D
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