Unit+3.3-+Religion

= Religion = =Test Review Questions=
 * [[image:landreth-planet/Religionmap.jpg width="960" height="473" align="center"]] ||
 * **Sacred Sites Assignment** ||
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Professor Sanders Online chapter assessments- Good practice tests
=Culture Vocab Flashcards= =Language Flashcards= =Religion Flashcards= = = = = ||

Below you will find brief reports on the distribution of each of the world's major religions as well as a breakdown of the population in each country following each religion. They include many fine infographics to help you understand and visualize the information. **Global Religious Landscape by the Pew Foundation**
 * As is evident in the powerpoint presentations above, religions diffuse over the land and impact the landscape. As geographers, we have to ask where the religions began and where have they diffused to. Once we know that, we can begin to figure out why it happened that way. **
 * From the geographic perspective, we can break religions into two separate camps: universalizing and ethnic religions. Universalizing religions are those that attempt to attract people from all over the world. These religions often prosyletize or send missionaries out to diffuse their belief system. Often, but not always (i.e. Buddhism and Bahai), they believe that theirs is the only true religion. Examples of universalizing religions are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. Ethnic religions, on the other hand, are those that are unique to a particular area and people. They do not try to diffuse their beliefs. These religions often belong to native groups. For example, the Yanomamo people found in the Amazon region of Venezuela have unique religious rituals which include mixing the ashes of the dead with bananas to make a stew which is then consumed at the funeral. The Yanomamo are not interested in spreading their religion (and you are probably not interested in joining). **
 * Religions also impact the landscape. Most often this impact comes in the form of places of worship. Each religion has developed distinctive forms of architecture as well. For a quick comparitive overview of some of these, see "Religions on the landscape" and the krysstal religions slide show. **
 * Religions also impact the landscape in other ways. Read this brief web site on the role of cattle in Hindu India. There, the landscape, diet, and culture have been altered due to religious beliefs. In North America, most people belong to religions of the Christian tradition. Please read this excellent geographic breakdown of North American Religions. Be sure to look at the numerous maps. **
 * You probably don't think about the affect religion has had on your landscape. But in numerous places in North America, the affect has been profound. On his North American Culture site, Professor Vogeler (UW-SP) has keyed in on several of these places. Please look at the  Roman Catholics of Minnesota, The  Mormons, the  Hutterites and Mennonites, and the French Canadian Catholics. How was the landscape changed by each? When you've finished looking at these, please go to this week's assignment. **
 * [|Christians]
 * [|Muslims]
 * [|Religiously Unaffiliated]
 * [|Hindus]
 * [|Buddhists]
 * [|Folk Religionists]
 * [|Other Religions]
 * [|Jews]
 * Religious Breakdown country-by-country
 * ==**Date**== || ==**Subject**== || ==**Homework**== ||
 * ===Thurs, Oct. 26 ===

|| **Language Reading Quiz** Judaism/Christianity and Islam Coptic Christianity - Watch from 21:30-24:30 but feel free to watch more as it is very interesting BIG Religion Chartmedia type="youtube" key="m6dCxo7t_aE" width="560" height="315" media type="youtube" key="TG55ErfdaeY" width="560" height="315" || **Due Tuesday** || PubQuizmapofEurope Europe Capital Cities Map Europe Physical Map EuropeRivers Map || **After School Movie: The Way ** || Slides of Islam Islamic Architecture Hajia Sophia Story media type="youtube" key="TpcbfxtdoI8" width="560" height="315" || Sacred Sites Lab- Due Friday = = || The Camino de Santiago Islam and the Hajj The Hajj- Nightline The Hajj- from Vice A brief history of the Sunni Shia Split Sunni-Shia Divide Explained- Huff Post Hindu Pilgrimage to the Ganges Islam Crash || ==** After School Movie: The Way  **== ||
 * Mystery of the Basque**
 * Basque- A Language of Mystery** || ====== ||
 * === Friday, Oct. 27 === || **Belgium Divided**
 * Do you want to know more about Belgium?**
 * Belgium: What in the world?**
 * Aramaic- struggling but alive** || **Read Ch. 6.1-7, Rubenstein** ||
 * === Monday, Oct. 30 === || Monotheistic Religions
 * ====** Map Quiz **==== || North America Map Quiz- Map Review Page- The quiz will be based on the three maps found here on countries, physical features, and cities. If it is not on these maps, it is not on the quiz.
 * ====** Tuesday, Oct. 31 **==== || Sacred Sites Lab
 * ====** Wednesday, Nov. 1 **==== || ==** Pilgrimages **==
 * === Thursday, Nov. 2 === || __**Reading and Vocab Quiz- Ch. 6**__

** Religious Festivals/Exam Review **
media type="youtube" key="8Nn5uqE3C9w" width="560" height="315" || Candomble in Brazil African Religions migrate to the Americas American Evangelical Religion comes to Africa and its effects Explore the "Nones" who are 20% of Americans religions Young People and religion in the US Jewish population around the world Inside Iran's Mosques
 * === Friday, Nov. 3 === ||  ||
 * ====** Monday, Nov. 6 **==== || == Culture Project Due == ||  ||
 * ====** Tuesday, Nov. 7 **==== || EXAM: Period 1,3 ||
 * ====** Friday, Nov. 8 **==== ||  ||
 * A Debate on whether the World would be better off with or without Religion: Which side do you agree with? **
 * Evangelical Christianity in Nigeria **
 * Elves in Iceland **
 * Icelandic elves on CBC Radio **

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