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1 Cornell Notes Topic/Objective: Ch 6: Religion Name: Class/Period: Date: Essential Question: Key Issues 1: Where are Religions Distributed? Questions: Introduction: Distribution of Religions Figure 6-3: According to the map, in general, where is Buddhism, Hinduism, Sunni Islam, Shiite Islam, Judaism and Christianity practiced?

2 Branches of Universalizing Religions Christianity Branches of Christianity in Europe Branches of Christianity in the Western Hemisphere Figure 6-6: According to the pie chart, what are the two branches of Christianity are most common in the United States? What is the percentage of Roman Catholic adherents, protestant adherents, and non-religions people?

3 Figure 6-7: According to the map, what are the general locations in the United States for Roman Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, and Mormon adherents? What can account for these clusters? Other Christians Islam Branches of Islam Sunni: Shiite: Islam in Europe and North America

4 Buddhism Mahayana: Theravada: Vajrayana: Other Universalizing Religions

5 Ethnic Religions Hinduism Other Asian Ethnic Religions Chinese Traditional Confucianism: Taoism: Primal Indigenous

6 Juchte Other Ethnic Religions African Traditional Spiritism Judaism

7 Cornell Notes Topic/Objective: Ch. 6: Religion Name: Class/Period: Date: Essential Question: Key Issues 2: Why Do Religions Have Different Distributions? Questions: Introduction: Origin of Religions Origin of Buddhism Theravada Buddhism Mahayana Buddhism

8 Vajrayana Buddhism Origins of Christianity Roman Catholic Branch Orthodox Branch Protestant Branch

9 Origins of Islam Prophet Muhammad Shiites Versus Sunnis

10 Origins of Other Universalizing Religions Unknown Origin of Hinduism Diffusion of Religions Diffusion of Christianity Figure 6-18: According to the map, describe the diffusion of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.

11 Hierarchical Diffusion of Christianity Relocation Diffusion of Christianity Diffusion of Islam Diffusion of Buddhism

12 Diffusion of Ethnic Religions Mingling of Ethnic and Universalizing Religions Ethnic Religions and Migration Diffusion of Judaism Figure 6-22: According to the pie charts, how has the location of Jewish people changed from 1910 to 2010?

13 Cornell Notes Topic/Objective: Ch. 3 Migration Name: Class/Period: Date: Essential Question: Key Issues 3: Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patterns? Questions: Introduction: Sacred Space Places of Worship in Universalizing Religions Christian Churches Muslim Mosques

14 Buddhist Pagodas Baha i Houses of Worship Sikhism s Golden Temple of Amritsar Sacred Places in Universalizing Religions Buddhist Shrines

15 Holy Places in Islam The Landscape in Ethnic Religions Hindu Landscape Hindu Temples Cosmology

16 Cosmology in Ethnic Religions Cosmology in Universalizing Religions The Solstice Disposing of the Dead Burial Other Methods of Disposing Bodies

17 Religious Settlements and Place Names Utopian Settlements Religious Place Name (toponyms) The Calendar The Calendar in Judaism

18 The Calendar in Universalizing Religions Islam Baha i Buddhism Sikhism Administration of Space Hierarchical Religions

19 Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) Roman Catholic Hierarchy Locally Autonomous Religions Local Autonomy of Islam Protestant Denominations Ethnic Religions

20 Cornell Notes Topic/Objective: Ch. 6: Religion Name: Class/Period: Date: Essential Question: Key Issues 4: Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious Groups? Questions: Introduction: Religious Versus Government Policies Religion Versus Social Change Taliban Versus Western Values

21 Hinduism Versus Social Equality Religion Versus Communism Christianity and Islam Versus the Former Soviet Union Buddhism Versus Southeast Asian Countries

22 Religion Versus Religion Religious Wars in Ireland Religious Wars in the Middle East Crusades Partition of Palestine

23 Wars Between Israel and Neighbors Independence War: 1956 Suez War: 1967 Six-Day War: 1973 Yom Kippur War: 1979 Peace Treaty:

24 Conflicting Perspectives of the Holy Land Israeli Perspectives Palestinian Perspectives Jerusalem: Contested Geography

25 Judaism s Jerusalem Islam s Jerusalem Figure 6-53: According to the map: How is the Old City of Jerusalem divided?

26 Learning Outcomes: Write your answers in complete sentences on a separate piece of notebook paper Key Issue 1: Where Are Religions Distributed? 1. Describe the distribution of the major religions 2. Describe the distribution of the major branches of Christianity. 3. Identify the major branches of Islam and Buddhism. 4. Describe the distribution of the largest ethnic religion. Key Issue 2: Why Do Religions Have Different Distributions? 1. Describe the process of origin of universalizing religions. 2. Describe the differences of the process of origin between universalizing and ethnic religions. 3. Describe the process of diffusion of universalizing religions 4. Compare the diffusion of universalizing religions to that of ethnic religions. Key Issue 3: Why Do Religions Organize Space in Distinctive Patterns? 1. Explain why places are sacred in universalizing religions 2. Describe how physical geography is important in ethnic religions? 3. Describe how the landscape is used in religiously significant ways? 4. Compare the administrative organization of hierarchical and locally autonomous religions Key Issue 4: Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious Groups? 1. What are some of the reasons for religious conflicts arising from government policies? 2. What are some of the reasons for religious conflicts in the Middle East? 3. Explain the importance of Jerusalem to both Jews and Muslims.

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