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Test Bank For The Cultural Landscape An Introduction To Human Geography 10 Edition James M Rubenstein
Test Bank For The Cultural Landscape An Introduction To Human Geography 10 Edition James M Rubenstein
Test Bank For The Cultural Landscape An Introduction To Human Geography 10 Edition James M Rubenstein
1) With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment
A) few religions derive meaningful events from the physical environment.
B) religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical
environment.
C) religion is no longer an important source of identification for a distinct cultural group.
D) all religions appeal primarily to people living in their land of origin.
E) All of the above are true.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Geog. Standard: 6
Section: Introduction
3) Religion is a particularly good example of the tension between globalization and local
diversity because
A) migrants leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area.
B) many people follow more than one religion.
C) all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible.
D) religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others.
Answer: D
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Introduction
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4) A large and fundamental division within a religion is a
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) sect.
D) dialect.
E) family.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
5) An ethnic religion is
A) based on only one language.
B) appealing mostly to one group of people in one place.
C) based on belief in one particular spiritual leader.
D) younger than a universalizing religion.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
6) A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) sect.
D) dialect.
E) family.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
7) A universalizing religion
A) is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth.
B) appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.
C) is rarely transmitted through missionaries.
D) has celebrations based on seasonal changes.
E) is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than ethnic religions.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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8) The world's largest universalizing religion is
A) Buddhism.
B) Christianity.
C) Hinduism.
D) Islam.
E) Shintoism.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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12) Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America?
A) having a Roman Catholic majority
B) having a Protestant majority
C) location relative to the Equator
D) Ethnic religions make up the majority in one but not the other.
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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16) Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of
A) Roman Catholics from Latin America.
B) Roman Catholics from the northeast United States.
C) Roman Catholics from Ireland.
D) Protestants to the north.
E) Protestants to the east.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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20) Muslims are clustered in
A) Sub-Saharan Africa.
B) South America
C) Eastern Europe.
D) East Asia.
E) the Middle East.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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24) Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's
A) life of self-help.
B) compassion.
C) renouncing of worldly goods.
D) wisdom.
E) practice of meditation.
Answer: B
Diff: 5
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
25) Adherents of which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously?
A) Judaism
B) Christianity
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
E) Buddhism
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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28) Especially important in Confucianism is to
A) perform public service.
B) reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.
C) respect forces of nature as divine.
D) believe in one all-powerful God.
E) read the holy texts daily.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
31) Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham?
A) Eastern Orthodox
B) Mahayana
C) Shiite
D) Sunni
E) Judaism
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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32) Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, primarily because
A) its main holidays relate to events in the life of its founder, Abraham.
B) it uses a lunar calendar.
C) its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.
D) it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
E) the holy text is the foundation of the religion.
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
34) Adherents of which religion controlled much of present-day Spain until 1492, but not since
then?
A) Buddhism
B) Christianity
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
E) Druze
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 2
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35) Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man
who founded it?
A) Buddhism
B) Christianity
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
E) Shintoism
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 2
38) For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been
A) highly clustered in present-day Israel.
B) dispersed around the world.
C) concentrated in the United States.
D) forced to live in ghettos.
E) nomads herding sheep.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 2
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39) The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city
A) inside the walls.
B) inhabited by the lowest-income people.
C) where Jews were forced to live.
D) where most blacks lived.
E) where the untouchable caste lived.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 2
42) The people of Quebec are distinguished from residents of neighboring Canadian provinces
and the United States because they
A) don't speak an Indo-European language.
B) are not predominantly Christian.
C) frequently use religious toponyms.
D) want to become part of France again.
E) practice religious tolerance.
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 3
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43) Which is not a characteristic of a hierarchical religion?
A) It has a well-defined hierarchical structure.
B) It encourages each congregation to be self-sufficient.
C) It organizes territory into local administrative units.
D) It fosters interaction among different congregations.
E) Regional administration is located in large cities.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 3
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47) Protestants in Ireland are
A) dispersed throughout the island.
B) recent immigrants from Great Britain.
C) highly clustered in one part of the island.
D) highly integrated with the Roman Catholic population.
E) A and B
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
50) The United Nations partition plan dividing Palestine placed Jerusalem under
A) a British Mandate
B) Palestinian administration.
C) Israeli administration.
D) divided administration.
E) United Nations administration.
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
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51) The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of
A) counties in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the United Kingdom.
B) Catholic protest against discrimination by Protestants.
C) British colonial control which contributed to poor economic conditions.
D) violence committed by extreme partisans on both sides.
E) all of the above
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
54) Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?
A) Sikhism
B) Judaism
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
E) Christianity
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
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55) Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because
A) sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built one on top the other.
B) the population of Jerusalem is majority Christian but surrounded by majority Jewish and
Muslim populations on either side.
C) the Israeli government has separated the most sacred sites with a massive concrete wall.
D) Israel captured the Sinai peninsula from Egypt.
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Global Forces, Local Impacts
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59) What policy did the British follow in India?
A) They divided India into two countries.
B) They forced all of the Hindus to migrate.
C) They turned the problem over to the United Nations.
D) They encouraged the abolishment of the caste system.
E) They required all education to be conducted in English.
Answer: D
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
60) From the Russian Revolution to the fall of the communist government, what was the policy
of the government towards religion?
A) All churches were closed.
B) The old church was replaced by Eastern Orthodoxy.
C) Churches remained open but played a limited role.
D) Youth were encouraged to attend so that they could be indoctrinated into communism.
E) All marriages were performed by clergy.
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
61) Individual ethnic religions generally have more concentrated geographic distributions than
universalizing religions.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
62) Christianity has the most widespread geographic distribution of any religion.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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64) Catholics in the United States are concentrated in the northeast and southwest.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
66) Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
75) After the 1917 Revolution, the communists closed all churches in the Soviet Union.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
76) What is the world's largest ethnic religion? In what country do 99 percent of the adherents of
this religion live?
Answer: Hinduism; India
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
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77) Most Europeans adhere to which of the three major universalizing religions?
Answer: Christianity
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
81) Describe the main difference in the most important holidays between a universalizing and an
ethnic religion.
Answer: universalizing Holidays revolve around events in founder's life.
ethnic Holidays revolve around agricultural calendar.
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 2
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Match the religion to the U.S. state in which it is most likely to be found.
A) Alabama
B) Montana
C) Arizona
D) Minnesota
E) Utah
83) Baptist
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
85) Lutheran
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
86) Mormon
Diff: 2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 1
87) Most people in the Republic of Ireland are adherents of which branch of Christianity?
A slight majority of people in Northern Ireland are adherents of which branch of Christianity?
Answer: Roman Catholic; Protestant
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 4
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Test Bank For The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, 10 edition: James
88) Wars were fought in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973 in the land once known as Palestine. What
country won all four of these wars?
What three countries fought against this country in all four wars?
Which one of these three countries signed a peace treaty with the first country named?
Answer: Israel; Egypt, Syria, Jordan; Egypt
Diff: 5
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
91) How do different religions incorporate natural features into their cosmogony?
Answer: Varies
Diff: 4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 2
92) How has the concept of pilgrimage changed in the modern world?
Answer: Varies
Diff: 3
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Geog. Standard: 10
Section: Key Issue 2
93) How has religion been a source of territorial conflict among people?
Answer: Varies
Diff: 4
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Geog. Standard: 13
Section: Key Issue 4
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