AP Human Geography Chapter 6 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Religion - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of beliefs + activities that often help humans
understand their place in the world
-religion has a profound(powerful) effect on human interaction, environment, other cultures
-religion has played a part in 40% of the major wars over the last 3,000 years
Faith - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in something w/out actual proof
Monotheism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in one god
-3 religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Polytheism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in multiple gods
-ex: Hinduism
Atheism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in no god/religion
Agnostic - CORRECT ANSWER - questioning beliefs
-most often in teenage years
Secularism - CORRECT ANSWER - complete separation of religion and government
-ex: France and US, they are secular countries
Shamanism - CORRECT ANSWER - form of tribal / traditional religion
-there are people that have special powers that others don't
, -shamans often called psychics, gurus, witch doctors
Animism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief that spirits live in an object
-ex: mountains, rivers, lakes, rocks
-in Japan Shintoism - belief that objects have spirits
Fundamentalist - CORRECT ANSWER - follows their religion word for word from their
text
-every religion has these people, they are not specific to one religion
-when this is taken to an extreme, terrorism and fighting occurs
-ex: Isis
Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - written text; holy book
-ex: for Christians - Bible, for Jews - Torah
Universalizing - CORRECT ANSWER - religion that tries to get people to join
-proselytizing- spread the word → mainly Christianity
-evangelical → mainly Christianity
-Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
-60% of people^ in the world are 1 of those 3 religions
Hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - each religion has branches (large divisions)
Denomination - CORRECT ANSWER - small part of branch
Sect - CORRECT ANSWER - smallest breakaway pierce from denomination/branch
Ethnic Religion - CORRECT ANSWER - includes 1 area or 1 people
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Religion - CORRECT ANSWER - A set of beliefs + activities that often help humans
understand their place in the world
-religion has a profound(powerful) effect on human interaction, environment, other cultures
-religion has played a part in 40% of the major wars over the last 3,000 years
Faith - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in something w/out actual proof
Monotheism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in one god
-3 religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Polytheism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in multiple gods
-ex: Hinduism
Atheism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief in no god/religion
Agnostic - CORRECT ANSWER - questioning beliefs
-most often in teenage years
Secularism - CORRECT ANSWER - complete separation of religion and government
-ex: France and US, they are secular countries
Shamanism - CORRECT ANSWER - form of tribal / traditional religion
-there are people that have special powers that others don't
, -shamans often called psychics, gurus, witch doctors
Animism - CORRECT ANSWER - belief that spirits live in an object
-ex: mountains, rivers, lakes, rocks
-in Japan Shintoism - belief that objects have spirits
Fundamentalist - CORRECT ANSWER - follows their religion word for word from their
text
-every religion has these people, they are not specific to one religion
-when this is taken to an extreme, terrorism and fighting occurs
-ex: Isis
Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - written text; holy book
-ex: for Christians - Bible, for Jews - Torah
Universalizing - CORRECT ANSWER - religion that tries to get people to join
-proselytizing- spread the word → mainly Christianity
-evangelical → mainly Christianity
-Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
-60% of people^ in the world are 1 of those 3 religions
Hierarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - each religion has branches (large divisions)
Denomination - CORRECT ANSWER - small part of branch
Sect - CORRECT ANSWER - smallest breakaway pierce from denomination/branch
Ethnic Religion - CORRECT ANSWER - includes 1 area or 1 people
