World Religions

Which religion is the oldest?

These cause people to come into a region

Which religion has Mecca as a holy site?

Which religion relates with karma?

Which religion is the oldest?

Which religion has veiling for women?

a community or population of people who share a common cultural background

The term used for the world becoming more connected, usually through technology.

In Islam, God is called...

Shows where people are settled in an area

What is the sacred day(s) for Judaism?

What is the sacred text for Hinduism?

Areas that share the same cultural traits

The term for people who EXIT an area

the average age people can expect to live based on when/where they are born

What is NOT one of the 5 major religions?

What is the name of the deity in Judaism?

These cause people to leave a region

This population is...

The adherence to strict religious teachings usually as a backlash against modern ideas.

people who are forced from their homes & cannot return by political decree or by fear of death

What is the sacred text of Buddhism?

used to draw political boundaries or to know how many schools to build in an area

people move to new places and introduce their culture to their new neighbors

In the caste system, __ are at the top and __ are at the bottom.

the process of a new thing spreading to other cultures

What is the sacred text for Judaism?

the creation of a brand new idea/concept that a culture accepts

This population is...

Which religion is polytheistic?

Which religion does NOT have restrictions against pork and shellfish?

What is the sacred day(s) for Islam?

Belief in multiple gods is called

Which religion has Varanasi as its holy city?

Food restrictions in Judaism is called

the number of people who die in a region each year

is based on skin color, not culture or background

A return to longtime traditions and practices as opposition to modern technologies and ideas

the average number of people living in an area, usually expressed as persons per square mile

The term for people who come INTO an area

This population is...

"human activity that is acquired in social life and transmitted via communication"

Who is the founder of Buddhism

doing these things would be considered revolting, and can lead to expulsion from the group

_____ and ______ are barriers to the spreading of cultures

have mild repercussions; doing the thing wrong makes you look weird or rude

have a moral aspect, so that doing the wrong thing makes you a bad person.

Food restrictions in Islam is called

the statistical study of human populations

"behavior expectations that are ingrained into a culture"

the number of people born in a region each year

Which of these is the youngest religion?

What is a holiday for Hinduism?

What is the sacred text for Islam?

What is the sacred place of Buddhism?

feeling of disorientation or anger that comes when someone is exposed to a new culture

In Judaism, God is called...

the process of learning other cultures, and blending it or comparing it with the first

Which of these is NOT an Abrahamic religion?

The process of learning your first culture

Shows how a population is growing or shrinking

dominant cultures get a new thing first; it “trickles down” to the less dominant cultures