The Global Religious Landscape

Question 1

What % of the global population is Buddhist?

Accepted Answer

6.9%

Question 2

Which of the followings lists the five major religious traditions in descending order?

Accepted Answer

Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism

Question 3

Approximately how many Jews are there in the world?

Accepted Answer

14.3 million

Question 4

Approximately how many Christians are there in the world?

Accepted Answer

2.3 billion

Question 5

What is the major religious tradition in Southeast Asia?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 6

What % of the Latin America - Carribean population identify as Christian?

Accepted Answer

90%

Question 7

What % of the Middle East - North Africa population identifies as Muslim?

Accepted Answer

93%

Question 8

What % of the global population is Islamic?

Accepted Answer

24.1%

Question 9

What is the major religious tradition in Southern Africa

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 10

What % of the global Jewish population lives in Israel?

Accepted Answer

40.5%

Question 11

What % of the global Hindu population lives in India?

Accepted Answer

94.3%

Question 12

Which region of the world has largest Islamic population?

Accepted Answer

Asia - Pacific

Question 13

Approximately what % of Christians identify as Catholic?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 14

What % of the global Islamic population lives in the Middle East - North Africa region?

Accepted Answer

19.8%

Question 15

In which world region do most Christians live?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 16

What % of the global population is Christian?

Accepted Answer

31.2%

Question 17

Approximately how many Jews live in the Asia-Pacific region?

Accepted Answer

200,000

Question 18

Which branch of Islam forms the majority?

Accepted Answer

Sunni

Question 19

T/F: There are more Jews living in North America than in Israel.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What % of the United States population identifies as Jewish?

Accepted Answer

1.8%

Question 21

What % of the Israeli population identifies as Jewish?

Accepted Answer

75.6%

Question 22

Which religion is most evenly dispersed throughout the world?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 23

What % of the global Buddhist population lives in the Asia-Pacific region?

Accepted Answer

98.7%

Question 24

T/F: There are more Buddhists living in Vietnam than there are in Thailand

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What % of the population of the Asia Pacific region identifies as Muslim?

Accepted Answer

24.3%

Question 26

Which of the countries with the highest number of Buddhists in descending order?

Accepted Answer

China, Thailand, Japan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

Question 27

Approximately what % of the global population is NOT affiliated with a particular religion?

Accepted Answer

16.0%

Question 28

Approximately how many Buddhists are there in the world?

Accepted Answer

500 million

Question 29

What is the major religious tradition in Northern Africa

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 30

Approximately how many Muslims are there in the world?

Accepted Answer

1.8 billion

Question 31

T/F: Approximately 1/3 of the global population is Muslim.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

What is the major religious tradition in Eastern Europe

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 33

What % of the global Jewish population lives in North America?

Accepted Answer

43.6%

Question 34

Which of the following religions are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam

Question 35

Which of the following lists the countries with the highest Islamic population?

Accepted Answer

Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Question 36

What is the major religious tradition in Western Europe

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 37

What % of the global Islamic population lives in the Asia-Pacific region?

Accepted Answer

61.7%

Question 38

Which religion is the LEAST evenly dispersed throughout the world?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 39

In which country does the majority of the global Islamic population live?

Accepted Answer

Indonesia

Question 40

What % of the global population is Hindu?

Accepted Answer

15.1%

The Global Religious Landscape

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