-Chapter 6 Religion-

Religions interest geographers because understanding them is essential for recognizing spatial patterns underlying how humans occupy Earth. Many people care deeply about their religion and draw from religion their core values and beliefs, an essential element of the definition of culture.  Geographers document the places where various religions are located in the world and offer explanations for why some religions have widespread distributions and others are highly clustered in particular places. The predominant religion varies among regions of the world, as well as among regions within North America.

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Weekly Objectives

Key Issue 6.1: Where are the world’s religions distributed?

Objectives:

• Identify the world’s major religions.
• Describe the distribution of major religions.
• Describe regional variations in the distribution of Christian branches.
• Describe the distribution of the major branches of Buddhism and Islam.
• Describe the distribution of Hinduism and other ethnic religions
• Describe the distribution of religions other than the most numerous ones.

Key Issue 6.2: Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distributions?

Objectives:

• Describe the origins of Christianity and Islam.
• Describe the origins of Buddhism and explain why the origin of Hinduism is unknown.
• Understand the process of diffusion of religions
• Understand how migration diffuses religion.
• Understand distinctive migration patterns of Muslims and Jews.

New Assignments Due 11/23

1. Key Issue 6.1 Assignment
2. Key Issue 6.2 Religions Map Activity

Late Assignments Due 11/23

1. Dialect Poll
2. Endangered Language Activity