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| Why is there fighting among the Muslims in Iraq? |
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| the country is divided among Shiite Muslims and Sunni Muslims |
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| Where is Buddhism most prevalent? |
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| Why might there be differences between two regions that are predominantly the same religion? |
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| their interpretations of the religion are slightly different |
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| What religion is most prevalent in Saharan africa, the middle east, and southeast asia? |
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| which religion is most prevalent in North america, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Australia? |
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| What religion is most prevalent in Latin America and Western Europe? |
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| What religion is most prevalent in easter europe? |
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| What are the three largest universalizing religions? |
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| Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism |
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| Where did Christianity begin? |
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| Where did Buddhism begin? |
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| who was the founder of Islam? |
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| Who was the founder of Buddhism? |
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| How did Christianity diffuse? |
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| Power of the Roman Empire and British colonies, relocation diffusion |
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| How did Buddhism diffuse? |
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| relocation diffusion, hierarchical |
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| What is the afterlife that Buddhists hope to achieve? |
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| Sacred texts/writings for Christianity? |
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| Bible, Seven Commandments |
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| Sacred writing for Buddhism? |
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| Major beliefs of Buddhism? |
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| Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path |
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| a shrine where Buddhists worship |
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| What are leaders of Christianity called? |
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| Popes, Priests, Patriarchy |
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| What are leaders of Islam called? |
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| What are leaders of Buddhism called? |
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| What are the major branches of Christianity? |
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| Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox |
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| What are the major divisions of Islam? |
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| What are the branches of Buddhism? |
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| When did Christianity begin? |
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| Where did Hinduism begin? |
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| Who is the founder of Judaism? |
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| What is the concept of god for Hindus? |
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| Main god, Brahma, and many lesser gods |
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| Who is the main god of Judaism? |
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| Leaders of Hinduism and Sikhism |
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| What are leaders of Judaism called? |
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| What are the divisions of Judaism? |
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| Orthodox, Reform, Conservative |
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| Which branch of Christianity has more than half of its adherents? |
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| What branch of Christianity is most prevalent in NW Europe? |
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| What part of the U.S. are Baptists most common? |
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| What part of the U.S. are Lutherans most common? |
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| Who did shipwrecked Christians convert to Christianity in the 4th century? |
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| Where are 97% of Sikhs clustered? |
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| the Punjab region of India |
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| Which god do 68% of Hindus worship? |
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| What god do 27% of Hindus worship? |
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| What aspect of life did Confucius emphasize? |
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| What aspects of life did Lao-Zi emphasize? |
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| the mythical and magical aspects |
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| When and why did Shintoism's worship of the forces of nature change? |
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| the diffusion of chinese writing in the 5th century |
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| About ___% of the world's population adheres to a universalizing religion. |
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| About ___% of the world's population adheres to an ethnic religion. |
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| About ___% of the world's population adheres to no religion |
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| Christianity has how many adherents? |
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| ___% of the population in the Western hemisphere is Christian. |
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| When did the Ethiopian Church split from the Egyption Coptic Church? |
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| The _________ church fought for independence of Nagomo-Karabakh. |
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| How many adherents does Islam have? |
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| What is the largest branch of Buddhism? |
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| where are Mahayanists primarily located? |
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| There are an estimated ___ million Sikhs and ___ million Baha'is. |
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25 million Sikhs
8 million Baha'is |
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| Where did Sikhism's first guru live? |
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| In 1980, ___% of Africans were considered animists. |
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| What are the 4 groups of religions from biggest to smallest? |
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Branch
Denomination
Religion
Sect |
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| What are the 3 main branches of Christianity? |
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Roman Catholic
Protestant
Eastern Orthodox |
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| How many churches are there in the eastern orthodox branch of christianity? |
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