Test Review Day

Today during class, we went over the test that we did yesterday. We received our test score yesterday but I left early because of Orchestra rehearsal. I guessed that my score would be 75% and I was very close. I got a 76%. Off by one percent. But the questions on the test that I got wrong were mostly on the cultural geography part. I forgot some of the answers. I got all the questions on the Slumdog Millionaire questions correct. Our class average not the test was 75%. We received the highest average out of the other classes. We were going to go over our test on the countries presidents but we didn't have time. We are going over that tomorrow.

Important:
1. The film Slumdog Millionaire is set in the slums of this major Indian City
answer: Mumbai
10. Thus us an economies alliance based on a common use of the euro as their currency.
answer: the UN
24. Two denominations of this religion battled each other in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.
answer: Christianity
26. It was founded in the seventh century.
answer: Islam

Cultural Geography, Major Religions, Slumdog Millionaire Test

Today in class, we took our test on the major religions, the movie Slumdog Millionaire, and cultural geography. The test was mostly on the major religions. There were some questions on the questions in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. I remember the questions were who invented the revolver, who was on the 100 dollar bill, and who was the third musketeer. There were questions on the countries like for example, what language did Brazil speak. Towards the ends of the test, there were questions on the major religions. I was surprised that the test wasn’t long. I was expecting writing like giving examples. The test was actually pretty short. I didn’t take a long time finishing the test. I finished the test in 15 mins. Overall, the test felt ok to me. I didn’t know some of the questions but I think I got most of the questions correct. Im guessing I got a 75%.

5 Major Religions #2

Buddhism
- Number of adherents: 500 million to 1.5 billion (estimates vary quite a bit)
- Call then: Buddhists
- geographic location: Southeast Asia, China, Nepel, Japan (there are 1.2 million Buddhists in the United States)
- Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
- Denominations: Trbeton, Zen, Theravada, Amidist
- Four Noble Truths:
  ~ There is suffering
  ~ Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering
  ~ There is a cessation of suffering
  ~ The Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation
- Eightfold Path:
  ~ Right view
  ~ Right intention
  ~ Right speech
  ~ Right action
  ~ Right livelihood
  ~ Right effort
  ~ Right mind fulness
  ~ Right dedication

Judaism
- Number of adherents: 14-18 ( ninth )
- Call them: Jews
- Geographic location: Israel
- Founder: Abraham
- Holy book:
  ~ Talmud
  ~ Torah ( the first five books of the end Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leuitheus, Numbers, Dueteronomy )
- Beliefs: ethnical monotheism - God is one, and conceded with the actions of humankind
  ~ Ten Commandments
  ~ 13 Principles of Faith

5 Major Religions

Christianity

- Number of adherents: around 2.2 billion ( largest in the world )

- Call them: Christians 

- Geographic locations: Europe, the Americans, Southern Africa

- Denominations: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestants ( Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, many more )

- Founder: Jesus Christ ( Its Abrahamic in origin )

- Holy Book: The Bible, especially the New Testament

- Beliefs: Jesus is both human divine - the son of God; he led a virtuous life; he ascended into heaven where he reigns with God the Father

- Clergy: the Pope is the head of the church, priests are local authorities

Islam

- Number of adherents: 1.5 billion ( second largest )

- Call them: Muslims

- Geographic location: Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa

- Denominations: Sunnis ( 75-90% ), Shiites ( 10-20% )

- Founder: Muhammad ( 570-632 )

- Holy book: Qu'ran

- Beliefs: Monotheistic, Abrahamic

  ~ Five Pillars ( Testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting Pilgrimage )

  ~ Muslims see their purpose in life as servicing and submitting to Allah ( God ), and observing Islamic Law

Hinduism

- Humber of adherents: 1.1 billion ( third largest )

- call them: Hidus

- Geographic location: India, Nepal

- Holy Book: The Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; written in verse form ( meant to be sung and easily memorized )

- founder: no distinct founder - it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a rigid, strict of beliefs - probably the oldest religion, although Hinduism is less a religion that a way of life or a faith

Cultural Geography Notes #3

- Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim Jerusalem as their religion holy site. They are constantly fighting over the land.
- Spatial divisions are how we divide the livable space found on the earth by establishing social, economic, and political control
- You can be a member of more than one spatial group
- Spatial divisions can also cause conflicts or cooperation

Example of Spatial Division
- countries
- Economic alliances
  ~ European Union
  ~ Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC )

Cultural Geography Notes #2

- On the island of Cyprus, the Greeks and the Turks try to gain control

Examples of Cultural Characteristics
- Religion can be both a unifying fore
- There are five major religions in the world
   ~ Hinduism
   ~ Buddhism
   ~ Judaism
   ~ Christianity
   ~ Islam
- They have millions of followers all believing the same thing
- Religion can also be a diving force around the world
- Hindus and Muslims fight in India ( Hindu ) and Pakistan ( Muslim )
- There are conflicts between Catholics and Protestants ( two forms of Christianity ) in Northern Ireland

Cultural Geography Notes

Notes in Class

Cultural Geography

Cultural Characteristics

• Cultural characteristics are parts of a groups everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members, these some characteristics can also link or divide a region. 
• Ex. Language, religion, and ethnic heritage
• Arabic unites the Arab world
• Spanish unites the Hispanic World
• Brazil is the only South American nation which does not speak Spanish. It speaks Portuguese
• Canada is a bilingual nation. French and English are their official languages. 

Examples of Cultural Characteristics

• Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups
• English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world.

Ethnic Heritage

• In Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Boshians, Albanians)
• When strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries.
• In the countries of Rwanda and dominate, the Tutsis and the Hutus
• The Hutus are dominate in one and they persecute the Tutsis, led to war
• The United States and Switzerland have peacefully merge multiple ethnic groups in their countries
• Korea and Japan have primarily one ethnic group