LAVC Major Religions to Language Diversity Multiple Choice Questions

Exercise 10.1 – Spatial Visualization: MapMaker Interactive Major Religions

Follow the link to view a graphic map of world religions. Then answer the following questions.

Spatial Visualization: MapMaker Interactive Major Religions by National Geographic

http://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/fmB2637aSr1p1LhxJ5xnqd/#/

Important Note: This web-based visualization may require up-to-date Adobe Flash Player browser plugin. Make sure to take note of any pop-ups or requests to download updates. Accordingly, be prepared to wait for video and interactive feature load times, which will depend on Internet connection speeds and other factors.

In this spatial module, you will investigate the geography of the world’s religions alongside other social patterns. This will showcase the diversity of communities that exist across and within the world’s major religions. In Chapter 10 The Geography of Religion, you learned about the world’s major religions, the differences within the main religions. This interactive map provides you a simple look how the layering of spatial data can be analyzed for new insights about social patterns and processes. In particular, you’ll be able to overlay the location of world religions with language, gender, and access patterns that should inspire your critical thinking.

Following the link above will take you directly to the interactive map. The map should load with the Major Religions layer already added. If not, you can click on the Layers tab in the right-hand menu and add the layer by selecting from the Culture link and then selecting the green + icon. You will add additional map layers this way. Once you add a layer, you will compare more than one layer by changing the transparency slider under each layer. In this way, you can analyze the patterns between the two maps. You can also change the bottom map under the Base Maps tab. This is advisable to select the Gray base map, so that country labels and thematic layers are easier to view. Finally, review each map layer’s symbology under the Legend tab. You can collapse individual Legend boxes by clicking on the arrow next to the layer title.

To begin the activity, review the introduction and then add the Language Diversity layer in addition to the Major Religions layer. Adjust the transparency so you can compare the two layers.

1. What is NOT one of the colors representing the various sects of Christianity?
a. orange
b. light orange
c. yellow
d. red

2. What country is NOT predominately Christian?
a. United States
b. Albania
c. South Africa
d. Argentina

3. What country has the largest area of Eastern Orthodox adherents?
a. Russia
b. Ukraine
c. Mongolia
d. South America

Locate Indonesia.

4. What religion is found in the interior of Indonesia’s Borneo and Sulawesi islands?
a. Sunni
b. Indigenous
c. Shia
d. Christian

Compare the Major Religions to Language Diversity. Locate India.

5. India is the _____ Hindu majority country and has _____ language diversity.
a. largest; limited
b. only; low
c. smallest; limited
d. only; high

Navigate to Africa and compare the two layers.

6. What is one of the two countries in southern Africa with low language diversity and primarily indigenous religious adherents?
a. South Africa
b. Angola
c. Botswana
d. Namibia

7. What African country is predominately Christian?
a. Somalia
b. Nigeria
c. Tanzania
d. Ethiopia

Go to the Layers tab. Select Economy and add the layer for Internet Users (per 100 people) and Women in Parliament. You can also go to the Culture menu and remove the Language Diversity layer from your map by clicking on the red – icon.

8. What is the level of women in parliament of the Protestant religious countries of Northern Europe including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland?
a. 11% – 20%
b. 21% – 25%
c. 26% – 35%
d. 36% – 65%

9. What country in Eastern Europe has the lowest proportion of women in Parliament?
a. Poland
b. Austria
c. Slovakia
d. Ukraine

10. What is the predominant religion in the Eastern European country identified previously in question 9?
a. Roman Catholic
b. Protestant
c. Eastern Orthodox
d. Indigenous

11. What is the ratio of internet users per 100 people in the Eastern European country identified in question 9?
a. 71-100
b. 51-70
c. 26-50
d. 11-25

12. What country in Eastern Europe is majority Roman Catholic, has a high ratio of Internet Users, and has a low percentage of women in parliament?
a. Czech Republic
b. Hungary
c. Romania
d. Poland

13. The locations of ______ religion in the world typically have _____ numbers of internet users.
a. Muslim; high
b. Hindu; high
c. Indigenous; low
d. Christian; low

14. What is true about the countries of predominantly Buddhist religions?
a. There is no variation in the number of women in parliament.
b. There is a high number of internet users and women in parliament.
c. There is a wide variation in the number of internet users.
d. There is a low number of internet users and women in parliament.

15. Across all Christian majority areas of the world, what statement about these world regions is most accurate regarding the pattern of numbers of women in parliament and of internet users?
a. Western Europe has low variation of internet users
b. Eastern Europe has high proportions of women in parliament
c. North America has low variation of women in parliament
d. South America has high proportions of internet users