University:
University of Toronto
Course:
GGR111 | Human Geography
Academic year:

2019
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1
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rezancuk2j

Religions Key Issue 4 Why Do Territorial Conﬂicts Arise Among Religious Groups? 1. Conﬂicts between religious groups occur around the world but are especially intense in the middle east. I. CHALLENGES FOR RELIGIONS IN SOUTH AND EAST ASIA 2. Hinduism has been challenged by ideas from the west, especially through Brish colonialism. 3. a. Deﬁne caste system: a class structure that is determined by birth 5. How has the caste system changed in recent years? How has it remained in place? has been relaxed however people looking for marriage adverse their cast so they also get a high cast member 6. What is the communist atude towards (any) religion? repression of religious pracces **Why do you think this is (2 reasons)? said religion is a threat to society 7. What an-religious acons did the communists take in Russia/Soviet Union? limited the state **What is the diﬀerence between Russia and the Soviet Union? SU was made of 15 diﬀerent countries becoming one big state while Russia was one country 8. Since the Soviet Union dissolved in the early 1990s, what changes have taken place? religious revival 9. a. Conﬂict between communism and Buddhism remains in China. b. Who is the Dalai Lama, where does he reside, and why there? suppressed Buddhism resides in Tibet and is a religious leader c. Outline the polical and religious history of Tibet. The peaceful Buddhist country of Tibet was invaded by Communists China in 1949. Since that me, over 1.2 million out of 6 Tibetans have been killed, over 6000 monasteries have been destroyed, and thousands of Tibetans have been imprisoned. In Tibet today, there is no freedom of speech, religion, or press and arbitrary dissidents connue. The Dalai Lama, Tibet's polical and spiritual leader, ﬂed to India in 1959. He now lives among over 100,000 other Tibetan refugees and their government in exile. Forced aboron, sterilizaon of Tibetan women, and the transfer of low-income Chinese cizens threaten the survival of Tibet's unique culture. In some Tibetan provinces, Chinese selers outnumber Tibetans 7 to 1. Within China itself, massive human rights abuses connue. It is esmated that there are up to twenty million Chinese cizens working in prison camps. II. CHALLENGES FOR RELIGIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 10. More than 99.7% of Afghans are Muslim. 11. a. Deﬁne fundamentalism: strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject or discipline