December 5th

Again, we took notes.

Examples of Spatial Divisions

• Political Alliances
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Commonwealth of Nations
• Organization Of American States (OAS)

Five Major Religions

• Christianity- 2.2 billion (largest in the world)
• geographic location: Europe, the Americans, Southern Africa
• Denominations: Catholic Church, Easter Orthodox Church, Protestants
• founder of Christianity was Jesus Christ
• holy book: Bible especially New Testaments
• clergy: the Pope is head of the church, priests are local authorities

• Islam- 1.5 billion (second largest)
• call them: Muslims
• geographic location: Indonesia, Middle East, North Africa
• denominations: Sunnis, Shiites
• founder: Muhammad
• holy book: Qur'an
• beliefs: monotheistic, Abrahamic, Five Pillars
• Muslims see their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God) and observing Islamic Law

• Hinduism- 1.1 billions (third largest)
• call them: Hindus
• geographic location: India, Nepal
• holy book: The Vedas
• founder: no distinct founder

• Buddhism: 500 million to 1.5 billion (estimates vary quite a bit)
• call them: Buddhists
• geographic location: Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan (there are 1.2 billion in the US)
• founder: Siddhartha Gautama
• denominations: Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidist