The question
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________ How Buddhism spread: hearth, diffusion and landscape (7 points)
(A) Identify Identify the world region where Buddhism has its hearth. [1 point]
Identify means: Give the information asked for: a word or short phrase can earn the point, with no reasons needed.
(B) Describe Describe one difference between how a universalizing religion, such as Buddhism, and an ethnic religion usually spread. [1 point]
Describe means: Give the relevant characteristics: what it is like, where and how much. A name alone earns nothing.
(C) Explain Explain how hierarchical diffusion helped Buddhism spread from its hearth. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(D) Explain Explain how trade routes helped Buddhism spread to East Asia. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(E) Explain Explain how chain migration can lead to a cluster of Buddhist temples in one city in the United States. [1 point]
Explain means: Say how or why, with every link of the chain: a cause, then because or so, then its effect, tied to the place or data asked about.
(F) Describe Describe one way Buddhism marks the cultural landscape. [1 point]
Describe means: Give the relevant characteristics: what it is like, where and how much. A name alone earns nothing.
(G) Explain the degree Explain the degree to which a world map showing the main religion of each country can show the spread of Buddhism to cities in the United States. [1 point]
Explain the degree means: State the degree first (to a high, moderate or low degree), then explain why with evidence.