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Cultural regions based on Religion in the United States

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Cultural System: The World’s 4 Major Religions

Global Diaspora: The world's four

major religions: origins and diaspora Diffusion: The spread of Christianity

Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism

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World distribution of major religions

Figure 5.10 World distribution of major religions

Cultural Systems: Diffusion of Islamic Religion

Cultural Systems: World distribution

of major languages

Figure 5.18 India's linguistic

landscape is complex with hundreds

of distinct languages in use

Cultural Systems,

Language Families

of India (cont'd)