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Geography
of Buddhism
Directions: On your maps, do 1-3. #4 is answered on this sheet.
1. Write the names of countries on the appropriate geographical locations
that have significant Buddhist populations.
2. Shade in your country using a color code according to whether the Buddhism
practiced is primarily Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism or Tantric
Buddhism.
3. Number the top ten countries which have highest proportion of Buddhists.
4. Answer the questions below as you do your research:
(1) What is the difference between these three branches of Buddhism?
List the percentages that each branch has of the total number of Buddhists
in the world.
Theravada Mahayana Tantric
(2) When and where did Buddhism start? How many Buddhists live there today?
(3) In which countries is Tantric Buddhism practiced?
(4) Which country has the largest number of Buddhists?
(5) What percentage of the world's population is Buddhist?
This website will help you:
1. http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/research-projects.htm
See "Spread of Buddhism in Asia" and "Theravada and Mahayana
Schools of Buddhism" below.
2. Spread
of Buddhism and the story of Buddhism country by country.
3. Buddhist
schools and lineages.
4. Buddhist
World populations.
5. Statistics
on Branches of Buddhism
6. Buddhism
in the world context.
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