A geographer studying the relationship between religion and the environment studies a culture in which most of the religious structures are at the center of the community, several large statues of a religious figure are spread across the landscape, and a certain species of tree is revered. The geographer is MOST LIKELY studying a religion in which country?

Austria
Denmark
Russia
Thailand
Zaire

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A geographer studying the relationship between religion and the environment studies a culture in which most of the religious structures are at the center of the community, several large statues of a religious figure are spread across the landscape, and a certain species of tree is revered. The geographer is MOST LIKELY studying a religion in which country?

Austria
 Denmark
 Russia
 Thailand
 Zaire

AZ · Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_in_mythology#Religion_and_folklore "Examples include the banyan and the sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil of Judaism and Christianity." So look up where the sacred fig tree is found and where it's revered Which country of those on the list describes people who follow Buddhism? (The largest statues & this sacred fig tree)

Seafoam · Answer

Oh whoops I already put thailand as the answer I should have closed this, but is that it anyway?

AZ · Answer

Yes!