AP Human Geography Chapter 6 (Religion) Vocabulary
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- Traditional/tribal religion
- Special forms of ethnic religions distinguished by their small size, their unique identity with localized culture groups not yet fully absorbed into modern society, and their close ties to nature.
- Branch (of a religion)
- A large and fundamental division within a religion.
- Ghetto
- During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.
- Monotheism
- The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god.
- Syncretism
- The blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait.
- Shamanism
- Form of a tribal religion that involved community acceptance of a shaman, a religious leader, healer, and worker of magic who, through special powers, can intercede with and interpret the spirit world.
- Hierarchical religion
- A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control.
- Universalizing religion
- A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
- Animism
- Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
- Caste
- The class of distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.
- Ethnic religion
- A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.
- Religion
- The service and worship of God or the supernatural.
- Sect
- A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
- Pagan
- A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.
- Secularism
- A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.
- Missionary
- An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.
- Interfaith boundary
- The boundaries between the world's major faiths.
- Fundamentalism
- Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).
- Diocese
- The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Pilgrimage
- A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
- Zionism
- A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel.
- Solstice
- Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.
- Polytheism
- Belief in or worship of more than one god.
- Cosmogony
- A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.
- Intrafaith boundary
- The boundaries within a major religion.
- Denomination
- A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body.
- Autonomous religion
- A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.