Ap Human Geography Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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Animism

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Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms abd earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

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Autonomous Religion

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A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.

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Branch

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A large and fundamental division within a religion.

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Caste

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The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.

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Cosmogony

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A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.

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Denomination

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A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body.

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Ethnic Religion

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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.

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Fundamentalism

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Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).

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Ghetto

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During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live becasue of social, legal, or economic pressure.

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Hierarchical Religion

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A religion in which a central authority exercises in a high degree of control.

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Missionary

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An individual who helps diffuse a universalizing religion.

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Monotheism

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The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god.

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Pagan

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A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.

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Pilgrimage

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A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.

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Polytheism

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Belief in or worship of more than one god.

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Sect

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A relatively small group thay has broken away from an established denomination.

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Solstice

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Atronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach it most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year.

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Universalizing Religion

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A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.