Mrs. Carlson Social Studies Religion 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 desciple | a follower of a teacher or leader |
| exile | a forced living away from one's country |
| fast | going without food or drink |
| genocide | the planned destruction of a whole group of people because of their race, religion, or nationality |
| karma | all the actions in a person's life that affect the next life |
| pacifist | a person opposed to all wars |
| persecute | to treat cruelly and unfairly |
| meditate | to spend time thinking quietly |
| spiritual | a religious folk song |
| unalienable rights | rights that cannot be taken away from a person |
| communism | ideally, a political system in which most property is owned by the government and shared by those governed |
| tapestry | a rich, heavy cloth with designs and scenes woven into it |
| refugee | a person who flees war or political or religious persecution |
| mosque | Muslim house of worship |
| initiation rite | the period of instruction and the ceremony with which a person is admitted into a group |
| covenant | an agreement |
| hijrah | the journey from Mecca to Medina |
| apartheid | separation of races by law in South Africa |
| global village | the idea that people across the world can interact as do people in a small town |
| epistle | a letter |
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