AP Human Geography Chapter 6: Religion
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. |
| Autonomous religion | A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally. |
| Branch (of a religion) | A large and fundamental division within a religion. |
| Caste | The class of distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law. |
| Cosmogony | A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe. |
| Denomination | A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body. |
| Diocese | The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 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. |
| Fundamentalism | Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect). |
| 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. |
| Hierarchical religion | A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control. |
| Missionary | An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion. |
| Monotheism | The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god. |
| Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times. |
| Pilgrimage | A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes. |
| Polytheism | Belief in or worship of more than one god. |
| Sect | A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination. |
| Solstice | Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator. |
| Universalizing religion | A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location. |
| Interfaith boundary | The boundaries between the world's major faiths. |
| Intrafaith boundary | The boundaries within a major religion. |
| Religion | The service and worship of God or the supernatural. |
| Secularism | A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations. |
| 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. |
| Syncretism | The blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth |
| Christianity | a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior |
| Evangelical | of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament |
| Hinduism | A diverse body of religion, philosophy, and cultural practice native to and predominant in India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils. |
| Islam | the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran |
| proselytize | conversion, to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause |
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