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Grade Savers CH7
Question | Answer |
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Religion | Set of beliefs |
Monotheism | one God |
Polytheism | more than one God |
Animism | objects have spirit and conscious |
Universalizing religion | religious operations on a global scale |
Ethnic religion | concentrated spatial distribution |
Semitic hearth | modern day Israel |
Indo-Gangetic Hearth | Hearth near Indus and Ganges |
Branch | fundamental division within a religion |
Denomination | Division of a branch |
Sect | a relatively small group |
Fundamentalism | strict adherence to basic principles of a religion |
Secularism | away from control of religion |
Cosmogony | origin of the Universe |
Interfaith Boundary | divides space between two or more religions |
Intrafaith Boundary | divides spaces amongst different groups |
Hierarchical religion | central authority exercises a high degree of control |
Caste | class or distinct hereditary order |
Dowry death | murder of a bride by her husband's family |
Diaspora | Scattering of ethnic group |
Pagan | a follower of polytheistic religion |
Missionary | helps to diffuse |
Shamanism | follows its shaman - religious leader |
Sacred space | people meet to perform religious ceremonies |
Pilgrimage | Journey to a place |
Syncretic religion | blending elements |
Theocracy | government run by religion |