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Ch 6 Vocab. AP Geo
vocabulary for chapter 6 of The cultural landscape an intro. to human geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agnosticism | belief that nothing can be known about whether God exists |
| Animism | Belief that objects such as plants & stones, or natural events like thunderstorms & earthquakes, have a discrete spirit & conscious life |
| Autonomous religion | religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas & cooperates informally |
| Branch | A large & fundamental division within a religion |
| Caste | class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law |
| Cosmogony | set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe |
| Denomination | division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal & administrative body |
| Ethnic religion | 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 |
| 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 group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure |
| Hierarchical religion | religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control |
| Missionary | individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion |
| Monotheism | doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one god |
| Pagan | follower of a polytheistic religion |
| Pilgrimage | journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes |
| Polytheism | belief in or worship of more than one god |
| Sect | relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination |
| Solstice | astronomical event that occurs twice each year, tilt of Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach its most northernmost or southernmost extreme. Longest & shortest days of year |
| Syncretic | a religion that combines several traditions |
| Universalizing religion | religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location |
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