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Grade Savers CH7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |