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Religion

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Animism   Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirt and conscious life  
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Atheisms   The belief that God does not exist  
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Congregation   A local assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship.  
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Caste System   The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law.  
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Cosmogony   A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe  
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Ethnic religion   A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristic of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated. Does not seek out converts  
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Monotheism   The belief in and worship of only one God  
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Pilgrimage   A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes  
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Polytheism   Belief in or worship of more than one God  
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Syncretic   Combining several religious traditions  
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Universalizing religion   A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location  
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Secularism   An indifference to religion and a belief that religion should be excluded from civic affairs and public education  
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Theocracies   Countries whose governments are run by religious leaders through the use of religious laws.  
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Cultural hearth   A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward  
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Sequent occupance   The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape  
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Relocation diffusion   A spread of a cultural trait by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them to a new place.  
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Expansion Diffusion   Spread of cultural traits through direct or indirect exchange without migration is called expansion diffusion. 2 TYPES FOR THIS CLASS Contagious diffusion and Hierarchical diffusion  
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Contagious diffusion   occurs when a cultural trait spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people  
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Hierarchical diffusion   Spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth and importance or powerful people.  
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Adherents   Believers of a religion  
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proselytizing   the action of attempting to convert someone from one religion, belief, or opinion to another.  
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