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AP Human Geography

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Universalizing Religions   Attempt to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just to those of one culture or location.  
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Ethnic Religion   Appeals primarily to one group of people living in one place.  
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Branch   A large and fundamental division within a religion.  
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Denomination   A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body,  
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Monotheism   Belief that there is only one God.  
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Polytheism   Worshiping of a collection of gods.  
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Missionaries   individuals who help transmit a universalizing religion through relocation diffusion.  
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Pagan   the word for a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times, derives from Latin word meaning countryside.  
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Ghetto   a city neighborhood set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews.  
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Pilgrimage   Journey for religious purposes to a place considered sacred.  
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Cosmogony   A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.  
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Solstice   Has special significance in some ethnic religions. Ex. Pagans see the winter solstice as a major holiday.  
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Hierarchical religion   Well-defined geographic structure and organizes territory into local administrative units.  
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Diocese   The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church.  
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Autonomous Religions   self-sufficient  
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Caste   Class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu was assigned according to religious law.  
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Fundamentalism   Literal interpretation and a strict and intense adherence to basic principles of a religion.  
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Sect   Relatively small group that has broken away form an established denomination.  
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Animism   Believes that inanimate objects are sacred and have a spirit and consciousness.  
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