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Chapter 6 Rubenstein
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. |
Ethnic Religion | Appeals primarily to one group of people living in one place. |
Branch | A large and fundamental division within a religion. |
Denomination | A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body, |
Monotheism | Belief that there is only one God. |
Polytheism | Worshiping of a collection of gods. |
Missionaries | individuals who help transmit a universalizing religion through relocation diffusion. |
Pagan | the word for a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times, derives from Latin word meaning countryside. |
Ghetto | a city neighborhood set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews. |
Pilgrimage | Journey for religious purposes to a place considered sacred. |
Cosmogony | A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe. |
Solstice | Has special significance in some ethnic religions. Ex. Pagans see the winter solstice as a major holiday. |
Hierarchical religion | Well-defined geographic structure and organizes territory into local administrative units. |
Diocese | The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church. |
Autonomous Religions | self-sufficient |
Caste | Class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu was assigned according to religious law. |
Fundamentalism | Literal interpretation and a strict and intense adherence to basic principles of a religion. |
Sect | Relatively small group that has broken away form an established denomination. |
Animism | Believes that inanimate objects are sacred and have a spirit and consciousness. |