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Cultural Patterns & Processes (Religion & Ethnicity)

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show belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events such as thunderstorms or earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.  
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Buddhism   show
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Cargo cult pilgrimage   show
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Christianity   show
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Confucianism   show
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Ethnic religion   show
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Fundamentalism   show
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Geomancy (feng shui)   show
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show The fifth pillar of Islam. Pilgrimage to Mecca.  
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Hinduism   show
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Interfaith boundaries   show
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show The second largest religion in the world. Means the submission to the will of god. It originated with the teachings of Muhammad.  
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Jainism   show
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Judaism   show
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Landscapes of the Dead   show
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Monotheism/Polytheism   show
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Mormonism   show
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show Also called "Hadj". This is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is the duty of each Muslim at least once in their life to make this religious journey to Mecca. To see the Kaba at al-Harim al-Sharif.  
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show -Distributed in Central Asia, Northern Africa and South East Asia -1,449,765,439 - 1,513,955,647 followers -Growing Population  
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show -Referred to in use with Universalizing Religions -To try to convert another person to ones religion  
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Reincarnation   show
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show The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. Can be universalizing or ethnic in nature. A particular system of faith and worship.  
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show Practice concerned with the design and construction of places of worship and/or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques, stupas, synagogues, and temples.  
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Religious conflict   show
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Religious culture hearth   show
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Religious Toponym   show
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show Deemed holy by a religious group. Groups will hold religious ceremonies, build major temples or hold major events in these areas. Where Religious Sites overlap (Jerusalem) there may be conflict.  
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Secularism   show
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Shamanism   show
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Sharia law   show
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show It is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It involves the worship of kami (a god). Not very significant anymore and lost importance to today.  
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Sikhism   show
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show sunni/shia are the two major denominations of Islam. Approximately 85% of the world's Muslims are Sunni, whilst the remaining 15% are Shi'a.  
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Taoism   show
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show A form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. Iran and the Vatican are both considered to have a this government.  
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show Attempt to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just to those of one cultural or location. Ie: Christianity  
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show Religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to their prophet. It was once the dominant religion of Iran, now its followers have diminished to less than 200,000 mostly in India and Iran.  
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show Is identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.  
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6) Acculturation   show
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6) Assimilation   show
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6) Barrio   show
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show the migration of people to a specific location, because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.  
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show the process of adapting to a cultural heritage, language or ethnicity. There are going to be challenges faced through the diversity and clashes of different cultures.  
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6) Cultural shatterbelt   show
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6) Ethnic cleansing   show
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show conflicts arise when a country contains several ethnicities competing with each other for control or dominance. Conflicts also arises when an ethnicity is divided among more than one country.  
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show when a community or ethnic group is trapped and is completely surrounded by an unfriendly population or government. eg. the gaza strip, but can also mean the ghettos in U.S.  
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show a group of human beings whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry  
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show The homeland of the ethnic groups i.e.) the homeland of the Amish: Switzerland, Alsace, south Germany  
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show The landscape formed by the ethnicities living in that area i.e.)where chinese ethnic groups migrated - china town becomes part of landscape  
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show a neighborhood formed by the one group of ethnicity. i.e.)The neighborhood where African Americans live- the ghetto  
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show Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions  
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6) Ethnocentrism   show
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6) Ghetto   show
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6) Plural society   show
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show identity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor  
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6) Segregation   show
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6) Social distance   show
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show death of young bribes who are murdered or driven to suicide by continuous harassments and torture by husband and relatives in an effort to extort dowry. Mostly occurs in South Asia.  
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6) Enfranchisement   show
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show classification of sex  
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6) Infanticide   show
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6) Longevity gap   show
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show Annual number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births. Ex. The number of deaths per 100,000 women in the 15-49 age group, measure the impact of maternal deaths on the population of women as a whole.  
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Religion   show
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6) Gender Gap   show
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show it is used to describe a society’s system of economic production. It is believed that the most important reason for similarities between two (or more) unrelated societies is their possession of a similar adaptive strategy.  
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show A country or part of a country mostly surrounded by the territory of another country or wholly lying within the boundaries of another country. Examples are Republic of San Marino, Vatican City, Kingdom of Lethoso, Portugal, South Korea, Denmark  
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show describes a country or territory that belongs to another country but is surrounded by countries to which it has no belonging or affinity. It is usually at least partially separated from the main country, state, or political region. Ex. Alaska  
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show Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.  
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