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Chapter 7 Vocab

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show System of beliefs that order life in terms of ultimate priorities and direct behavior and practices in reference to achieving the ultimate priorities  
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Secularism   show
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show Belief in one god.  
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Polytheistic Religion   show
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Animistic Religions   show
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show A religion believed by its followers to have universal application and to which followers actively seek converts.  
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Ethnic religions   show
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Hinduism   show
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Caste system   show
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Buddhism   show
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show Religion located in Japan and related to Buddhism. Shintoism focuses particularly on nature and ancestor worship.  
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show Chinese art and science of placement and orientation of tombs, dwellings, buildings, and cities. Structures and objects are positioned to channel flow of sheng-chi (“life-breath”) in favorable ways.  
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Confucianism   show
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show Religion based on the belief in one God who revealed himself to and entered a covenant with Abraham. Judaism dates to 2000 BCE. Hearth in present-day Israel.  
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Diaspora   show
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show Movement for the establishment of a national homeland for Jews in the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.  
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Christianity   show
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show One of three major branches of Christianity (together with the Eastern Orthodox and Protestant).  
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show One of three major branches of Christianity (together with Roman Catholic and Protestant).  
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Protestant   show
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Islam   show
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show Sect of Islam that believes Muhammad’s successor did not need to be a blood relative of Muhammad.  
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show Sect of Islam that believes Muhammad’s successor needed to be a blood relative of Muhammad. Found commonly in and around Iran.  
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show Belief systems and philosophies practiced and traditionally passed from generation to generation among peoples within an indigenous tribe or group.  
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show A place infused with religious or spiritual meaning.  
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show Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad.  
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Interfaith boundaries   show
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show Boundaries between sects within a single major faith.  
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show Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy.  
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Religious extremism   show
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Jihad   show
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