AP Human Geography (Rubenstein) Chapter 6 Key Terms
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| belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life | ||
| a religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally | ||
| a large and fundamental division within a religion | ||
| the class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law | ||
| a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe | ||
| a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body | ||
| the basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church | ||
| a religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principle are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated | ||
| literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect). | ||
| during the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of the city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure | ||
| a religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control | ||
| an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion | ||
| the doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god | ||
| a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times | ||
| a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes | ||
| belief in or worship of more than one god | ||
| a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination | ||
| time when the Sun is farthest from the equator | ||
| a religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location |