AP human geography language Flashcards

2333788871	Animism	belief that objects such as plants and stones or natural events have a discrete spirite	0
2333829135	Autonomous religion	does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally	1
2333832979	Branch	large and fundamental division withing a religion	2
2333834889	Castle	class or distinct hereditary order into which a hindu is assigned according to a religious law	3
2333840724	cosmogony	a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe	4
2333843366	denomination	division of a branch that units a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body	5
2333849758	ethnic religion	religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are based on physical characteristics	6
2333857667	fundamentalist	literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion	7
2333861557	ghetto	neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by jews	8
2333864736	hierarchical religion	central authority exercises a high degree of control	9
2333869007	missionary	an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion	10
2333873473	pagan	a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times	11
2333877641	pilgrimage	journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes	12
2333882444	polytheism	belief in or worship of purpose	13
2333884053	sect	a relatively small group that has broken away form an established denominaltion	14
2333887179	solsitce	astronomical event that happens twice each year	15
2333889291	universalizing religion	religion that attempts to appeal to all people	16