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AP Human Geography Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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Chapter 6 Vocabulary Religion 1. Animism ? Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. 2. Autonomous religion ? A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally. 3. Branch ? A large and fundamental division within a religion. 4. Cosmogony ? A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe. 5. Denomination ? A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body. 6. Diocese ? The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church.
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