Ap Human Geography Chapter 6 Key Issue 1 Answers – Flashcards
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Universalizing Religions
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a religion that attempts to operate on a global scale and to appeal to all people wherever they reside, compared to an ethnic religion which primarily attracts one group of people living in one place. Ex: Christianity
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Ethnic Religions
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the ethnicity of its adherents, and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation into that ethnoreligious group. Ex: Hinduism
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Atheism
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disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
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Animism
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the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.
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Agnosticism
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the view that the truth values of certain claims - especially metaphysical and religious claims such as whether or not God, the divine or the supernatural exist - are unknown and perhaps unknowable.
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Branch
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a large and fundamental division within a religion
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Denomination
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a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body.
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Syncretic
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a hybrid of different cultural beliefs or practices
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Pagan
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a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times
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Monotheism
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the doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god
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Polythesism
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belief in or worship of more than one god
