Chapter 6: religion: AP Human Geography Rubenstein – Flashcards
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Animism
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Believe inanimate objects (plants & stones) or natural events (thunderstorm, earthquakes) are "animated" or have discrete spirits and conscious life. Many traditional African religions.
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Autonomous Religion
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Self-sufficient. Interaction between communities is confined to little more than loose cooperation and shared ideas.
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examples of Autonomous Religion
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Islam, Protestant, Judaism, Hinduism
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Branch
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A large and fundamental division within a religion.
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Cosmogony
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A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.
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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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Diocese
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The basic unit of geographic unit in the Roman Catholic Church. Administered by bishops.
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Ethnic Religion
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Appeals primarily to one group of people living in one place. 24% ppl adhere.
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Exclusive v. Nonexclusive
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Belief in one God and one religion (Christian) v. belief in many gods, no focus on a god ( you can be Buddhist and Shinto).
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Fundamentalism
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A literal interpretation and a strict and intense adherence to basic principles of a religion.
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Ghetto
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A city neighborhood set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews.
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Hierarchical Religion
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Has a well defined geographic structure and organizes territory into local administrative units.
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Inhumation
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Burial; act of depositing in the ground.
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Interfaith Boundary
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The boundaries between the world's major faiths.
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Intrafaith Boundary
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The boundaries within a major religion.
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Monotheism
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Belief that there is only one God.
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Pilgrimage
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A journey for religious purposes to a place that is considered sacred.
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Polytheism
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Worship in a collection of Gods.
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Religion
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A system of beliefs shared by a group with objects for devotion, rituals for worship and a code of ethics.
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Sacred Space
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The arrangement of human activities on the landscape at several scales, from relatively small parcels of land to entire communities impacted by religion. Place or space people infuse with religious meaning.
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Sect
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A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
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Secularism
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Calling yourself a member of a religion without strictly adhering to it.
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Shamanism
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An animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans.
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Syncretism
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A religion expanded to a new location that incorporated current religion.
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Tribal Religion
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Special forms of ethnic religions distinguished by their small size, unique identity with localized culture groups not absorbed into modern society, and close ties to nature.
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Universalizing Religion
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Attempt to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world.
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Zionism
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A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel.
