Ch. 6 Vocab

Question 1

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life

Answer 1

Animism

Question 2

A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally

Answer 2

Autonomous Religion

Question 3

A large and fundamental division division within a religion

Answer 3

Branch

Question 4

The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned accrding to religious law

Answer 4

Caste

Question 5

A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe

Answer 5

Cosmogony

Question 6

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body

Answer 6

Denonination

Question 7

A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on they physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated

Answer 7

Ethnic Religion

Question 8

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch denomination, or sect)

Answer 8

Fundamentalism

Question 9

During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a cit set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a cit in which members of any minority group live because of social , legal or economic pressure

Answer 9

Ghetto

Question 10

A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control

Answer 10

Hierarchical Religion

Question 11

An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion

Answer 11

Missionary

Question 12

The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god

Answer 12

Monotheism

Question 13

A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times

Answer 13

Pagan

Question 14

A jounrey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

Answer 14

Pilgrimage

Question 15

Belief in or worship of more than one god

Answer 15

Polytheism

Question 16

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination

Answer 16

Sect

Question 17

Astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of Earth’s axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun’s apparent position in the sky to reach its most northernmost or southernmost extreme and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year

Answer 17

Solstice

Question 18

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location

Answer 18

Universalizing Religion