Chapter 6

Question 1

Autonomous

Answer 1

Self sufficient, interaction among communities is little.

Question 2

Branch

Answer 2

A large and fundamental division within a religion.

Question 3

Caste

Answer 3

The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu was assigned according to religious law.

Question 4

Cosmogony

Answer 4

A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.

Question 5

Denomination

Answer 5

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body. (Subgroup).

Question 6

Diocese

Answer 6

The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 7

Ethnic religion

Answer 7

Appeals to primarily one group of people living in one place.

Question 8

Fundamentalism

Answer 8

A literal interpretation and a strict and intense adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).

Question 9

Ghetto

Answer 9

A city neighborhood set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews.

Question 10

Hierarchical religion

Answer 10

Has well defined geographic structure and organizes territory into local administrative units.

Question 11

Missionary

Answer 11

Individuals who help to transmit a universalizing religion through relocation diffusion.

Question 12

Montheism

Answer 12

The belief in one God.

Question 13

Pagan

Answer 13

The word for a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.

Question 14

Pilgrimage

Answer 14

A journey for religious purposes to a place considered sacred.

Question 15

Polytheism

Answer 15

The belief in a collection of gods.

Question 16

Sect

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Solstice

Answer 17

The time when the sun is the farthest away from the equator so some ethnic religions celebrate winter and summer solstice.

Question 18

Universalizing

Answer 18

Religions that attempt to be global and to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just those of one culture or location.

Question 19

Animism

Answer 19

Traditional ethnic religions that believe inanimate objects like plants and stones or natural events like thunderstorms and earthquakes have spirits and conscious life.