Unit 3 Religion Vocab Chapter 6

Question 1

The belief that the
existence of God can’t be
proven empirically.

Answer 1

Agnosticism

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Animism

Question 3

The belief that God does
not exist

Answer 3

Atheism

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Autonomous
religion

Question 5

A large and fundamental
division within a religion

Answer 5

Branch

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Caste

Question 6

A local assembly of persons
brought together for common
religious worship

Answer 6

Congregation

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Cosmogony

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Denomination

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Ethnic religion

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Fundamentalism

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Ghetto

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Hierarchical religion

Question 13

An individual who helps to
diffuse a universalizing
religion

Answer 13

Missionary

Question 14

The doctrine or belief of the
existence of only one god

Answer 14

Monotheism

Question 15

A follower of a polytheistic
religion in ancient times

Answer 15

Pagan

Question 16

A journey to a place
considered sacred for
religious purposes

Answer 16

Pilgrimage

Question 17

Belief in or worship of more
than one god.

Answer 17

Polytheism

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Sect

Question 19

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 it most
northernmost or
southernmost extreme, and
resulting in the shortest and
longest days of the year.

Answer 19

Solstice

Question 20

Combining several religious
traditions

Answer 20

Syncretic

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Universalizing
religion

Question 22

The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape

Answer 22

Sequent Occupance

Question 23

a place that is considered holy to a certain people

Answer 23

Sacred Space

Question 24

A place uninfluenced by religion.

Answer 24

Secular Space

Question 25

values items such as clothing, furniture, and artifacts that are physically tangible

Answer 25

Material Culture

Question 26

Anything on the landscape that comprises culture that cannot be physically touched

Answer 26

Non-Material Culture

Question 27

Knowing or using several languages

Answer 27

Polyglots