unit 3.4 Flashcards
A universalizing religion practice all over the world that worships the Christian trinity and originated in Rome.
Roman Catholic
group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family
Romance Languages
the place where religious figures and congregations meet to perform religious ceremonies.
Sacred Place
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
Sect
The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on earth, not to accommodate the prescriptions of a deity and promises of a comfortable afterlife.
Secularism
The range of traditional beliefs and practices that claim the ability to cure, heal, and cause pain to people.
Shamanism
the legal framework within which public and some private aspects of life are regulated for those living in a legal system based on Muslim.
Sharia Law
the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad.
Shiite
A language composed of the Chinese and Tibeto-Burman languages
Sino-Tibetan
an informal, often short-lived kind of language used in place of standard words.
slang
Languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian) that developed as Slavic people migrated from a base in present-day Ukraine close to 2000 years ago.
Slavic Language
the structures and organizations of a culture which influence social behaviour
Sociofact
Hispanic Language
Spanish
A group of people who speak the same language.
Speech Community
The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.
Standard Language
A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad
Sunni
the blending of cultures and ideas from different places.
Syncretism
The manner in which words are arranged into sentences.
Syntax
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
Taboo
The contribution of a location’s distinctive physical features to the way food tastes
Terrior
an independent state that is completely surrounded by the borders of another state
The Vatican
an independent state that is completely surrounded by the borders of another state
The Vatican
the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism’s oldest existing school.
Theraveda
another word for name, but is specific to locations
toponym
