Unit2:Chapter6 Religion (vocab)

Question 1

Autonomis Religion

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Caste

Answer 2

Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.

Question 3

Fundamentalism

Answer 3

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (usually religious; many can take these beliefs to an extreme and even violent level.

Question 4

Hierarchical Religion

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Janism

Answer 5

This religion and philosophy originating in ancient India. It stresses spiritual independence and equality throughout all life.

Question 6

Pagoda

Answer 6

A religious building of the Far East, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine

Question 7

Proselytize

Answer 7

to try to convert another person to your religion

Question 8

Religious culture hearth

Answer 8

The site or region where a religion originated.

Question 9

Sect

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Secularism

Answer 10

This is the belief that humans should be based on facts and not religious beliefs.

Question 11

Shahminism

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This is the range of traditional beliefs and practices that claim the ability to cure, heal, and cause pain to people.

Question 12

Sacred Space

Answer 12

place or space people infuse with religious meaning

Question 13

Shrine

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A site hallowed by association with a revered person or object or with an important event

Question 14

Sunni

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Adherents to the largest branch of Islam, called the orthodox or traditionalist. They believe in the effectiveness of family and community in the solution of life’s problems, and they differ from the Shiites in accepting the traditions of Muhammad as authoritative

Question 15

Shia

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represent the Persian (Iranian) variation of Islam and believe in the infallibility and divine right to authority of the Imams, descendants of Ai

Question 16

Zoroastrianism

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the dualistic religion founded by the Persian prophet Zoroaster. It is based on the concept of a continuous struggle between Ormazd, the god of creation, light, and goodness, and his arch enemy, Ahriman, the spirit of evil and darkness, and it includes a highly developed ethical code Also called Mazdaism