Chapter 6 bocab

The belief that God does not exist.

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

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

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.

A local assembly of persons brought together for a common religious worship.

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

A large and fundamental division within a religion.

Combining several religious traditions.

The belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunder storms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and concious life.

The doctrine or belief in the exsistence of only one God

Belief in or worship of many gods

An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.

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 majority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.

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

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

A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.

The class or distinct heredity order in to which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law.

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion or a religious branch, denomination, or congregational.

An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.

The arrangement of something across Earth’s surface

The frequency in which something exists within a given unit of area

The spread of something over a given area

The geometric or regular distribution in a given area.

The process of the spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.

The place where innovative ideas originate.

refers to attitudes, activities, etc., that aren’t religious or spiritual; not connected with religion.

The movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.