chapter six - religion

Question 1

Animism

Answer 1

belief tat objects such as plants and stones have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

Question 2

autonomous religion

Answer 2

a religion that does not ave a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.

Question 3

branch

Answer 3

a large and fundamental division within a religion.

Question 4

caste

Answer 4

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

Question 5

cosmonogy

Answer 5

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

Question 6

denomination

Answer 6

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

Question 7

ethnic religion

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

fundamentalism

Answer 8

literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion.

Question 9

ghetto

Answer 9

a neighborhood or city set up for jews only now used to denote a section of a city where members of any minority group live because of social legal or economic pressure.

Question 10

hierarchical religion

Answer 10

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

Question 11

pagan

Answer 11

a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.

Question 12

sect

Answer 12

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

Question 13

universalizing religion

Answer 13

a religion that attempts to appeal to all people not just those who live in a particular location.

Question 14

hajj

Answer 14

an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 15

stupa

Answer 15

a dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine.

Question 16

minaret

Answer 16

an Islamic religious architecture, pray 5 times a day.

Question 17

golden temple

Answer 17

sikhism

Question 18

dome of the rock

Answer 18

Muḥammad is said to have ascended to heaven. locate in Jerusalem.

Question 19

bodhi tree

Answer 19

under which Siddhartha Gautama became a buddha

Question 20

torah

Answer 20

Judaism

Question 21

trinity

Answer 21

three persons—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—

Question 22

crucifix

Answer 22

cross with jesus on it

Question 23

kaaba

Answer 23

black cube center of mosque

Question 24

syncretic faith

Answer 24

the combining or blending of different beliefs. ex : African Diaspora religions

Question 25

tirtha

Answer 25

pilgrimage in Hinduism

Question 26

moksha

Answer 26

release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma.

Question 27

synogogue

Answer 27

a Jewish assembly or congregation for religious worship.

Question 28

day of rest (sabbath)

Answer 28

a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jews from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday.

Question 29

diaspora jewish

Answer 29

Exile refers to the dispersion of Israelites, Judahites, and later Jews out of their ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and the communities built by them across the world.

Question 30

diaspora african-american

Answer 30

West and Central Africans who were enslaved and shipped to the Americas in the Atlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries, with their largest populations in Brazil, the United States, Haiti

Question 31

Abraham

Answer 31

Abraham originally Abram, is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism

Question 32

Moses

Answer 32

Moses is a prophet in Abrahamic religions. According to the Hebrew Bible

Question 33

Dalai Lama

Answer 33

buddhist monk

Question 34

Siddhartha Gautama

Answer 34

Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was born in the sixth century B.C. in what is now modern Nepal.

Question 35

Lumbini

Answer 35

buddhist pilgramige

Question 36

Medina

Answer 36

Saudi Arabia, Muhammad is buried in Medina.

Question 37

Salt Lake City

Answer 37

Latter-Day Saints Mormons

Question 38

Mecca

Answer 38

saudi arabia, birthplace of Muhammad.

Question 39

Tibet

Answer 39

buddhism

Question 40

Western Wall

Answer 40

romans destroyed the second wall, in jerusalem.

Question 41

Angkor Wat

Answer 41

cambodian temple, hinduism

Question 42

acculturation

Answer 42

partial. the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group

Question 43

asimulation

Answer 43

complete.the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group