Vocab Flashcards
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a religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans
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Shamanism
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a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power ( kami ) in both animate and inanimate things. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945.
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Shintoism
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a social group whose way of life is based and is typically nomadic. Daily life is centered upon the tending of herds or flocks.
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Pastoral Societies
