AP human unit 3 part 2 vocab

Attributes spiritual essence or consciousness to animals, plants, and/or objects

Animism

A religion does not have central authority but shares ideas and informally cooperates

Autonomous religion

A large division within a religion

Branch

System that gives someone a place in a social hierarchy at birth

Caste system

A religious belief or set of beliefs about the origin of the universe

Cosmogony

A division of a branch that typically has a single administrative body

Denomination

Religions that are closely tied to a specific cultural or ethnic group and do not seek to convert others

Ethnic religion

Literal interpretation and strictly following the principles of the religion

Fundamentalism

A religion that has central authority and shows a high degree of control

Hierarchical religion

An area with high poverty where a specific section of the population lives

Ghetto

People who set out to convert others to their religion

Missionaries

The belief in one god or powerful deity as the creator of the universe

Monotheism

A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times

Pagan

A journey for religious purposes

Pilgrimage

The belief in multiple gods/deities

Polytheism

A relatively small group that breaks off from a denomination

Sect

Islamic law based on the teachings of Islam(حرام/حلال)

Sharia law(الشريعة)

Religions that seek to convert others to spread their religion

Universalizing religion

A strict racial hierarchy where laws dictated where people could live, work, and go to school based on their race

Apartheid

A process of the division of a political unit into smaller political units

Balkanization

An illegal practice of buying property at prices below the market price by scaring people into thinking the property values will drop drastically due to the movement of other races into the area

Blockbusting

Forces that cause conflicts between two cultures/races

Centrifugal force

Forces that unite two cultures/races

Centripetal force

The process of getting rid of an ethnic group by forcibly converting their religions/culture and/or killing them(Genocide)

Ethnic cleansing

A nation-state that contains multiple distinct ethnic groups, each with their own unique cultural traits and sometimes religion

Multi-Ethnic State

A state with more than one nation inside its borders

Multinational State

A political ideology that emphasizes the interests and culture of a nation, often leading to the desire for self governance of independence

Nationalism

A person’s legal membership of attribution with a particular nation

Nationality

A country whose political boundaries correspond with its cultural boundaries

Nation-state

Hate and/or violence towards another race

Racism

The principle that nations and people have the right to freely determine their political status and pursue their own economic, cultural, and social development

Self-Determination

The rule implemented in 1896 that stated African Americans could be segregated at public facilities as long as those facilities were equal

“Separate but Equal”

The system of transatlantic trade of slaves in the 16th century between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Triangular Slave Trade