AP Human Geography🗺️

• Animism


  The belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
• Autonomous Religion


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


  A large and fundamental division within a religion.
• Caste System


  A hierarchical structure in society based on social class, often associated with Hinduism.
• Cosmogony


  A theory or story of the origin and development of the universe.
• Denomination


  A recognized autonomous branch of the Christian Church.
• Apartheid


  A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
• Balkanization


  The process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states.
• Blockbusting


  A practice where real estate agents induce panic selling in a neighborhood by suggesting that racial minorities are moving in.
• Centrifugal Force


  A force that divides people and countries.
• Centripetal Forces


  Forces that unify people and enhance support for a state.
• Ethnic Cleansing


  The systematic removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory.
• Ethnic Religion


  A religion that is closely tied to a specific ethnic group.
• Fundamentalism


  A form of religion that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
• Hierarchical Religions


  Religions with a well-defined structure and authority.
• Ghetto


  A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group.
• Missionaries


  Individuals who are sent to promote their religion in a foreign country.
• Monotheism


  The belief in a single all-powerful God.
• Multi-Ethnic State


  A state that contains more than one ethnicity.
• Multinational State


  A state that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination.
• Nationalism


  A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.
• Nationality


  Identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a particular country.
• Nation-State


  A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity.
• Racism


  The belief that one race is superior to another.
• Pagan


  A follower of a polytheistic religion.
• Pilgrimage


  A journey to a sacred place for religious reasons.
• Polytheism

  The belief in or worship of multiple gods.
• Blue Laws


  Laws that restrict certain activities, such as the sale of alcohol, on Sunday.
• Buddhism


  A religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama that explains the way to salvation through self-discipline and poverty.
• Sect


  A subgroup of a larger religious group.
• Sharia Law


  Islamic law derived from the Quran and Hadith.
• Universalizing Religion


  A religion that seeks to unite people from all over the globe.
• Self-Determination


  The process by which a group of people assert their right to govern themselves.
• "Separate but Equal"


  A legal doctrine that justified racial segregation.
• Triangular Slave Trade


  A historical trade system involving the exchange of slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between three regions.
• "White Flight"


  The phenomenon of white people moving out of neighborhoods as minorities move in.
• Christianity


  A monotheistic system of beliefs based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus.
• Colonialism


  The physical process of a colonizer taking over another place and establishing control.
• Diaspora


  When a group of people are scattered to various locations.
• Ethnic Neighborhood


  An area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background.