Activity
space
Definition
Significance/ examples
The space within
which daily activity
occurs
Activity spaces represent our
daily lives
Ex: star bucks
illustration
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010
/06/14/starbucks-announces-freewifi-at-all-locations/
Animistic
religion
Buddhism
Cast system
Christianity
The belief that
inanimate objects,
such as hills, trees,
rocks, and other
elements of the
natural landscape,
possess souls and can
help or hinder
human efforts on
earth
a world religion or
philosophy based
on the teaching of
the Buddha and
holding that a state
of enlightenment
can be attained by
suppressing worldly
desires
Strict social
segregation of
people on the basis
of ancestry and
occupation
the religion based
on the life,
teachings, and
example of Jesus
Christ
Animatisms is the foundation
for many myths
Ex: the belief system of many
native Americans
http://www.crystalinks.com/azte
culture.html
It is largely practiced in Asia
and follows of the teachings of
Siddhartha Gautama
Ex: Theravada
http://www.history-ofchina.com/southern-northerndynasty/flourishment-ofbuddhism.html
The strictness of the system
forces many families to be
unable to socially or financially
move forward in life
Ex: The cast system in India’s
Hindu society
One the three major world
religions
Ex: Methodist
http://www.yogaforcarnivores.c
om/vegetarian.html
http://www.popumc.org/
Confucianism
A philosophy of
ethics, education,
and public service
based on the writings
of Confucius
it is a philosophy mainly
practiced and part of the
Chinese culture
http://www.chinafacttours.com/in
dex.php?image-349-imageid9.html
Diaspora
Eastern
orthodox
church
Ethnic
cleansing
From the Greek “to
disperse,” a term
describing forceful or
voluntary dispersal of
people from their
homeland to a new
place
Term can be used in many
forceful removals of people
over the history of mankind
Ex: The dispersal of African
Americans during the slave
trade
One of the three
great divisions of
Christianity; the
others are the
Protestant
churches and the
Roman Catholic
Church. The Catholic
and Orthodox
churches were
originally united, but
they parted in the
eleventh century,
when they differed
over several points of
doctrine, including
the supreme
authority of the
pope, which
Orthodox Christians
reject
The systematic killing
or extermination of
an entire people or
nation
This was one of the results of
the great schism of the
Christianity
Ex: Burwood
http://www.nicktaylor.co.uk/2010/05/whydiaspora-will-suck/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/
wiki/File:Burwood_Greek_Ortho
dox_Church.JPG
Ethnic cleansing is an atrocity
that has plagued many
countries
Ex :the holocaust
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/mari
an_evans/shirleygrace/ethnicfour.html
Ethnic religion
Religion particular to
one, group of people
They do not actively seek
converts through evangelism or
missionary work
http://www.tattoopilot.com/tatto
odesigns/ethnic-tattoo-designs/
Feng shui
The Chinese art and
science of placement
and orientation of
tombs, dwellings,
and cities.
Feng shui has been a
incorporated into many
different cultures by interior
design
http://w
ww.articleqs.com/articles/44/1/F
eng-Shui-For-love-andromance/Page1.html
Hajj
The Muslim
pilgrimage to Mecca
The hajj is an important
pilgrimage that Muslims are
supposed to participate in at
least once in their lifetime
http://www.milligazette.com/dail
yupdate/2006/20060108-hajjislam.htm
Hinduism
Indigenous
religions
main Indian
religion: a major
religion and religious
tradition of South
Asia, the oldest
worldwide religion,
characterized by a
belief in
reincarnation and a
large pantheon of
gods and goddesses
One of the major religions and
in polytheistic
Belief system and
philosophies
practiced and
traditionally passed
from generation to
generation among
peoples within an
indigenous tribe or
group
Indigenous religions are an
important part in
understanding different
cultures
http://libguides.byui.edu/content
.php?pid=10720&sid=91577
http://www.sudanpartners.org/c
gibin/giga.cgi
?cmd=print
_article&ne
ws_id=605
41&cause_
id=121
Intrafaith
boundaries
Boundaries within a
single major faith
Can cause a religion to split
into different denominations
Ex: the great schism
http://www.rpmo.co.uk/
Interfaith
boundaries
Boundaries between
the world’s largest
religions
can and have caused many
wars and genocides over the
history of the three major
religions and smaller religions
ex: crusades
http://washingtondcjcc.org/cent
er-forarts/gallery/exhibitions/benjami
n.html
Islam
a monotheistic
religion based on the
word of God as
revealed to
Muhammad during
the 7th century
It is the youngest of the worlds
majors religions
http://trcs.wikispaces.com/Islam
08
Jihad
Judaism
a campaign waged
It can lead to violence and war
by Muslims in
defense of the
Islamic faith against
people,
organizations, or
countries regarded as
hostile to Islam
The religion of the
Jews, which has its
basis in the Bible and
the Talmud. In
Judaism, God is the
creator of everything
and the source of all
goodness.
http://www.africaworldpressboo
ks.com/servlet/Detail?no=234
Judaism is the basic foundation
which lead to the creation of
Christianity
http://library.thinkquest.org/05a
ug/02016/j_resources.htm
Minarets
Monotheistic
religion
Pilgrimage
Polytheistic
religion
Tower attached to a
Muslim mosque,
having one or more
projecting balconies
from which a crier
calls Muslims to
prayer
the belief that there
is only one God, as
found in Judaism,
Christianity, and
Islam
Without the minarets the
calling of Muslims to prayer
would have been harder to do
Voluntary travel by
an adherent to a
sacred site to pay
respects or
participate in a ritual
at the site
the worship of or
belief in more than
one deity, especially
several deities
Pilgrimages can be the single
most important act of a person
of faith’s life
Ex: Hajj
http://www.ak3d.net/champaner
/photos/photo_28.html
Two of the three major
religions are monotheistic
Ex: Christianity, Islam
http://www.ccsd.k12.ny.us/zupa
n/GlobalII/Webpages/Monothei
stic%20Religions.html
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/encap/s
kilton/illustr/Dore011.html
The first religions were all
polytheistic
Ex: Hinduism
http://brichnculture.com/index.p
hp?main_page=product_info&c
Path=11&products_id=69
Protestant
Religion
a member or
adherent of any
denomination of the
Western Christian
church that rejects
papal authority and
some fundamental
Roman Catholic
doctrines, and
believes in
justification by faith.
A system of beliefs
and practices that
attempts to order life
in terms of culturally
perceived ultimate
priorities
The protestant denominations
formed because of protests to
the corruption of the current
church
Ex: Baptist
http://www.sullivancounty.com/identity/reformers.h
tm
Religion is a main part of
human history and has shaped
nations and wars
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07240/8
12574-28.stm
Religious
extremism
Religious
fundamentalism
carried to the point
of violence
This can lead to ethnic
cleansing
http://www.adamzyglis.com/cart
oon255.html
Religious
fundamental
ism
Roman
Catholic
Church
Sacred sites
religious movement
or point of view
characterized by a
return to
fundamental
principles
Fundamentalism can occur in
any religion and has occurred
in most
a Christian church
that has a pope as
the head of a
hierarchy of bishops
and priests and is
administered from
the Vatican City in
Rome
Is a major denomination and is
the only one that follows the
pope
http://dunedinschool.wordpress.
com/2010/01/07/fundamentalis
m/
http://www.hfreunion.org/Inside
Church.htm
Place or space people Sacred sites are important to
infuse with religious
the religion is pertains to and
meaning
can cause conflict is more than
one religion claims it
Ex: Jerusalem
http://www.shambhala.com/html
/catalog/items/isbn/978-157062-117-8.cfm
Secularism
the belief that
religion and religious
bodies should have
no part in political or
civic affairs or in
running public
institutions,
especially schools
Secularism is present in many
industrialized nations and
allows religious freedom
http://www.merinews.com/articl
e/secularism-versus-religiousintolerance/144723.shtml
Shamanism
Shari ‘a laws
a religion of northern
Asia, in which
shamans are believed
to be able to
intercede between
humanity and
powerful good and
evil spirits
System of Islamic law
based on varying
degrees of
interpretation of the
Qur’an
Shamanism is an important
part of Asian history
http://shamanismoflight.org/Indi
genousframe2.htm
Shari ‘a laws can be
controversial because of belief
that it infringes on the rights of
certain people
http://www.theepochtimes.com/
n2/content/view/37326/
Shi’ite
Shintoism
A follower of the Shia
branch of Islam,
which considers Ali,
the cousin of
Muhammad, and his
descendants as
Muhammad's true
successors.
Focuses particularly
on nature and
ancestor worship
The Shiite are mostly in Iran
and have had conflict with the
Sunni’s for many years
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~ali2
2a/page%20three.html
Shintoism spread into India
from Japan
http://dtsdapache.hershey.k12.
pa.us/wpmu/hs_aphg/2010/02/
02/shintoism/
Sunni
the largest branch of
Islam, which believes
in the traditions of
the Sunni and
accepts the first four
caliphs as rightful
successors to
Muhammad
The Sunni’s have a larger
following than the Shiite and
have had conflict with the
Shiite’s for many years
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~ali2
2a/page%20three.html
Taoism
Chinese philosophy
that advocates a
simple life and a
policy of
noninterference with
the natural course of
things.
Taoism has been an important
part of shaping China’s culture
and history
http://www.gardenvisit.com/hist
ory_theory/garden_landscape_
design_articles/sacred_gardens
/taoism_nature_isles_immortals
Universalizi
ng religion
is a religion that
attempts to operate
on a global scale and
to appeal to all
people wherever
they reside
The spreading of religion can
be voluntary or forceful, when
forced it can cause the
extinction of previously exciting
culture and death of the
resistor Ex: Christianity
http://www.landrethplanet.org/A
P/religion.htm
Zionism
movement
establishing and
developing Jewish
state: a worldwide
movement,
originating in the
19th century, that
sought to establish
and develop a Jewish
nation in Palestine
its function has been to
support the state of Israel
http://www.zionismisrael.com/maps/Map_Jerusale
m_6Daywar.htm