CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY

CULTURE

• Beliefs and lifestyles of a particular society or group
• Chidera has Nigerian culture so she has different traditions.

ANIMISM

• Animism is the belief that non-human entities are spiritual beings because spirits inhabit them.
• Animism puts more emphasis on the uniqueness of each individual soul

HINDUISM

• Beliefs in many Gods and customs
• Hinduism is greatly populated in India.

BUDDISIM

• Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of reality
• The experience developed within the Buddhist tradition over thousands of years

JUDAISM

• : the religion developed among the ancient Hebrews that stresses belief in God and faithfulness
• to the laws of the Torah : the religion of the Jewish people
• The religious belief and practice of the Jews is called Judaism

CHRISTIANITY

• the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.
• Christianity is heavily populated in America.

ISLAM

• A monotheistic faith revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
• Followers of Islam our Muslims

SIKHISM

• A monotheistic religion founded in north India by a guru named Nanak
• The core belief in Sikhism is to see God in everyone

URBAN

• Of or relating to cities and the people who live in them
• Many of the environments are very urban in style, taking place on abandoned streets in England or
• even training yards.

RURAL

• A geographical area that is located outside of cities or towns
• She is a rural kind of girl, preferring dirt over makeup.

MULTICULTURAL

• Relating, reflecting and adapting to diverse cultures
• She wanted to travel the world and be a multicultural person.

GENDER ROLE

• Overall expression of attitude that indicate to others your male/femaleness
• By being the first female president, She denied her gender role and gained
• respect.

SOCIAL CLASS

• individuals and groups classify on wealth and economic success
• Chideras social class was the greatest.

SOCIAL MOBLITY

• A change in social status over a single year
• The social mobility of the world depends on your social class