religion
ethnicity
states
terrorism
vocab
100

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.

Universilizing religion

100

identity with group sharing cultural traditions of homeland or hearth

ethnicity

100

an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs. It occupies a defined
territory on Earth's surface and contains a permanent population

state

100

the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by a nonstate actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion, or intimidation

terrorism

100

Redrawing legislative boundaries to benefit the party in power

gerrymandering

200

a religion that is particular to one culturally distinct group of people congregation

ethnic religion

200

identity with group perceived to share physiological trait like skin color

race


200

is a synonym for state

country

200

Examples of terrorist organizations include:

1. Taliban
2. Boko Haram
3. A l Qaeda
4. Islamic State (I S I L or I S I S)

200

like-minded voters are spread across several districts to prevent them from reaching a majority in any of them

cracking

300

a local assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship

congregation

300

identity with group sharing legal attachment to a particular country

nationality

300

is a state with a very small land area. Monaco (0.8 square miles) and the Vatican (0.17 square miles) are prime examples of ....

microstates

300

founded by Osama bin Laden, responsible for September 11, 2001

Al-Qaeda

300

like-minded voters are stacked in one district to prevent them from affecting elections in other districts

packing

400

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body.

denomination

400

a place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is
distinct from those in the surrounding area

ethnic enclave

400

is a sovereign state that comprises a town and the surrounding countryside

city-state

400

branched from A l-Qaeda and controlled wide swaths of Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017

Islamic State

400

the process of improving the conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology

development

500

A large and fundamental division within a religion

branch

500

the policy of one ethnicity or religious group to remove the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from a certain area

ethnic cleansing

500

a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular nation

nation-state

500

located in northern Nigeria, wishes to impose sharia law

Boko Haram

500


slum housing known in Brazil as...

favelas