Religion and belief systems

ideas and thoughts that guide political, social, and economic decisions in individuals and governments

• belief system

• monotheism

• polytheism

• missionary

when one culture evolves, shares, and borrows from surrounding cultures

• belief system

• cultural diffusion

• polytheism

• schism

a system of beliefs and practices that include one or more gods

• belief system

• cultural diffusion

• religion

• monotheism

belief in one god

• belief system

• polytheism

• monotheism

• schism

a division in a religious group, usually brought about by a difference in opinion

• polytheism

• monotheism

• schism

• belief system

The belief in many gods; this was a more common belief before the Middle Ages and the unification of the Christian Church

• Belief system

• monotheism

• polytheism

• schism

A person sent by a religious group to convince others to follow their religion; may provide educational or other services

• belief system

• polytheism

• missionary

• pastor

American Christians were deeply divided over whether slavery should remain legal in the United States. There was a huge ______ in the American Christian Church.

• belief

• religion

• monotheism

• schism

This belief system believed in a concept known as the Four Noble Truths.

• Catholicism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

The fact that Buddhism is now practiced in places such as China is an example of which concept.

• belief system

• schism

• cultural diffusion

• polytheism