| A | B |
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| Education | The roles of norms that ensure the transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next |
| Schooling | formal education, which involves set punishments for serious offenses |
| Mandatory Education | enforced schooling |
| Hidden Curriculum | Schools' transmission of cultural goals that are not openly acknowledged |
| Tracking | The assignment of students to different types of educational programs |
| Bilingual Education | A system in which non-English speaking students are taught in their native language |
| Sacred | Anything that is considered to be part of the supernatural world and that inspires awe, respect, and reverence |
| Profane | Anything considered being part of the ordinary world; commonplace and familiar |
| Religion | A system of roles and norms that binds people together in social groups |
| Ritual | An established pattern of behavior through which a group of believers experiences the sacred |
| Animism | The belief that spirits actively influence human life |
| Theism | The belief in god or gods as divine powers worthy of worship |
| Ethicalism | A religious belief system that is based on the idea that moral principles have a sacred quality |
| Denomination | A well-established religious organization in which a substantial number of the population is a member |
| Sect | A small religious organization that typically has split off from a denomination because of differences in beliefs |
| Cult | A new religion whose beliefs and practices differ from those of the society's major religions |
| Religiosity | The depth of people's religious feelings and how they translate those feelings into behavior |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| polytheism | The belief in more than one gods |
| secular | non-religous |
