Key terms & definitions

A lack of agreement or cooperation within a group, such as rivalry between commanders over control of captured towns.

A choral song and dance performed in honour of Dionysus.

A choral song in honour of Dionysus, performed with dancing and entered in competitions.

A drug that increases urine production, causing the body to lose water.

A movement pattern that varies over the course of a day.

The difference between the highest and lowest temperatures within a day.

Changes occurring within a 24-hour period, such as differences between daytime and night-time temperatures.

A small oil lamp lit during Hindu worship and celebrations, especially Diwali; also called a diya.

The main prayer hall of a gurdwara, where the congregation gathers around the Guru Granth Sahib.

The movement of tectonic plates away from one another.

A plate boundary where plates move apart and new crust forms; also called a constructive boundary.

A lens that spreads rays travelling parallel to its principal axis so that they appear to come from a principal focus.

A community whose residents come from several different national, ethnic or cultural backgrounds.

A widening of the range of products or economic activities on which a country depends.

Developing different products or serving different markets to reduce dependence on one source of sales.

Expansion into different products or business areas to spread financial risk and increase possible sources of income.

Responding to a child's behaviour through suitable support or less formal measures rather than taking them further into the criminal justice system.

Using media for enjoyment, relaxation or a temporary escape from everyday concerns.

The range of different people, groups and activities connected with a historical site.

Differences among people in a population, including their ethnic backgrounds, religions, languages, cultures, ages and identities.

An approach that breaks a problem into smaller problems, solves them and combines their results.

A bar split into segments to show how different components contribute to a total.

The number being divided in a division calculation.

A payment to shareholders from a company's profits.

God, a god or ultimate spiritual reality.

Spiritual awareness or consciousness understood as divine, rather than as an individual human mind.

The belief that God guided the writers of biblical texts through the Holy Spirit.

An action by a god that influences human events, such as protecting a warrior, sending an omen or deceiving an opponent.

God’s action in the world or in human affairs.

God’s assessment of a person’s deeds, associated with accountability, reward and punishment.