A denomination is a

A. generally small, secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.
B. large, organized religion that is not officially linked with the state or government.
C. religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and that is recognized as the national or official religion.
D. relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.


B. large, organized religion that is not officially linked with the state or government.

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A. Children in single-parent families are often economically disadvantaged compared to children in two-parent families. B. Children in single parent families receive less emotional support than children raised in two-parent families. C. Children in single parent families tend to receive more rules and more lax discipline than those in two parent families. D. Children in single parent families are exposed to more stress than are children in two parent families.

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This drug is a synthetic narcotic analgesic originally developed in Germany during World War II

a. Methamphetamine b. Methadone c. LSD d. Ecstasy

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When culture ceases to be something that is made by “the people” but instead becomes something imposed from above and churned out by industrial entities like the studio system in Hollywood or television networks, this is known as:

a. commodification b. culture industry c. mass media influence d. false consciousness

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A) discover the names of different fields in a table B) reformat the web application server's hard drive C) display a list of customer telephone numbers D) erase a database table

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