1. Vocabulary Check

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1. acre

a. lasting forever

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2. benefaction

b. the leader of the Roman Catholic Church

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3. beverage

c. to treat cruelly

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4. dominant

d. only; by oneself alone

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5. denomination

e. a measure of land

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6. derive

f. strongest

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7. eternal

g. most common or general

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8. humanitarianism

h. something to drink

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9. in league with

i. love for one’s country

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10. patriotism

j. to get from

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11. persecute

k. helping others

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12. Pope

l. to state something officially

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13. prevailing

m. a separate religious group within the Christian faith, such as Methodist or Baptist

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14. proclaim

n. working together

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15. solely

o. giving money for a good cause

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1. The Protestant denominations such as Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, etc. are all part of the Roman Catholic church.

2. No single church has become the center of religious life in the United States because the emphasis is on the individual, not a particular church.

3. There are no priests in the Protestant churches; individuals are responsible for their own direct relationship with God.

4. Many Catholics settled in colonial America to escape religious persecution by the Protestants in Europe.

5. The constitution of the United States separates church and state and forbids the government from ever establishing a national church.

6. Protestantism is the dominant religious force in the United States and it has had a strong influence on American values.

7. Protestantism encourages a strong desire for self-improvement.

8. Some American Protestant leaders have said that people who are rich have been blessed by God.

9. The “Protestant ethic” is the belief that people should share their time and their wealth to help others.

10. The national religion of the United States is a mixture of religion and patriotism which expresses the belief that God has blessed America and its values.