The Term Used to Refer to a Symbolic Event or Ritual

question 189

Multiple Choice

The term used to refer to a symbolic event or ritual that marks the transition from childhood to adulthood is called a(n) :

• A) growth rite
• B) puberty rite
• C) initiation rite
• D) rite of passage

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Definitions:

Chief Justice

The presiding judge in the supreme court of many countries, or the principal judge of a particular court.

Conservative Economist

An economist whose work typically emphasizes free market policies, limited government intervention, and fiscal conservatism as means to achieve economic growth and stability.

Truman Doctrine

President Harry S. Truman’s program announced in 1947 of aid to European countries—particularly Greece and Turkey—threatened by communism.

Cold War

A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States from the late 1940s to 1991, marked by espionage, political rivalry, and the threat of nuclear warfare.