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several thousand years ago
From when did the Marshallese migrate from the Asian continent?
Congregational
What was the previous name of the United Church of Christ?
24.2%
What percentage of Marshall Islanders belong to the Assemblies of God?
8.3%
What percentage of Marshall Islands residents are Mormons?
2.2%
What percentage of Marshall Islanders worship at the Assembly of God Part Two?
September 2012
When did the first mosque in Majuro open?
Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands)
What body operates the state schools in the Marshall Islands?
College of the Marshall Islands
Along with the University of the South Pacific, what tertiary education institution exists in the Marshall Islands?
Majuro
Where is the Marshall Islands International Airport located?
Bucholz Army Airfield
What airfield operates in Kwajalein?
noble class
What class was slackta in Poland?
King Casimir III the Great
Under whos' reign did the szlachta gain institutional privileges?
Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown Kingdom of Poland
WHich two kingdoms shared tentative personal unions?
1569–1795
When did the polish-lithuanian commonwealth thrive?
Ducal Prussia
What is one leader from the polish-lithuanian common weaith.
manor farms
What is another name for folwarks?
obscurity and mystery
Were the szlachta obscure and mysterious or obvious and proud.
late 18th century
Around what time was the decline of the polish common wealth.
political and legal privileges
WHat did the commonwealth increase before it declined.
1772 to 1795
When, during the partitions of Poland, did the szlachta lose legal and social status.
Russian Empire
What was one name of a power that the szlachta was dependent on.
1921
When was the March constitution implemented.
legal privileges of the szlachta were legally abolished
What did the Mach constitution do?
Second Polish Republic
In what republic did the szlachta lose their legal privileges.
social equals
What was the notion for all polish nobles?
Polish saying
What ethnic saying is this traditional from?
regardless of their financial status
Did it matter how much money a person had to polish nobles?
slahta
What german word does the term szlachta come from?
"(noble) family"
What does slahta mean?
rycerz
What is the polish name for knight?
Ritter
German name for knight?
Erbe
Where does the word her derive from in german?
German "schlachten"
What did the poles of the 17th century think the term szlachta came from?
("to slaughter" or "to butcher")
What does schlachtan mean in german?
Schlacht
What German word is also suggestive deriving from szlachta?
battle
What does schlacht mean?
legendary proto-Polish chief, Lech
The polish believed szlachta derived from the name of who?
magnates
What were some powerful Polish nobles referred too?
magnat
What is the singular version of magnates?
możny
What is another name referring polish nobles?
możni
What is the plural version of mozny?
Lithuania
What other country besides Poland were polish nobles most likely found?
szlachta
What term designated the noble class of polish Lithuania common wealth?
formalized, hereditary
What are two adjectives that best describe the szlachta?
hereditary szlachta
Who is referred to as nobilitas?
equivalent in legal status of the English nobility
What is the legal status of nobilitas?
nobility
What simple word does the term szlachta translate too?
szlachta
What were the non noble land owners referred too as?
by courtesy or error
Why were the non nobles and nobles referred as the same term?
old-Commonwealth nobility
What does szlachta mainly denote?
included those almost rich and powerful enough to be magnates down to rascals
Why did the mistranslation of szlachta come about?
szlachta
Who was inferior of the other, European countries or szlachta?
hereditary juridical status
What ultimately determined nobility?
to become tenants of the wealthier gentry.
What were some impoverished szlachta forced to do?
no
Did the tenants of the wealthier genrty lose their nobility?
retained all their constitutional prerogatives
What was one noble thing the poor szlachta did?
obscure
Have the origins of the szlachta been clear or obscure?
odwieczna
What did they use to refer to the origin of szlactha?
descent from the ancient Iranian tribes known as Sarmatians
What was one historic theory of the szlachta origins?
Alexander the Great
What was another regional leader involved in the origins of szlachta?
had not mixed their bloodlines with those of 'slaves, prisoners, and aliens
What was important and unique about regional leaders?
Lechici/Lekhi (Lechitów):
WHat was the name of the distinct element from a nnon-Slavic warrior class?
was of a different origin than the Slavonic peasants
In this theory, what was the upper class?
about the fifth century.
WHen did they find the polish kingdom?
military caste
WHat caste system does the hindu society have?
The szlachta
Who shares the same caste system as Hindu?
documentation regarding Raciborz and Albert's tenure
WHat is the earliest surviving use of the clan name of the polish knights?
Middle Ages and in the early modern period
WHn did the knightly genealogiae associate with heraldic devices?
the ius militare,
The polish anem and cry ritualized what?
define knightly status
In 1244 the power to command and army had been used to do what?
Around the 14th century
Around what time were the knights and szlachta very similiar?
defend the country
What was a personal obligation of the szlachtas?
geography
What contributed to the long standing traditions?
wiec
What was governing the polish tribes?
an assembly of free tribesmen
What was the wiec?
an elected prince
When power needed to be consolidated what was chosen to govern?
elites
What was the governing position limited to?
clans (ród)
What ruled over the tribes?
theoretically descending from a common ancestor
What did the clans people all have in common?
related by blood or marriage
What gave them a sense of solidarity?
grόd
What were stronghold called?
opole
What was the territory occupied by a single tribe?
Mieszko I of Poland
WHo established an elite knightly retinue?
(c. 935 – 25 May 992)
How long was Miesko I of Poland reigning?
preserving the unity of his state
Along with uniting the lekhitic tribes what did poland succeed in?
Mieszko I's successors
Who also established this retinue as well?
rycerz
WHat was a polish nobleman referred to as before the 15th century?
knight
What is roughly the same to the english version of rycerz?
wealthier families of Poland and itinerant knights from abroad seeking their fortunes
What people did the rycerstwo class represent?
gradually formed apart from Mieszko I's and his successors' elite retinues.
What positive did the szlachta class receive?
could serve as officials in state administration.
What did ducal law implement for the rycerstwo/nobility?
A.D., 1138 – A.D., 1314
WHen was the period of Division?
Bolesław III's division of Poland among his sons
What stemmed the period of division?
Polish
What tribe was the prior social structure from?
850 A.D.
WHen did the Piast dynasty appear?
Piast dynasty,
Polish nation ruled by what dynasty?
co-proprietors of Piast realms
What did some Mozni regard themselves with?
attempted to deprive them of their independence
What did the magnates do to the Piasts realms?
możni
Who constantly sought to undermine princely authority?
die beste leuten
WHat were nobles named in german language?