Early christianity is described as being a sect of judaism. what is a sect? a branch of a larger religious group a religion that opposes the beliefs of another. a fundamentalist branch within a larger religious group a christian group that operates within another religion

A: a branch of a larger religious group

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A sacred group that is a subdivision of a religion is generally known as a Sect. These sects generally administer the same tenets as the faith that is their base but will have marked variations in some spheres.  For instance, Jewish religious movements often called "denominations" or "branches", include various groups which emerged and developed among Jews from antique times.

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.