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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
monopoly
precedent
pluralism
2. Natural - inborn
pluralism
innate
inextricable
mortality
3. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
adherents
egalitarian
nationalism
medieval
4. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
sedentary
medieval
congregate
suppressed
5. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
inevitable
patronage
mystic
investiture
6. To stop; delay - hinder
piety
textiles
sedentary
forestalling
7. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
ethnocentric
affiliation
piety
8. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
scorn
pastoral
decadent
9. A god or goddess
deity
ideology
garrison
matrilineal
10. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
papacy
despot
concubine
11. Control of a product or service by one company
theocracy
innate
monopoly
egalitarian
12. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
monasticism
pagan
adept
13. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
egalitarian
textiles
maritime
14. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
pluralism
ideology
doctrine
sedentary
15. Independence; self-determination - political independence
emulate
doctrine
autonomy
advent
16. Belief in government run by religious leaders
pluralism
emulate
hinterland
theocracy
17. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
synthesis
abdicate
patronage
18. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
positivism
garrison
sect
despot
19. Devotion and reverence to God
advent
piety
heretic
sovereignty
20. Relating to or associated with an empire
eunuchs
forestalling
inextricable
imperial
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
pastoral
suppressed
precedent
conscript
22. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
conscript
fealty
monopoly
23. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
aristocracy
matrilineal
fuse
evangelize
24. Philosophy
decadent
nationalism
autonomy
positivism
25. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
affiliation
ideology
sect
pagan
26. The combination of parts to make a whole
sovereignty
synthesis
faction
ecclesiastic
27. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
morality
garrison
prophesized
eunuchs
28. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
piety
papacy
stratify
scorn
29. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
affiliation
pagan
inextricable
pluralism
30. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
eradicate
aristocracy
secular
classical
31. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
sedentary
eunuchs
monasticism
patrilineal
32. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
abdicate
morality
patronage
33. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
emulate
suppressed
investiture
piety
34. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
congregate
pastoral
patrilineal
abdicate
35. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
adept
venerate
indigenous
36. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
prophesized
inevitable
doctrine
37. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
egalitarian
hinterland
patronage
synthesis
38. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
hinterland
investiture
matrilineal
forestalling
39. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
patronage
classical
precedent
nationalism
40. Predicted; foretold
patronage
prophesized
pagan
puritanical
41. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
hastened
harem
decadent
pastoral
42. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
sovereignty
sedentary
venerate
abdicate
43. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
congregate
venerate
papacy
garrison
44. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
innate
theocracy
aristocracy
45. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
emulate
patrilineal
concubine
pagan
46. Having superior power and influence
emulate
paramount
emulate
harem
47. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
hastened
theocracy
ethics
48. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
primogeniture
uniformity
lineage
inevitable
49. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
decadent
conscript
concubine
uniformity
50. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
scorn
pastoral
subsequent
eunuchs