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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
inevitable
deity
eunuchs
2. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
ethnocentric
doctrine
uniformity
autonomy
3. A way of life in Which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith; living life as a monk
monasticism
hierarchy
fealty
stratify
4. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
mortality
pagan
lineage
ethnocentric
5. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
aristocracy
mortality
subordinate
status
6. Devotion and reverence to God
secular
congregate
piety
primogeniture
7. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
innate
eradicate
adherents
8. Believers - followers
despot
adherents
inextricable
egalitarian
9. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
morality
mortality
investiture
10. A god or goddess
inextricable
heretic
ecclesiastic
deity
11. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
pastoral
stratify
innate
12. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
manifestation
hierarchy
imperial
papacy
13. Native to a certain area
egalitarian
autonomy
indigenous
manifestation
14. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fealty
harem
indigenous
hinterland
15. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
fuse
uniformity
pastoral
patrilineal
16. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
piety
suppressed
subsequent
ethics
17. Predicted; foretold
investiture
matrilineal
prophesized
suppressed
18. Predicted; foretold
papacy
prophesized
decadent
patronage
19. Mistress
deity
concubine
mortality
piety
20. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
vigor
nationalism
suppressed
21. Natural - inborn
forestalling
medieval
subordinate
innate
22. Incapable of being solved or untangled
eradicate
inextricable
congregate
stratify
23. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
congregate
subsequent
ideology
24. Mistress
patrilineal
concubine
hierarchy
subsequent
25. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
prophesized
autonomy
faction
26. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
hastened
subsequent
affiliation
27. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
lineage
vigor
status
28. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
advent
hierarchy
heretic
congregate
29. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
nationalism
egalitarian
inevitable
patrilineal
30. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
doctrine
inevitable
advent
inevitable
31. Having superior power and influence
vigor
heretic
hastened
paramount
32. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
ethnocentric
precedent
fuse
fealty
33. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
positivism
emulate
theocracy
heretic
34. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
precedent
conscript
lineage
hastened
35. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
morality
synthesis
monasticism
36. Natural - inborn
deity
secular
innate
emulate
37. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
ethics
patrilineal
sect
pluralism
38. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
mortality
garrison
nationalism
39. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
ideology
scorn
patrilineal
40. A remote and undeveloped area
ethics
puritanical
ethnocentric
hinterland
41. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
egalitarian
uniformity
puritanical
42. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
precedent
venerate
nationalism
43. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
evangelize
hinterland
sovereignty
44. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
papacy
nationalism
status
positivism
45. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
pluralism
secular
scorn
ethnocentric
46. To give up power
positivism
piety
abdicate
prophesized
47. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
fealty
primogeniture
patrilineal
manifestation
48. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
morality
fuse
pluralism
evangelize
49. Someone Who is drafted into military service
sovereignty
adept
decadent
conscript
50. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
aristocracy
vigor
evangelize