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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. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
adept
hinterland
sect
2. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
adept
primogeniture
classical
3. Preach the gospel (to)
synthesis
evangelize
eradicate
sect
4. A remote and undeveloped area
forestalling
hinterland
aristocracy
ecclesiastic
5. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
investiture
scorn
ethics
theocracy
6. Death rate
fuse
mortality
textiles
nationalism
7. Natural - inborn
innate
pastoral
ideology
faction
8. Predicted; foretold
papacy
prophesized
sovereignty
ecclesiastic
9. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
adherents
faction
inevitable
positivism
10. Belief in government run by religious leaders
ideology
monasticism
theocracy
forestalling
11. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
manifestation
piety
egalitarian
ideology
12. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
primogeniture
pluralism
monopoly
deity
13. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
investiture
fuse
harem
theocracy
14. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
egalitarian
morality
subordinate
pastoral
15. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
imperial
imperial
ethnocentric
suppressed
16. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
sect
forestalling
lineage
eunuchs
17. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
hinterland
medieval
precedent
inevitable
18. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
stratify
indigenous
patrilineal
medieval
19. Mistress
hinterland
positivism
scorn
concubine
20. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
textiles
matrilineal
primogeniture
monasticism
21. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
abdicate
sect
heretic
autonomy
22. 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
precedent
emulate
monasticism
evangelize
23. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
decadent
affiliation
aristocracy
mystic
24. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
precedent
uniformity
manifestation
prophesized
25. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
pagan
pluralism
manifestation
nationalism
26. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
matrilineal
venerate
despot
sedentary
27. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
piety
matrilineal
mystic
ecclesiastic
28. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
monasticism
sedentary
suppressed
patronage
29. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
theocracy
patrilineal
subsequent
monasticism
30. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
scorn
adept
lineage
theocracy
31. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
sect
affiliation
adept
harem
32. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
garrison
matrilineal
status
nationalism
33. Death rate
concubine
theocracy
conscript
mortality
34. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
pluralism
sect
lineage
35. Preach the gospel (to)
conscript
evangelize
advent
egalitarian
36. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
morality
conscript
deity
37. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
inevitable
sovereignty
theocracy
nationalism
38. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
subordinate
despot
adherents
puritanical
39. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
heretic
stratify
primogeniture
ideology
40. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
subsequent
mystic
maritime
conscript
41. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
conscript
decadent
mystic
42. Incapable of being solved or untangled
adherents
prophesized
innate
inextricable
43. 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
eunuchs
mortality
pluralism
44. Believers - followers
adherents
papacy
paramount
mystic
45. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
pastoral
inextricable
patrilineal
46. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
inextricable
piety
stratify
morality
47. Philosophy
lineage
positivism
venerate
sovereignty
48. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
scorn
subsequent
monopoly
49. Independence; self-determination - political independence
hinterland
autonomy
deity
hierarchy
50. Strength - energy
sedentary
manifestation
vigor
monopoly