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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. 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
sedentary
suppressed
morality
2. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
paramount
forestalling
subordinate
3. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
matrilineal
egalitarian
lineage
4. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
manifestation
vigor
paramount
pluralism
5. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
medieval
textiles
pagan
6. Mistress
concubine
manifestation
positivism
classical
7. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
eradicate
aristocracy
abdicate
8. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
prophesized
manifestation
inextricable
stratify
9. To stop; delay - hinder
maritime
patrilineal
puritanical
forestalling
10. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
hinterland
scorn
nationalism
precedent
11. Mistress
eunuchs
concubine
matrilineal
garrison
12. Having superior power and influence
faction
evangelize
paramount
fuse
13. Devotion and reverence to God
despot
piety
ecclesiastic
classical
14. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
hinterland
decadent
faction
emulate
15. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
imperial
fealty
decadent
garrison
16. Someone Who is drafted into military service
suppressed
conscript
advent
positivism
17. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
deity
morality
adept
18. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
emulate
monasticism
prophesized
stratify
19. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
morality
innate
ethics
ecclesiastic
20. Having superior power and influence
paramount
conscript
eunuchs
fuse
21. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
autonomy
stratify
ideology
scorn
22. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
morality
monopoly
garrison
23. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
nationalism
papacy
inextricable
24. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
concubine
imperial
forestalling
advent
25. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
monopoly
eradicate
lineage
garrison
26. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
subordinate
investiture
primogeniture
concubine
27. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
despot
papacy
fealty
eradicate
28. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
advent
subsequent
patrilineal
29. A remote and undeveloped area
evangelize
uniformity
hinterland
abdicate
30. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
ethics
decadent
pastoral
egalitarian
31. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
advent
innate
inevitable
emulate
32. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
pluralism
heretic
doctrine
eradicate
33. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
textiles
sect
primogeniture
ethnocentric
34. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
ecclesiastic
maritime
doctrine
inextricable
35. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
pastoral
ethics
pluralism
36. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
evangelize
hastened
congregate
37. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
theocracy
medieval
primogeniture
pastoral
38. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
stratify
prophesized
indigenous
papacy
39. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
imperial
inevitable
precedent
40. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
pluralism
paramount
congregate
ecclesiastic
41. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
deity
despot
ideology
primogeniture
42. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
aristocracy
doctrine
heretic
43. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
decadent
fealty
harem
pluralism
44. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
deity
subsequent
decadent
45. Strength - energy
doctrine
vigor
ecclesiastic
investiture
46. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
adherents
conscript
secular
fealty
47. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
innate
sedentary
indigenous
48. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
fuse
concubine
manifestation
49. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
pagan
deity
abdicate
50. Native to a certain area
doctrine
affiliation
indigenous
pluralism