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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. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
venerate
forestalling
eunuchs
uniformity
2. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
pastoral
textiles
secular
ecclesiastic
3. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
despot
papacy
inextricable
fuse
4. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
paramount
lineage
ideology
despot
5. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
decadent
monasticism
aristocracy
medieval
6. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
advent
ethics
harem
ethnocentric
7. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
lineage
manifestation
fealty
8. To wipe out; to destroy
pastoral
eradicate
investiture
doctrine
9. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
indigenous
egalitarian
medieval
harem
10. Belief in government run by religious leaders
fuse
patronage
theocracy
scorn
11. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
indigenous
imperial
congregate
scorn
12. Strength - energy
pastoral
papacy
vigor
hastened
13. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
garrison
classical
despot
pastoral
14. Woven materials; cloth
monopoly
textiles
autonomy
sedentary
15. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
eradicate
congregate
fealty
scorn
16. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
doctrine
status
heretic
uniformity
17. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
indigenous
sedentary
aristocracy
emulate
18. Native to a certain area
stratify
concubine
textiles
indigenous
19. Having superior power and influence
autonomy
adherents
pastoral
paramount
20. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
pastoral
hinterland
investiture
21. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
sedentary
pluralism
papacy
abdicate
22. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
hastened
nationalism
eunuchs
puritanical
23. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
secular
maritime
eradicate
24. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
status
harem
inevitable
positivism
25. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
harem
scorn
papacy
pluralism
26. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
primogeniture
status
suppressed
27. Native to a certain area
indigenous
adherents
primogeniture
medieval
28. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
autonomy
ideology
status
adept
29. Believers - followers
adherents
pagan
ecclesiastic
patronage
30. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
classical
fealty
status
31. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
ecclesiastic
sedentary
papacy
hierarchy
32. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
eunuchs
hierarchy
manifestation
33. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
conscript
mortality
sedentary
34. Control of a product or service by one company
garrison
nationalism
monopoly
ethics
35. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
medieval
inevitable
pastoral
precedent
36. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
matrilineal
sovereignty
adherents
pluralism
37. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
abdicate
vigor
patronage
egalitarian
38. Someone Who is drafted into military service
hierarchy
fuse
doctrine
conscript
39. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
lineage
primogeniture
fuse
harem
40. A god or goddess
deity
patronage
fuse
positivism
41. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
adept
subordinate
pagan
fuse
42. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
sedentary
decadent
fuse
maritime
43. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
fuse
hierarchy
nationalism
stratify
44. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
investiture
puritanical
textiles
status
45. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
matrilineal
monopoly
suppressed
46. Relating to or associated with an empire
mystic
ethnocentric
inextricable
imperial
47. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
scorn
emulate
theocracy
synthesis
48. Death rate
mortality
textiles
faction
imperial
49. Predicted; foretold
maritime
prophesized
venerate
concubine
50. Relating to or associated with an empire
indigenous
imperial
synthesis
ecclesiastic