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Global Words You Should Know
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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. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
papacy
synthesis
morality
despot
2. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
despot
classical
lineage
theocracy
3. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
conscript
faction
textiles
hastened
4. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
secular
pagan
hinterland
patrilineal
5. A god or goddess
maritime
innate
uniformity
deity
6. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
monopoly
classical
piety
heretic
7. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
autonomy
status
precedent
subordinate
8. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
morality
emulate
aristocracy
9. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
fealty
despot
patrilineal
ideology
10. A remote and undeveloped area
egalitarian
egalitarian
precedent
hinterland
11. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
doctrine
uniformity
forestalling
12. Predicted; foretold
conscript
fuse
aristocracy
prophesized
13. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
concubine
lineage
paramount
papacy
14. 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
paramount
ethics
scorn
monasticism
15. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
inextricable
status
sovereignty
adherents
16. The combination of parts to make a whole
adherents
synthesis
faction
despot
17. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
innate
eunuchs
pagan
18. Independence; self-determination - political independence
prophesized
aristocracy
autonomy
scorn
19. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
adept
deity
secular
status
20. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
decadent
ecclesiastic
uniformity
puritanical
21. To give up power
papacy
abdicate
paramount
venerate
22. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
fealty
eunuchs
fuse
23. Philosophy
positivism
maritime
papacy
affiliation
24. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
despot
harem
medieval
egalitarian
25. The combination of parts to make a whole
hastened
investiture
synthesis
hinterland
26. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
patronage
aristocracy
egalitarian
innate
27. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
faction
imperial
heretic
28. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
mystic
adept
emulate
faction
29. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
sect
nationalism
stratify
prophesized
30. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
innate
ideology
pastoral
31. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
pluralism
maritime
doctrine
suppressed
32. 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
piety
monasticism
prophesized
positivism
33. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
nationalism
pluralism
matrilineal
harem
34. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
sedentary
sect
secular
conscript
35. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
medieval
subsequent
sedentary
ideology
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
maritime
fealty
monopoly
pagan
37. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
inextricable
mystic
hierarchy
fuse
38. Mistress
suppressed
concubine
stratify
adept
39. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
subsequent
autonomy
ideology
patrilineal
40. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
piety
adept
ethnocentric
mystic
41. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
lineage
egalitarian
affiliation
ecclesiastic
42. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
decadent
secular
textiles
43. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pagan
fuse
piety
evangelize
44. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
doctrine
pastoral
precedent
45. Believers - followers
adherents
eunuchs
theocracy
mortality
46. Having superior power and influence
congregate
subsequent
advent
paramount
47. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
doctrine
medieval
hinterland
maritime
48. A belief - principle - or teaching
vigor
congregate
doctrine
manifestation
49. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
papacy
hastened
investiture
mystic
50. Preach the gospel (to)
inextricable
medieval
evangelize
papacy