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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
subordinate
forestalling
synthesis
2. Preach the gospel (to)
prophesized
evangelize
textiles
classical
3. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
decadent
patrilineal
hinterland
4. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
pluralism
eunuchs
decadent
5. A remote and undeveloped area
heretic
scorn
garrison
hinterland
6. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
suppressed
conscript
puritanical
classical
7. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
mortality
manifestation
patronage
pluralism
8. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
hastened
fealty
primogeniture
prophesized
9. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
deity
sect
secular
conscript
10. Strength - energy
decadent
deity
manifestation
vigor
11. The act of being formally connected or joined
synthesis
aristocracy
innate
affiliation
12. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
autonomy
subsequent
nationalism
ecclesiastic
13. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
status
matrilineal
abdicate
hierarchy
14. To give up power
inextricable
abdicate
conscript
hierarchy
15. A belief - principle - or teaching
subordinate
textiles
maritime
doctrine
16. Incapable of being solved or untangled
adherents
ecclesiastic
inextricable
aristocracy
17. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hinterland
vigor
hastened
concubine
18. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
inevitable
maritime
innate
19. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
puritanical
positivism
primogeniture
despot
20. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
pagan
hastened
ecclesiastic
egalitarian
21. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
stratify
inextricable
heretic
papacy
22. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
autonomy
ideology
maritime
morality
23. Natural - inborn
innate
forestalling
stratify
morality
24. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
sect
papacy
inevitable
suppressed
25. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
eunuchs
abdicate
suppressed
nationalism
26. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
indigenous
emulate
monasticism
pagan
27. Native to a certain area
egalitarian
heretic
mortality
indigenous
28. Mistress
subsequent
venerate
primogeniture
concubine
29. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
hinterland
status
theocracy
emulate
30. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
precedent
stratify
evangelize
31. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
lineage
sedentary
faction
advent
32. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
textiles
lineage
medieval
mystic
33. 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
autonomy
monasticism
matrilineal
papacy
34. To wipe out; to destroy
investiture
autonomy
precedent
eradicate
35. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
textiles
ethnocentric
puritanical
monopoly
36. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
prophesized
concubine
sovereignty
hastened
37. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
suppressed
paramount
inextricable
38. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
monopoly
adherents
eradicate
sovereignty
39. Philosophy
ecclesiastic
ethics
theocracy
positivism
40. The act of being formally connected or joined
ethics
affiliation
patrilineal
pluralism
41. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
scorn
despot
morality
conscript
42. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
forestalling
monasticism
pluralism
43. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
abdicate
morality
garrison
secular
44. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
mystic
mortality
harem
45. To give up power
abdicate
forestalling
hierarchy
doctrine
46. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
secular
patronage
imperial
heretic
47. A god or goddess
positivism
sedentary
deity
scorn
48. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
pagan
manifestation
pluralism
ideology
49. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
faction
hierarchy
monopoly
sect
50. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
sect
stratify
pagan