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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. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
subsequent
nationalism
emulate
heretic
2. Philosophy
positivism
harem
emulate
forestalling
3. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
monopoly
ideology
precedent
evangelize
4. Having superior power and influence
despot
paramount
evangelize
medieval
5. The combination of parts to make a whole
inextricable
synthesis
adherents
faction
6. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
abdicate
piety
puritanical
stratify
7. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
egalitarian
monasticism
harem
pluralism
8. A remote and undeveloped area
advent
hinterland
affiliation
synthesis
9. Independence; self-determination - political independence
status
vigor
ideology
autonomy
10. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
fealty
patronage
piety
classical
11. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
patrilineal
suppressed
papacy
hastened
12. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
subsequent
ethics
pluralism
faction
13. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
harem
inevitable
forestalling
14. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
conscript
papacy
eradicate
15. Devotion and reverence to God
mortality
despot
pluralism
piety
16. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
ethics
sovereignty
uniformity
sedentary
17. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
sect
venerate
autonomy
investiture
18. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
ethnocentric
evangelize
eunuchs
19. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
monasticism
status
theocracy
20. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
eradicate
primogeniture
medieval
21. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
hierarchy
eunuchs
faction
patronage
22. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
indigenous
maritime
harem
adept
23. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
evangelize
papacy
advent
hastened
24. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
hinterland
inevitable
eunuchs
pastoral
25. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
imperial
synthesis
faction
status
26. Incapable of being solved or untangled
monopoly
inextricable
investiture
pagan
27. Predicted; foretold
venerate
manifestation
prophesized
scorn
28. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
imperial
sedentary
subsequent
classical
29. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
classical
synthesis
despot
subsequent
30. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
aristocracy
patronage
venerate
subsequent
31. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
imperial
ethnocentric
status
nationalism
32. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
inextricable
hierarchy
matrilineal
evangelize
33. A belief - principle - or teaching
primogeniture
decadent
doctrine
ethics
34. 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
vigor
adept
monasticism
indigenous
35. A god or goddess
indigenous
despot
eunuchs
deity
36. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
inevitable
textiles
heretic
uniformity
37. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
monopoly
despot
suppressed
fealty
38. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
piety
scorn
faction
39. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
sovereignty
aristocracy
hinterland
inextricable
40. Mistress
eradicate
indigenous
concubine
scorn
41. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
aristocracy
mortality
subsequent
42. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
status
inextricable
hastened
patrilineal
43. Death rate
congregate
vigor
morality
mortality
44. Native to a certain area
indigenous
ethics
lineage
imperial
45. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
forestalling
medieval
inevitable
adherents
46. Incapable of being solved or untangled
mortality
inextricable
pastoral
monopoly
47. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
investiture
subsequent
harem
48. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
garrison
decadent
secular
synthesis
49. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
subordinate
puritanical
congregate
ethnocentric
50. Woven materials; cloth
paramount
textiles
deity
matrilineal