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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. Philosophy
positivism
hastened
matrilineal
doctrine
2. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
abdicate
pluralism
emulate
mystic
3. Preach the gospel (to)
concubine
faction
textiles
evangelize
4. Death rate
sedentary
affiliation
mortality
theocracy
5. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
abdicate
evangelize
garrison
6. Mistress
piety
concubine
piety
hierarchy
7. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
ethics
synthesis
adherents
adept
8. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
primogeniture
status
maritime
decadent
9. Strength - energy
nationalism
vigor
egalitarian
adherents
10. Independence; self-determination - political independence
mortality
abdicate
aristocracy
autonomy
11. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
precedent
indigenous
eunuchs
ecclesiastic
12. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
textiles
textiles
ideology
13. Relating to or associated with an empire
harem
imperial
puritanical
hastened
14. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
harem
maritime
puritanical
deity
15. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
puritanical
papacy
venerate
forestalling
16. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
inextricable
suppressed
sect
17. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
papacy
subordinate
congregate
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
congregate
ethics
uniformity
theocracy
19. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
fealty
doctrine
concubine
20. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
pastoral
heretic
patrilineal
synthesis
21. Mistress
patrilineal
concubine
lineage
secular
22. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
pastoral
manifestation
adherents
23. A remote and undeveloped area
secular
hinterland
matrilineal
innate
24. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
ideology
patrilineal
hierarchy
pastoral
25. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
imperial
scorn
forestalling
subordinate
26. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
indigenous
innate
ethics
heretic
27. Natural - inborn
mystic
venerate
innate
garrison
28. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
mortality
precedent
monopoly
textiles
29. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
monasticism
harem
advent
congregate
30. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
theocracy
monasticism
doctrine
morality
31. To wipe out; to destroy
subsequent
manifestation
adherents
eradicate
32. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
advent
synthesis
lineage
secular
33. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
indigenous
papacy
faction
inevitable
34. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
sect
decadent
manifestation
hastened
35. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
subordinate
concubine
hinterland
hastened
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
patrilineal
concubine
fealty
ethnocentric
37. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
monopoly
theocracy
manifestation
investiture
38. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
uniformity
inevitable
monopoly
doctrine
39. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
eunuchs
sedentary
papacy
ethnocentric
40. Strength - energy
vigor
medieval
sovereignty
decadent
41. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
textiles
congregate
papacy
subordinate
42. A person who believes in the equality of all people
autonomy
patrilineal
egalitarian
emulate
43. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
aristocracy
papacy
sovereignty
44. 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
despot
monasticism
medieval
investiture
45. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
harem
patrilineal
morality
46. A god or goddess
deity
doctrine
suppressed
inevitable
47. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
faction
deity
matrilineal
48. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
decadent
morality
despot
49. Native to a certain area
morality
sect
medieval
indigenous
50. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
fealty
theocracy
decadent