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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. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
advent
morality
scorn
2. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
nationalism
prophesized
sect
manifestation
3. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
decadent
egalitarian
inextricable
4. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
paramount
despot
sedentary
harem
5. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
egalitarian
adept
patronage
congregate
6. Someone Who is drafted into military service
forestalling
subordinate
maritime
conscript
7. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
harem
affiliation
heretic
8. Control of a product or service by one company
hastened
hinterland
monopoly
sovereignty
9. Having superior power and influence
maritime
concubine
egalitarian
paramount
10. A belief - principle - or teaching
forestalling
doctrine
investiture
investiture
11. Mistress
adherents
mortality
concubine
lineage
12. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
stratify
sect
fealty
nationalism
13. The combination of parts to make a whole
venerate
nationalism
concubine
synthesis
14. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
status
heretic
15. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
eradicate
subordinate
fuse
congregate
16. Incapable of being solved or untangled
eunuchs
concubine
inextricable
scorn
17. Belief in government run by religious leaders
adherents
piety
imperial
theocracy
18. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
puritanical
positivism
harem
emulate
19. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
sedentary
evangelize
subordinate
hastened
20. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
pastoral
ecclesiastic
eradicate
21. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
garrison
pluralism
conscript
sovereignty
22. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
venerate
evangelize
venerate
23. The act of being formally connected or joined
paramount
advent
affiliation
pagan
24. The combination of parts to make a whole
despot
papacy
pagan
synthesis
25. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
hinterland
medieval
fealty
imperial
26. To wipe out; to destroy
advent
ecclesiastic
eradicate
evangelize
27. Woven materials; cloth
ecclesiastic
patrilineal
despot
textiles
28. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
monasticism
suppressed
ideology
paramount
29. Philosophy
positivism
theocracy
egalitarian
pluralism
30. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
ideology
manifestation
subordinate
ecclesiastic
31. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
forestalling
aristocracy
pluralism
mortality
32. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
emulate
adept
heretic
eunuchs
33. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
piety
inevitable
maritime
aristocracy
34. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
paramount
inevitable
matrilineal
investiture
35. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
classical
maritime
hinterland
36. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
faction
inextricable
stratify
pluralism
37. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
evangelize
pastoral
eunuchs
uniformity
38. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
papacy
eunuchs
sovereignty
aristocracy
39. Mistress
concubine
uniformity
egalitarian
eunuchs
40. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
ethnocentric
classical
investiture
41. Strength - energy
vigor
advent
abdicate
emulate
42. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
deity
scorn
stratify
43. Believers - followers
uniformity
subordinate
adherents
inextricable
44. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
secular
fuse
scorn
45. Believers - followers
indigenous
adherents
positivism
manifestation
46. Control of a product or service by one company
heretic
monopoly
conscript
lineage
47. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
sect
subsequent
ethnocentric
48. A person who believes in the equality of all people
despot
conscript
status
egalitarian
49. Natural - inborn
adept
innate
subsequent
aristocracy
50. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
pagan
morality
prophesized
advent