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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. Having superior power and influence
emulate
paramount
evangelize
aristocracy
2. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
adept
mortality
medieval
3. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
primogeniture
secular
autonomy
mystic
4. The combination of parts to make a whole
conscript
patrilineal
synthesis
hierarchy
5. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
status
subordinate
sedentary
morality
6. Belief in government run by religious leaders
pluralism
evangelize
theocracy
morality
7. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
vigor
suppressed
indigenous
8. A god or goddess
nationalism
deity
sedentary
faction
9. Woven materials; cloth
monopoly
evangelize
textiles
congregate
10. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
aristocracy
primogeniture
congregate
morality
11. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
abdicate
hierarchy
decadent
hastened
12. The combination of parts to make a whole
status
despot
positivism
synthesis
13. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
prophesized
aristocracy
garrison
inevitable
14. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
fuse
eunuchs
inevitable
15. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
ideology
monopoly
conscript
16. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
despot
congregate
ecclesiastic
matrilineal
17. 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
secular
paramount
monasticism
sect
18. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
garrison
subordinate
medieval
adept
19. Incapable of being solved or untangled
egalitarian
inextricable
uniformity
patronage
20. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
emulate
harem
maritime
21. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
imperial
advent
prophesized
mystic
22. Independence; self-determination - political independence
synthesis
autonomy
puritanical
garrison
23. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
affiliation
matrilineal
nationalism
venerate
24. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
manifestation
sect
sedentary
aristocracy
25. A belief - principle - or teaching
piety
doctrine
matrilineal
stratify
26. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
sovereignty
ethnocentric
decadent
27. Woven materials; cloth
advent
doctrine
textiles
papacy
28. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
ethics
emulate
fealty
investiture
29. To give up power
affiliation
ideology
abdicate
garrison
30. A person who believes in the equality of all people
piety
pagan
egalitarian
monopoly
31. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
despot
heretic
eunuchs
uniformity
32. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
positivism
conscript
paramount
33. Native to a certain area
ethnocentric
morality
decadent
indigenous
34. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
doctrine
sedentary
decadent
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
positivism
aristocracy
suppressed
textiles
36. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
secular
hierarchy
hastened
medieval
37. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
abdicate
vigor
hierarchy
38. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
sedentary
manifestation
hierarchy
garrison
39. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
ethnocentric
matrilineal
sect
patronage
40. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
forestalling
maritime
venerate
papacy
41. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
morality
inextricable
mystic
42. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
classical
pagan
decadent
mystic
43. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
lineage
ethics
ideology
indigenous
44. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
adept
evangelize
patronage
sovereignty
45. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
textiles
ecclesiastic
investiture
garrison
46. Death rate
theocracy
mortality
manifestation
innate
47. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
fuse
investiture
despot
48. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
fealty
ethnocentric
faction
papacy
49. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
eradicate
advent
ethnocentric
innate
50. Mistress
fealty
primogeniture
concubine
pastoral