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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. Native to a certain area
indigenous
manifestation
hinterland
nationalism
2. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
ecclesiastic
harem
faction
3. To stop; delay - hinder
piety
nationalism
forestalling
imperial
4. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
pagan
imperial
matrilineal
5. Preach the gospel (to)
imperial
deity
deity
evangelize
6. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
innate
hastened
harem
7. Someone Who is drafted into military service
secular
conscript
inextricable
textiles
8. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
faction
evangelize
maritime
9. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
mystic
patronage
doctrine
papacy
10. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
venerate
pastoral
hierarchy
patrilineal
11. Mistress
nationalism
theocracy
concubine
matrilineal
12. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
puritanical
emulate
hinterland
13. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
despot
concubine
pastoral
14. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
sect
pluralism
secular
precedent
15. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
scorn
adherents
pagan
16. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
venerate
manifestation
abdicate
17. Natural - inborn
innate
lineage
classical
investiture
18. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
aristocracy
inevitable
autonomy
19. Woven materials; cloth
despot
textiles
mystic
conscript
20. A god or goddess
precedent
venerate
deity
advent
21. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
vigor
monasticism
heretic
status
22. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
deity
medieval
matrilineal
23. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
secular
monasticism
venerate
24. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
conscript
evangelize
inevitable
subsequent
25. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
pastoral
medieval
vigor
mystic
26. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
medieval
pagan
eunuchs
27. Preach the gospel (to)
emulate
pastoral
hastened
evangelize
28. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
deity
maritime
pagan
medieval
29. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
ideology
patronage
theocracy
classical
30. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
papacy
ethics
matrilineal
adept
31. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
doctrine
emulate
garrison
32. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
textiles
mystic
inextricable
33. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
primogeniture
status
mystic
34. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
hierarchy
faction
harem
medieval
35. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
suppressed
indigenous
sect
status
36. Code of morality
ethics
hastened
venerate
inextricable
37. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
inevitable
sedentary
congregate
positivism
38. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
classical
sect
maritime
39. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
investiture
inevitable
monasticism
40. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
concubine
precedent
deity
hierarchy
41. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
suppressed
doctrine
piety
42. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
decadent
pluralism
patrilineal
hierarchy
43. Philosophy
status
advent
ethnocentric
positivism
44. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
hierarchy
papacy
mystic
patrilineal
45. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
garrison
medieval
paramount
adept
46. Someone Who is drafted into military service
fuse
textiles
monopoly
conscript
47. Native to a certain area
inextricable
autonomy
indigenous
secular
48. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
matrilineal
suppressed
primogeniture
sect
49. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
paramount
prophesized
abdicate
venerate
50. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
patronage
lineage
autonomy