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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
advent
fealty
inevitable
2. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
mortality
hinterland
adherents
papacy
3. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
matrilineal
adherents
abdicate
4. Devotion and reverence to God
pluralism
monopoly
piety
hierarchy
5. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
autonomy
secular
congregate
doctrine
6. Predicted; foretold
affiliation
adept
manifestation
prophesized
7. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
sect
morality
monasticism
eunuchs
8. Native to a certain area
deity
paramount
imperial
indigenous
9. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
patronage
morality
suppressed
forestalling
10. Control of a product or service by one company
decadent
stratify
monopoly
vigor
11. Death rate
mortality
secular
suppressed
investiture
12. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
primogeniture
mystic
conscript
lineage
13. Natural - inborn
sect
classical
innate
lineage
14. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
advent
nationalism
eunuchs
uniformity
15. Predicted; foretold
stratify
prophesized
sect
secular
16. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
ethics
adept
eunuchs
17. Someone Who is drafted into military service
theocracy
sovereignty
inextricable
conscript
18. The combination of parts to make a whole
status
heretic
patrilineal
synthesis
19. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
evangelize
evangelize
garrison
uniformity
20. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
ethnocentric
investiture
indigenous
21. Natural - inborn
sedentary
abdicate
innate
stratify
22. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
puritanical
sovereignty
vigor
ideology
23. Belief in government run by religious leaders
faction
theocracy
egalitarian
prophesized
24. To give up power
abdicate
suppressed
advent
matrilineal
25. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
egalitarian
adept
despot
ethnocentric
26. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
sect
ideology
pastoral
27. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
egalitarian
suppressed
eradicate
investiture
28. A belief - principle - or teaching
despot
aristocracy
doctrine
eunuchs
29. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
puritanical
patronage
precedent
deity
30. Independence; self-determination - political independence
concubine
doctrine
medieval
autonomy
31. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
ideology
mystic
uniformity
garrison
32. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
fealty
pluralism
advent
doctrine
33. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
paramount
concubine
sovereignty
classical
34. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
synthesis
ecclesiastic
subordinate
classical
35. To wipe out; to destroy
synthesis
adherents
fuse
eradicate
36. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
evangelize
fealty
paramount
concubine
37. To give up power
abdicate
ecclesiastic
conscript
fealty
38. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
abdicate
sovereignty
heretic
patronage
39. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
subsequent
patrilineal
vigor
papacy
40. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
affiliation
venerate
vigor
secular
41. Code of morality
patrilineal
ethics
sovereignty
positivism
42. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
paramount
matrilineal
sect
ideology
43. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
evangelize
status
medieval
imperial
44. Believers - followers
morality
adherents
classical
inextricable
45. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
positivism
despot
ecclesiastic
46. Relating to or associated with an empire
hastened
matrilineal
fuse
imperial
47. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
status
piety
manifestation
48. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
inevitable
heretic
sect
49. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ethics
adept
lineage
precedent
50. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
pastoral
decadent
inevitable
deity