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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. Code of morality
imperial
indigenous
ethics
investiture
2. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
ecclesiastic
vigor
deity
3. Strength - energy
vigor
decadent
paramount
maritime
4. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
synthesis
maritime
sect
5. Predicted; foretold
papacy
prophesized
inevitable
theocracy
6. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
deity
decadent
maritime
pastoral
7. A remote and undeveloped area
emulate
hinterland
decadent
inevitable
8. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
synthesis
inextricable
eradicate
9. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
secular
adherents
sovereignty
primogeniture
10. To stop; delay - hinder
synthesis
forestalling
subordinate
uniformity
11. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
piety
indigenous
ethnocentric
12. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
conscript
hastened
lineage
monopoly
13. A remote and undeveloped area
monopoly
hinterland
theocracy
despot
14. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
morality
secular
ideology
15. Death rate
mortality
emulate
abdicate
suppressed
16. Control of a product or service by one company
abdicate
monopoly
primogeniture
sect
17. To give up power
abdicate
ethics
forestalling
lineage
18. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
investiture
pastoral
paramount
advent
19. Woven materials; cloth
suppressed
textiles
status
despot
20. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
pastoral
manifestation
positivism
hinterland
21. 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
monasticism
suppressed
conscript
evangelize
22. A belief - principle - or teaching
hinterland
ethnocentric
papacy
doctrine
23. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
synthesis
sect
hinterland
emulate
24. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
lineage
garrison
venerate
abdicate
25. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
uniformity
maritime
classical
ethnocentric
26. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
scorn
emulate
imperial
mystic
27. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
status
aristocracy
vigor
papacy
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
piety
evangelize
ethnocentric
monasticism
29. Believers - followers
pluralism
adherents
innate
papacy
30. Mistress
hinterland
precedent
concubine
medieval
31. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
scorn
hierarchy
fealty
despot
32. Incapable of being solved or untangled
mystic
forestalling
inextricable
adept
33. Belief in government run by religious leaders
emulate
theocracy
piety
hinterland
34. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
piety
morality
harem
imperial
35. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
stratify
eradicate
egalitarian
36. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
autonomy
secular
piety
synthesis
37. Having superior power and influence
ethnocentric
patrilineal
sovereignty
paramount
38. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
prophesized
uniformity
synthesis
39. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
nationalism
patronage
inevitable
conscript
40. Someone Who is drafted into military service
papacy
conscript
mystic
patronage
41. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
maritime
monasticism
scorn
maritime
42. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
pluralism
heretic
papacy
43. Philosophy
ethnocentric
pastoral
subsequent
positivism
44. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
subordinate
ecclesiastic
eradicate
maritime
45. A belief - principle - or teaching
monopoly
manifestation
aristocracy
doctrine
46. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
despot
congregate
theocracy
matrilineal
47. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
concubine
adherents
hierarchy
status
48. The combination of parts to make a whole
uniformity
synthesis
aristocracy
patrilineal
49. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
fealty
innate
puritanical
advent
50. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
sect
piety
heretic