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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
forestalling
nationalism
manifestation
2. Strength - energy
adherents
vigor
deity
sect
3. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
theocracy
adherents
monopoly
4. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
medieval
evangelize
hinterland
classical
5. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
pluralism
piety
vigor
6. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
inextricable
precedent
patronage
paramount
7. To give up power
abdicate
indigenous
despot
hierarchy
8. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
ideology
harem
inextricable
autonomy
9. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
eradicate
venerate
fuse
10. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
ideology
mystic
primogeniture
monopoly
11. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
uniformity
prophesized
medieval
decadent
12. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
hierarchy
nationalism
mystic
investiture
13. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
manifestation
lineage
papacy
14. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
subsequent
precedent
patronage
15. To give up power
morality
abdicate
imperial
theocracy
16. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
medieval
papacy
congregate
piety
17. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
ethics
sedentary
eunuchs
faction
18. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
suppressed
theocracy
monopoly
sedentary
19. Death rate
heretic
decadent
mortality
forestalling
20. A person who believes in the equality of all people
secular
egalitarian
piety
uniformity
21. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
concubine
heretic
fealty
morality
22. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
morality
ethnocentric
decadent
ecclesiastic
23. Control of a product or service by one company
uniformity
monopoly
prophesized
evangelize
24. Independence; self-determination - political independence
harem
vigor
faction
autonomy
25. Someone Who is drafted into military service
harem
fuse
conscript
evangelize
26. Predicted; foretold
sovereignty
primogeniture
prophesized
harem
27. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
subsequent
emulate
garrison
vigor
28. Code of morality
sedentary
ethics
deity
mystic
29. A belief - principle - or teaching
vigor
doctrine
ecclesiastic
sovereignty
30. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
primogeniture
ethnocentric
aristocracy
egalitarian
31. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
medieval
subordinate
concubine
advent
32. Believers - followers
eunuchs
adherents
harem
imperial
33. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
innate
stratify
ethics
34. Philosophy
vigor
fuse
positivism
hierarchy
35. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
adherents
matrilineal
status
inextricable
36. 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
mortality
morality
patrilineal
monasticism
37. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
conscript
harem
primogeniture
abdicate
38. A god or goddess
innate
eunuchs
status
deity
39. Natural - inborn
innate
paramount
imperial
fealty
40. Having superior power and influence
inextricable
paramount
hastened
ideology
41. A person who believes in the equality of all people
advent
egalitarian
papacy
classical
42. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
synthesis
garrison
concubine
papacy
43. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
manifestation
primogeniture
papacy
monopoly
44. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
hinterland
theocracy
fealty
inevitable
45. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
hastened
affiliation
heretic
faction
46. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
positivism
synthesis
hinterland
47. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
piety
ethnocentric
scorn
egalitarian
48. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
ethics
forestalling
investiture
patronage
49. Death rate
despot
fealty
mortality
monopoly
50. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
harem
suppressed
concubine
ecclesiastic