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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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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. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
mortality
pluralism
hierarchy
status
2. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
primogeniture
ethnocentric
medieval
suppressed
3. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
sedentary
adherents
mystic
venerate
4. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
piety
puritanical
pagan
investiture
5. Strength - energy
pluralism
eradicate
vigor
monasticism
6. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
imperial
monasticism
deity
7. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
fuse
deity
primogeniture
8. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
sedentary
patrilineal
papacy
suppressed
9. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
patrilineal
theocracy
matrilineal
ecclesiastic
10. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
deity
medieval
stratify
synthesis
11. Predicted; foretold
inevitable
inextricable
positivism
prophesized
12. The act of being formally connected or joined
sect
emulate
affiliation
indigenous
13. Natural - inborn
innate
conscript
fuse
pastoral
14. Philosophy
inextricable
piety
positivism
classical
15. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
patrilineal
subsequent
congregate
forestalling
16. Believers - followers
venerate
hinterland
adherents
imperial
17. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
subordinate
decadent
emulate
18. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
nationalism
ideology
eunuchs
egalitarian
19. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
primogeniture
doctrine
mystic
manifestation
20. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
hierarchy
morality
pluralism
autonomy
21. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
harem
ideology
puritanical
mystic
22. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
hinterland
emulate
doctrine
eunuchs
23. 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
hinterland
inextricable
morality
monasticism
24. Independence; self-determination - political independence
heretic
eradicate
eradicate
autonomy
25. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
subsequent
pagan
synthesis
concubine
26. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
venerate
subordinate
precedent
27. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
matrilineal
lineage
medieval
fuse
28. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
inevitable
scorn
garrison
29. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
ethnocentric
nationalism
adherents
sedentary
30. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
maritime
primogeniture
vigor
31. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
ethnocentric
monopoly
suppressed
decadent
32. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
ethics
congregate
secular
venerate
33. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
hinterland
inevitable
inextricable
faction
34. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
papacy
mortality
affiliation
35. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
scorn
pluralism
precedent
36. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
indigenous
imperial
heretic
mortality
37. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
autonomy
sect
stratify
affiliation
38. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
mortality
ethnocentric
hierarchy
patrilineal
39. Control of a product or service by one company
textiles
synthesis
ideology
monopoly
40. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
puritanical
pluralism
subordinate
emulate
41. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
innate
heretic
hierarchy
concubine
42. Death rate
ideology
stratify
theocracy
mortality
43. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
sect
inevitable
subordinate
ideology
44. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
hierarchy
patrilineal
vigor
papacy
45. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
monopoly
despot
eradicate
maritime
46. To give up power
primogeniture
abdicate
aristocracy
doctrine
47. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
vigor
garrison
mystic
morality
48. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
vigor
patrilineal
hinterland
49. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
evangelize
secular
piety
50. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
ethics
decadent
vigor