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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. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
suppressed
manifestation
pastoral
venerate
2. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
eunuchs
scorn
paramount
inevitable
3. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
ethics
uniformity
papacy
4. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
heretic
despot
faction
decadent
5. Preach the gospel (to)
papacy
investiture
maritime
evangelize
6. Believers - followers
conscript
adherents
morality
pagan
7. Having superior power and influence
paramount
decadent
subordinate
adherents
8. 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
pastoral
imperial
monasticism
puritanical
9. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
heretic
indigenous
fuse
primogeniture
10. Having superior power and influence
pastoral
patronage
paramount
pastoral
11. Incapable of being solved or untangled
despot
inextricable
fuse
ethics
12. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
despot
manifestation
subsequent
secular
13. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
evangelize
classical
despot
vigor
14. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
decadent
emulate
theocracy
15. Natural - inborn
synthesis
congregate
deity
innate
16. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
abdicate
investiture
affiliation
17. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
congregate
fuse
matrilineal
puritanical
18. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
ideology
adept
affiliation
autonomy
19. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
lineage
doctrine
maritime
suppressed
20. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
subordinate
decadent
matrilineal
emulate
21. Code of morality
mortality
congregate
ethics
eunuchs
22. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
evangelize
eunuchs
fuse
egalitarian
23. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
innate
scorn
venerate
hierarchy
24. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
patronage
conscript
harem
uniformity
25. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
textiles
hastened
forestalling
pluralism
26. Devotion and reverence to God
patrilineal
harem
monopoly
piety
27. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
egalitarian
monopoly
despot
pagan
28. Believers - followers
investiture
emulate
adherents
egalitarian
29. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
status
vigor
investiture
classical
30. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
vigor
emulate
fuse
despot
31. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
despot
garrison
ecclesiastic
patrilineal
32. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pagan
pastoral
garrison
doctrine
33. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
uniformity
congregate
advent
forestalling
34. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
piety
maritime
affiliation
35. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
eunuchs
faction
evangelize
ideology
36. Incapable of being solved or untangled
congregate
positivism
inextricable
stratify
37. To stop; delay - hinder
inextricable
forestalling
theocracy
faction
38. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
decadent
maritime
ecclesiastic
39. The act of being formally connected or joined
morality
synthesis
imperial
affiliation
40. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hastened
hierarchy
manifestation
theocracy
41. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
deity
innate
papacy
evangelize
42. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
sect
pastoral
concubine
43. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
synthesis
maritime
adept
concubine
44. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
mortality
manifestation
lineage
advent
45. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
scorn
fealty
manifestation
subsequent
46. Death rate
prophesized
mortality
doctrine
investiture
47. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
egalitarian
ethnocentric
ideology
48. Philosophy
adherents
positivism
adept
aristocracy
49. Control of a product or service by one company
investiture
monopoly
prophesized
evangelize
50. Relating to or associated with an empire
subordinate
ecclesiastic
manifestation
imperial