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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. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
evangelize
sedentary
advent
classical
2. Philosophy
autonomy
deity
positivism
manifestation
3. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
positivism
deity
eunuchs
papacy
4. A god or goddess
eradicate
deity
primogeniture
heretic
5. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
garrison
indigenous
nationalism
sovereignty
6. Philosophy
positivism
maritime
eradicate
secular
7. Native to a certain area
venerate
congregate
indigenous
subordinate
8. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
inevitable
conscript
vigor
9. To stop; delay - hinder
nationalism
forestalling
patronage
venerate
10. Native to a certain area
monasticism
pagan
indigenous
status
11. Woven materials; cloth
conscript
textiles
sedentary
puritanical
12. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
primogeniture
adept
adept
13. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
piety
sect
sedentary
sovereignty
14. A belief - principle - or teaching
mortality
sect
doctrine
investiture
15. To stop; delay - hinder
harem
aristocracy
aristocracy
forestalling
16. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
decadent
forestalling
manifestation
ethics
17. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
nationalism
pluralism
imperial
manifestation
18. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
ideology
autonomy
sect
status
19. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
secular
stratify
adherents
20. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
manifestation
patronage
despot
21. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
manifestation
harem
matrilineal
prophesized
22. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
fealty
manifestation
scorn
23. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
primogeniture
hastened
papacy
24. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
secular
emulate
ethnocentric
maritime
25. Mistress
scorn
conscript
heretic
concubine
26. Predicted; foretold
evangelize
sect
prophesized
lineage
27. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
pastoral
heretic
classical
medieval
28. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
lineage
sect
ideology
medieval
29. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
prophesized
monasticism
sedentary
30. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
adherents
maritime
subordinate
adherents
31. Relating to or associated with an empire
lineage
eradicate
emulate
imperial
32. A remote and undeveloped area
doctrine
hinterland
forestalling
egalitarian
33. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
positivism
adept
subordinate
innate
34. Preach the gospel (to)
primogeniture
pluralism
abdicate
evangelize
35. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
piety
egalitarian
maritime
mortality
36. Belief in government run by religious leaders
positivism
ecclesiastic
theocracy
indigenous
37. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
vigor
doctrine
uniformity
medieval
38. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
secular
subsequent
uniformity
morality
39. Woven materials; cloth
concubine
textiles
eradicate
innate
40. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
classical
investiture
monopoly
41. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
fuse
heretic
subsequent
pastoral
42. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
maritime
ecclesiastic
piety
inevitable
43. Strength - energy
piety
vigor
puritanical
eradicate
44. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
autonomy
uniformity
decadent
45. Relating to or associated with an empire
monasticism
monopoly
imperial
investiture
46. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ecclesiastic
nationalism
scorn
venerate
47. The act of being formally connected or joined
maritime
lineage
ethnocentric
affiliation
48. A god or goddess
innate
deity
piety
despot
49. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
aristocracy
papacy
venerate
scorn
50. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
maritime
lineage
abdicate