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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. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
decadent
adept
maritime
investiture
2. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
congregate
emulate
doctrine
ethnocentric
3. Philosophy
prophesized
positivism
imperial
paramount
4. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
lineage
egalitarian
ethnocentric
5. Control of a product or service by one company
secular
nationalism
monopoly
manifestation
6. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
nationalism
hierarchy
precedent
eunuchs
7. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
maritime
monasticism
classical
imperial
8. Death rate
mortality
mystic
hierarchy
secular
9. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
garrison
congregate
medieval
monasticism
10. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
subsequent
conscript
precedent
status
11. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
deity
patrilineal
classical
morality
12. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
adherents
pagan
status
sedentary
13. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
secular
pluralism
fealty
congregate
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
inextricable
synthesis
puritanical
papacy
15. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
adherents
despot
patrilineal
precedent
16. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethics
fealty
piety
ethnocentric
17. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
primogeniture
emulate
status
18. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
secular
suppressed
monopoly
19. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
patrilineal
medieval
emulate
20. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
vigor
evangelize
faction
secular
21. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
theocracy
fuse
morality
eradicate
22. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
theocracy
forestalling
ecclesiastic
23. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
decadent
subsequent
manifestation
secular
24. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
ideology
matrilineal
piety
medieval
25. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
synthesis
monasticism
adept
emulate
26. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
monopoly
morality
puritanical
subsequent
27. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
fuse
piety
stratify
adherents
28. Belief in government run by religious leaders
papacy
theocracy
decadent
uniformity
29. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
congregate
sedentary
morality
adherents
30. Death rate
mortality
piety
positivism
precedent
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ethnocentric
theocracy
scorn
suppressed
32. A god or goddess
secular
monasticism
deity
ecclesiastic
33. Mistress
theocracy
concubine
secular
suppressed
34. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
subsequent
sovereignty
stratify
secular
35. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
garrison
emulate
paramount
nationalism
36. Code of morality
innate
ethics
forestalling
adept
37. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
inextricable
congregate
ethics
38. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
autonomy
subordinate
pagan
papacy
39. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
indigenous
monopoly
mystic
secular
40. Natural - inborn
decadent
subordinate
innate
harem
41. Woven materials; cloth
hastened
concubine
synthesis
textiles
42. Control of a product or service by one company
piety
indigenous
imperial
monopoly
43. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
ideology
subordinate
textiles
44. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
sect
garrison
eunuchs
ecclesiastic
45. Someone Who is drafted into military service
adherents
stratify
conscript
abdicate
46. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
vigor
inextricable
ethics
47. To stop; delay - hinder
patronage
patrilineal
forestalling
medieval
48. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
patronage
hastened
garrison
sedentary
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
egalitarian
maritime
harem
50. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
abdicate
scorn
fuse
papacy