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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. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
pastoral
precedent
despot
adept
2. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
matrilineal
concubine
sedentary
subordinate
3. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
prophesized
heretic
puritanical
egalitarian
4. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
congregate
papacy
secular
heretic
5. Preach the gospel (to)
eradicate
evangelize
forestalling
papacy
6. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
uniformity
egalitarian
pastoral
concubine
7. Code of morality
ethics
secular
hierarchy
imperial
8. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
patronage
garrison
suppressed
affiliation
9. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
morality
suppressed
hastened
harem
10. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
sedentary
innate
eunuchs
11. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
abdicate
piety
sect
investiture
12. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
stratify
deity
heretic
13. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
venerate
pagan
nationalism
prophesized
14. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
conscript
ecclesiastic
inevitable
secular
15. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
investiture
autonomy
medieval
evangelize
16. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
congregate
inevitable
venerate
17. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
innate
suppressed
precedent
deity
18. To stop; delay - hinder
matrilineal
harem
forestalling
hastened
19. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
monasticism
hastened
innate
imperial
20. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
fuse
papacy
inextricable
precedent
21. A person who believes in the equality of all people
fealty
egalitarian
puritanical
piety
22. Having superior power and influence
subordinate
paramount
eunuchs
fuse
23. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
suppressed
monopoly
pagan
24. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
faction
advent
mystic
scorn
25. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
adept
conscript
classical
inevitable
26. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
aristocracy
heretic
adept
forestalling
27. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
innate
nationalism
classical
ethnocentric
28. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
inevitable
sect
eunuchs
garrison
29. Devotion and reverence to God
pagan
piety
aristocracy
inextricable
30. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
autonomy
papacy
monasticism
ethics
31. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
indigenous
adherents
puritanical
32. Predicted; foretold
theocracy
prophesized
evangelize
aristocracy
33. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
egalitarian
sect
sovereignty
patronage
34. To give up power
uniformity
abdicate
ethics
manifestation
35. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
manifestation
sedentary
secular
innate
36. Death rate
decadent
textiles
manifestation
mortality
37. To give up power
monopoly
abdicate
eunuchs
ethnocentric
38. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
piety
ecclesiastic
patronage
39. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
paramount
fealty
hinterland
40. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
mystic
hierarchy
deity
sovereignty
41. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
piety
hinterland
abdicate
42. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
mortality
monasticism
fealty
puritanical
43. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
indigenous
pagan
subsequent
44. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
innate
precedent
patrilineal
45. Belief in government run by religious leaders
inextricable
subordinate
theocracy
uniformity
46. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
manifestation
classical
autonomy
vigor
47. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
imperial
eradicate
doctrine
matrilineal
48. Native to a certain area
indigenous
decadent
sovereignty
venerate
49. Philosophy
theocracy
hierarchy
subsequent
positivism
50. A god or goddess
hierarchy
uniformity
decadent
deity