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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Predicted; foretold
sedentary
venerate
evangelize
prophesized
2. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
piety
ethics
pagan
adept
3. Woven materials; cloth
hinterland
textiles
manifestation
pagan
4. Relating to or associated with an empire
adherents
imperial
subsequent
scorn
5. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
decadent
egalitarian
scorn
faction
6. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
eunuchs
maritime
advent
puritanical
7. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
status
secular
pastoral
ecclesiastic
8. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
status
emulate
faction
harem
9. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
ideology
adherents
ecclesiastic
10. 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
garrison
ethics
ethnocentric
monasticism
11. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
inevitable
conscript
abdicate
ideology
12. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ethics
lineage
fuse
forestalling
13. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
imperial
hierarchy
monopoly
14. Death rate
conscript
monopoly
decadent
mortality
15. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
doctrine
scorn
ethnocentric
ecclesiastic
16. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
faction
ideology
paramount
17. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
heretic
affiliation
matrilineal
18. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
deity
secular
scorn
textiles
19. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
faction
lineage
inevitable
20. Having superior power and influence
subordinate
paramount
innate
imperial
21. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
papacy
investiture
adherents
matrilineal
22. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
textiles
sedentary
patronage
subsequent
23. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
eunuchs
emulate
imperial
lineage
24. A person who believes in the equality of all people
classical
garrison
prophesized
egalitarian
25. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
eunuchs
faction
morality
pluralism
26. To give up power
pagan
fuse
abdicate
vigor
27. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
theocracy
puritanical
manifestation
heretic
28. A person who believes in the equality of all people
synthesis
ethnocentric
egalitarian
patronage
29. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
eunuchs
status
nationalism
ethics
30. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
hierarchy
status
heretic
harem
31. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
venerate
uniformity
puritanical
pagan
32. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
harem
secular
hinterland
despot
33. A belief - principle - or teaching
pagan
ecclesiastic
investiture
doctrine
34. To wipe out; to destroy
pagan
eradicate
uniformity
precedent
35. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
ethnocentric
congregate
hierarchy
imperial
36. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
ethnocentric
hierarchy
stratify
monopoly
37. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
matrilineal
eradicate
monasticism
38. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
patrilineal
sovereignty
aristocracy
morality
39. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
venerate
scorn
innate
papacy
40. Having superior power and influence
precedent
subsequent
inextricable
paramount
41. Believers - followers
aristocracy
adherents
maritime
forestalling
42. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
ethics
despot
mortality
43. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
secular
adept
forestalling
decadent
44. Independence; self-determination - political independence
classical
paramount
autonomy
emulate
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
scorn
ethics
monopoly
ecclesiastic
46. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
aristocracy
manifestation
eunuchs
positivism
47. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
sect
aristocracy
sovereignty
48. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
lineage
pluralism
precedent
status
49. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
deity
patrilineal
hierarchy
50. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
innate
sovereignty
piety
concubine