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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. Devotion and reverence to God
doctrine
classical
piety
classical
2. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
eunuchs
subordinate
monopoly
3. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
status
subsequent
aristocracy
4. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
emulate
decadent
conscript
5. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
classical
autonomy
hinterland
aristocracy
6. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
heretic
uniformity
inevitable
imperial
7. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
textiles
secular
fuse
fealty
8. To stop; delay - hinder
inextricable
papacy
forestalling
mortality
9. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
congregate
heretic
suppressed
pastoral
10. Devotion and reverence to God
classical
decadent
piety
despot
11. The combination of parts to make a whole
doctrine
synthesis
vigor
autonomy
12. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
prophesized
conscript
affiliation
ethnocentric
13. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
medieval
pagan
precedent
positivism
14. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
autonomy
deity
hastened
patrilineal
15. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
theocracy
hastened
garrison
aristocracy
16. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
investiture
venerate
indigenous
17. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
doctrine
conscript
evangelize
18. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
patrilineal
imperial
classical
innate
19. Mistress
fealty
precedent
concubine
inevitable
20. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
patrilineal
mortality
hinterland
subordinate
21. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
matrilineal
positivism
despot
22. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
deity
papacy
uniformity
suppressed
23. The act of being formally connected or joined
medieval
affiliation
advent
uniformity
24. Believers - followers
adherents
patronage
indigenous
ecclesiastic
25. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
pagan
monopoly
ethnocentric
matrilineal
26. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
adherents
advent
papacy
ethics
27. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
theocracy
patronage
morality
textiles
28. To give up power
puritanical
concubine
abdicate
sedentary
29. Control of a product or service by one company
imperial
suppressed
monopoly
uniformity
30. A belief - principle - or teaching
harem
doctrine
piety
monasticism
31. A god or goddess
deity
harem
synthesis
egalitarian
32. To wipe out; to destroy
conscript
textiles
eradicate
hinterland
33. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
maritime
mortality
theocracy
34. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
ecclesiastic
egalitarian
positivism
35. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
advent
ethics
venerate
garrison
36. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
abdicate
sedentary
papacy
37. Philosophy
positivism
fuse
pastoral
ethnocentric
38. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
fealty
imperial
ecclesiastic
39. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
sedentary
precedent
scorn
pluralism
40. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ethnocentric
innate
precedent
scorn
41. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
imperial
sedentary
ethnocentric
pluralism
42. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
egalitarian
uniformity
pastoral
abdicate
43. Predicted; foretold
imperial
prophesized
congregate
garrison
44. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
venerate
faction
patronage
45. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
autonomy
matrilineal
venerate
inevitable
46. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
heretic
piety
harem
emulate
47. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
nationalism
fealty
ethics
48. A remote and undeveloped area
harem
aristocracy
forestalling
hinterland
49. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
positivism
classical
ideology
evangelize
50. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
innate
classical
harem
abdicate