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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. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
lineage
faction
hinterland
2. Believers - followers
puritanical
medieval
decadent
adherents
3. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
faction
imperial
manifestation
adherents
4. To give up power
paramount
abdicate
hierarchy
ideology
5. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
evangelize
despot
precedent
6. Natural - inborn
decadent
lineage
despot
innate
7. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
egalitarian
decadent
fealty
adept
8. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
doctrine
matrilineal
advent
garrison
9. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
matrilineal
deity
puritanical
uniformity
10. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
precedent
deity
venerate
11. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
piety
classical
prophesized
lineage
12. To wipe out; to destroy
lineage
theocracy
eradicate
puritanical
13. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
abdicate
classical
suppressed
status
14. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
hinterland
subsequent
concubine
secular
15. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
venerate
subsequent
inevitable
status
16. Native to a certain area
indigenous
vigor
medieval
monopoly
17. Relating to or associated with an empire
innate
imperial
subordinate
doctrine
18. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
piety
venerate
monopoly
19. 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
hastened
monasticism
manifestation
maritime
20. Relating to or associated with an empire
adherents
vigor
imperial
abdicate
21. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
precedent
adept
inevitable
despot
22. 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
piety
monopoly
paramount
monasticism
23. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
autonomy
mystic
emulate
24. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
scorn
vigor
synthesis
25. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
medieval
lineage
venerate
pagan
26. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
primogeniture
adherents
patronage
patrilineal
27. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
classical
emulate
paramount
28. To wipe out; to destroy
despot
conscript
suppressed
eradicate
29. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
ideology
textiles
fuse
30. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fuse
emulate
eradicate
harem
31. A person who believes in the equality of all people
sect
egalitarian
ethics
subsequent
32. Code of morality
puritanical
venerate
abdicate
ethics
33. Mistress
investiture
patrilineal
concubine
ethics
34. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
hierarchy
classical
adherents
suppressed
35. Predicted; foretold
deity
precedent
prophesized
monasticism
36. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
imperial
forestalling
patronage
aristocracy
37. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
subordinate
venerate
nationalism
38. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
subsequent
precedent
eunuchs
39. Strength - energy
congregate
vigor
paramount
stratify
40. A belief - principle - or teaching
pastoral
theocracy
doctrine
deity
41. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
lineage
venerate
uniformity
42. Believers - followers
fealty
precedent
adherents
decadent
43. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
puritanical
scorn
hinterland
subordinate
44. Woven materials; cloth
theocracy
textiles
congregate
heretic
45. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
adept
ethics
eunuchs
suppressed
46. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
concubine
venerate
ecclesiastic
ethnocentric
47. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
medieval
theocracy
ecclesiastic
sedentary
48. Woven materials; cloth
inevitable
textiles
mortality
subordinate
49. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
primogeniture
advent
advent
medieval
50. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
pluralism
garrison
hinterland
despot