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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. Devotion and reverence to God
pastoral
piety
mortality
innate
2. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
evangelize
sect
precedent
investiture
3. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
advent
secular
subordinate
medieval
4. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
investiture
patronage
pastoral
evangelize
5. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
adept
ecclesiastic
nationalism
monasticism
6. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
classical
precedent
eradicate
7. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
stratify
vigor
patrilineal
subsequent
8. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
fuse
patrilineal
concubine
investiture
9. Having superior power and influence
garrison
advent
paramount
venerate
10. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
adherents
sovereignty
sovereignty
11. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
classical
garrison
pluralism
theocracy
12. Natural - inborn
forestalling
inevitable
fealty
innate
13. A god or goddess
ethics
decadent
precedent
deity
14. Strength - energy
vigor
egalitarian
imperial
monasticism
15. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
positivism
ethnocentric
adept
16. Control of a product or service by one company
sedentary
secular
status
monopoly
17. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
patronage
evangelize
medieval
adept
18. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
pagan
inevitable
sect
maritime
19. Death rate
nationalism
eradicate
affiliation
mortality
20. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
doctrine
nationalism
faction
forestalling
21. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
ideology
venerate
matrilineal
despot
22. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
egalitarian
theocracy
pastoral
23. 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
monasticism
eradicate
decadent
aristocracy
24. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
autonomy
ethnocentric
theocracy
investiture
25. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
adept
subordinate
harem
sovereignty
26. Preach the gospel (to)
ecclesiastic
fuse
eunuchs
evangelize
27. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
adherents
pagan
hierarchy
textiles
28. Independence; self-determination - political independence
evangelize
autonomy
classical
puritanical
29. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
affiliation
fealty
sedentary
precedent
30. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
decadent
decadent
secular
status
31. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
congregate
puritanical
manifestation
classical
32. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fuse
harem
vigor
venerate
33. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
advent
fealty
concubine
status
34. Believers - followers
sedentary
adherents
patrilineal
mystic
35. Incapable of being solved or untangled
ecclesiastic
monopoly
classical
inextricable
36. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
sect
conscript
faction
37. To wipe out; to destroy
ideology
inevitable
textiles
eradicate
38. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
manifestation
aristocracy
hinterland
39. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
vigor
puritanical
nationalism
eunuchs
40. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
classical
mystic
morality
hierarchy
41. Someone Who is drafted into military service
monopoly
emulate
imperial
conscript
42. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
aristocracy
theocracy
heretic
eradicate
43. The act of being formally connected or joined
textiles
heretic
affiliation
ideology
44. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
suppressed
fuse
nationalism
45. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
ethics
pagan
hierarchy
subsequent
46. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
sedentary
adept
status
puritanical
47. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
scorn
papacy
heretic
subsequent
48. Believers - followers
adherents
inextricable
ethics
synthesis
49. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
advent
scorn
matrilineal
affiliation
50. Predicted; foretold
inextricable
adept
prophesized
fealty