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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. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
suppressed
classical
sect
2. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
ethnocentric
matrilineal
conscript
hastened
3. Independence; self-determination - political independence
scorn
monopoly
nationalism
autonomy
4. A person who believes in the equality of all people
hierarchy
papacy
egalitarian
pastoral
5. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
aristocracy
mortality
papacy
affiliation
6. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
hinterland
abdicate
forestalling
7. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
scorn
papacy
mortality
8. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
monopoly
nationalism
eradicate
mystic
9. A god or goddess
adept
nationalism
deity
aristocracy
10. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
eradicate
adherents
pastoral
adept
11. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
doctrine
theocracy
secular
hierarchy
12. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
egalitarian
primogeniture
investiture
maritime
13. Natural - inborn
papacy
egalitarian
theocracy
innate
14. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pagan
matrilineal
papacy
primogeniture
15. Devotion and reverence to God
heretic
piety
pastoral
fuse
16. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
uniformity
eunuchs
pastoral
hinterland
17. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
precedent
status
status
18. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
uniformity
primogeniture
precedent
ideology
19. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
theocracy
secular
innate
patronage
20. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
vigor
egalitarian
hierarchy
21. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
prophesized
indigenous
subsequent
ethnocentric
22. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
doctrine
sect
harem
faction
23. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
textiles
harem
piety
24. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
advent
matrilineal
abdicate
conscript
25. Death rate
maritime
mortality
indigenous
patronage
26. Woven materials; cloth
papacy
abdicate
emulate
textiles
27. A remote and undeveloped area
patronage
monasticism
hinterland
matrilineal
28. To stop; delay - hinder
positivism
indigenous
forestalling
classical
29. Having superior power and influence
hastened
autonomy
paramount
indigenous
30. A person who believes in the equality of all people
innate
egalitarian
ecclesiastic
prophesized
31. 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
congregate
monasticism
suppressed
pagan
32. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
matrilineal
imperial
morality
medieval
33. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
fealty
pastoral
ethnocentric
paramount
34. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
morality
ecclesiastic
emulate
piety
35. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
congregate
despot
paramount
prophesized
36. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
nationalism
sovereignty
heretic
37. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
pluralism
stratify
monasticism
38. Having superior power and influence
paramount
hastened
pastoral
secular
39. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
heretic
prophesized
fealty
40. The act of being formally connected or joined
piety
secular
sedentary
affiliation
41. Code of morality
suppressed
advent
harem
ethics
42. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
indigenous
imperial
venerate
43. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
autonomy
classical
positivism
innate
44. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
conscript
sect
congregate
manifestation
45. Strength - energy
deity
precedent
vigor
inextricable
46. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
despot
sovereignty
adept
aristocracy
47. Someone Who is drafted into military service
pagan
conscript
garrison
theocracy
48. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
pluralism
investiture
precedent
paramount
49. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
autonomy
decadent
piety
50. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
fealty
affiliation
imperial