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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. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
inextricable
doctrine
harem
puritanical
2. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
fuse
hierarchy
forestalling
monasticism
3. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
ecclesiastic
aristocracy
inevitable
suppressed
4. Predicted; foretold
conscript
despot
prophesized
maritime
5. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
medieval
piety
nationalism
6. To give up power
abdicate
morality
congregate
faction
7. A belief - principle - or teaching
autonomy
doctrine
sedentary
deity
8. To wipe out; to destroy
faction
eradicate
sect
positivism
9. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
ecclesiastic
investiture
eradicate
10. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
papacy
autonomy
ecclesiastic
matrilineal
11. A god or goddess
deity
mystic
advent
manifestation
12. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
garrison
papacy
adept
affiliation
13. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
precedent
venerate
sect
doctrine
14. Belief in government run by religious leaders
subsequent
theocracy
pastoral
inevitable
15. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
innate
puritanical
manifestation
evangelize
16. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
hinterland
scorn
hinterland
17. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
ideology
advent
faction
piety
18. 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
fealty
nationalism
monasticism
primogeniture
19. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
emulate
secular
primogeniture
stratify
20. Strength - energy
scorn
suppressed
vigor
maritime
21. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
pagan
ethics
pluralism
22. Incapable of being solved or untangled
hinterland
inextricable
abdicate
ethnocentric
23. Woven materials; cloth
faction
textiles
mystic
primogeniture
24. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
uniformity
inevitable
forestalling
25. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
mortality
patronage
indigenous
suppressed
26. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
harem
sect
pluralism
27. Death rate
ethics
sedentary
mortality
papacy
28. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
sovereignty
hierarchy
morality
emulate
29. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
prophesized
harem
secular
30. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
theocracy
prophesized
morality
31. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
subordinate
sedentary
doctrine
adept
32. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
status
classical
hinterland
ideology
33. The combination of parts to make a whole
classical
adherents
sovereignty
synthesis
34. Mistress
monopoly
doctrine
concubine
abdicate
35. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
subsequent
mystic
innate
medieval
36. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
evangelize
patronage
deity
37. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
adept
conscript
forestalling
38. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
innate
hierarchy
stratify
patronage
39. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
maritime
egalitarian
monasticism
40. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
harem
patrilineal
aristocracy
emulate
41. Having superior power and influence
indigenous
paramount
affiliation
medieval
42. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
vigor
despot
monasticism
subordinate
43. Control of a product or service by one company
fuse
subordinate
monopoly
despot
44. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
deity
synthesis
evangelize
45. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
pluralism
vigor
hierarchy
46. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
eunuchs
hastened
decadent
doctrine
47. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
eradicate
matrilineal
innate
faction
48. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
synthesis
emulate
nationalism
49. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
textiles
eunuchs
faction
hinterland
50. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
autonomy
matrilineal
fuse