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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. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
monasticism
sovereignty
concubine
investiture
2. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
pagan
investiture
fuse
3. A god or goddess
deity
prophesized
secular
sect
4. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
lineage
forestalling
eunuchs
pastoral
5. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
investiture
congregate
suppressed
mystic
6. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
emulate
hastened
monasticism
faction
7. The combination of parts to make a whole
pagan
synthesis
eradicate
positivism
8. Having superior power and influence
paramount
suppressed
sovereignty
prophesized
9. Devotion and reverence to God
advent
piety
mortality
morality
10. Believers - followers
morality
maritime
harem
adherents
11. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
forestalling
prophesized
maritime
classical
12. Native to a certain area
morality
classical
indigenous
inevitable
13. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
vigor
fuse
sect
ideology
14. Death rate
theocracy
uniformity
subordinate
mortality
15. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
vigor
eunuchs
ethnocentric
faction
16. To give up power
adept
doctrine
positivism
abdicate
17. To stop; delay - hinder
hastened
investiture
despot
forestalling
18. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
sedentary
nationalism
patrilineal
mortality
19. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
maritime
pastoral
morality
positivism
20. To wipe out; to destroy
eunuchs
prophesized
aristocracy
eradicate
21. Control of a product or service by one company
investiture
ethics
secular
monopoly
22. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
subordinate
aristocracy
advent
affiliation
23. Devotion and reverence to God
sect
fuse
piety
pagan
24. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
despot
congregate
status
maritime
25. Natural - inborn
monasticism
innate
conscript
hinterland
26. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
doctrine
ideology
mystic
27. Strength - energy
venerate
papacy
vigor
morality
28. Incapable of being solved or untangled
scorn
theocracy
inextricable
matrilineal
29. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
pagan
ecclesiastic
investiture
eunuchs
30. 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
evangelize
monasticism
eunuchs
primogeniture
31. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
medieval
emulate
precedent
autonomy
32. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
inevitable
subordinate
prophesized
33. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
pagan
classical
synthesis
34. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
maritime
doctrine
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
35. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
precedent
sedentary
imperial
sovereignty
36. Relating to or associated with an empire
paramount
adherents
ethics
imperial
37. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
matrilineal
fealty
hinterland
eradicate
38. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
monasticism
adept
precedent
39. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
piety
synthesis
abdicate
40. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
pastoral
pluralism
morality
41. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
scorn
subsequent
indigenous
imperial
42. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
sect
deity
nationalism
sect
43. Believers - followers
aristocracy
adherents
imperial
ethics
44. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
hierarchy
abdicate
advent
45. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
sedentary
subordinate
autonomy
imperial
46. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
adherents
morality
heretic
decadent
47. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
prophesized
positivism
scorn
classical
48. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
faction
ethics
pluralism
49. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
status
deity
uniformity
harem
50. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
synthesis
aristocracy
ecclesiastic
medieval