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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. To stop; delay - hinder
medieval
precedent
forestalling
monopoly
2. A god or goddess
sedentary
patrilineal
deity
nationalism
3. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
hastened
classical
uniformity
adherents
4. Mistress
egalitarian
concubine
ideology
paramount
5. Independence; self-determination - political independence
conscript
autonomy
pluralism
monopoly
6. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
primogeniture
ethnocentric
advent
ecclesiastic
7. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
puritanical
hinterland
venerate
conscript
8. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
stratify
eradicate
concubine
9. To wipe out; to destroy
precedent
eradicate
secular
scorn
10. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
congregate
eunuchs
fuse
11. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
stratify
faction
abdicate
nationalism
12. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
harem
medieval
mystic
13. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
patronage
ethnocentric
mortality
evangelize
14. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
ethnocentric
monasticism
lineage
15. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
prophesized
monopoly
sect
stratify
16. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
scorn
ideology
morality
pagan
17. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
matrilineal
innate
harem
subsequent
18. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
autonomy
eradicate
hastened
19. The act of being formally connected or joined
scorn
pluralism
lineage
affiliation
20. Strength - energy
textiles
vigor
pluralism
matrilineal
21. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
piety
vigor
sedentary
sect
22. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
deity
pagan
stratify
monasticism
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
puritanical
inextricable
synthesis
piety
24. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
faction
fealty
investiture
25. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
indigenous
ethics
deity
26. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
ideology
puritanical
abdicate
27. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
status
lineage
morality
affiliation
28. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
ethnocentric
garrison
decadent
aristocracy
29. Devotion and reverence to God
autonomy
harem
piety
paramount
30. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
patronage
eradicate
papacy
nationalism
31. Strength - energy
vigor
decadent
nationalism
concubine
32. Philosophy
emulate
congregate
positivism
medieval
33. To give up power
ecclesiastic
hastened
evangelize
abdicate
34. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
fealty
concubine
indigenous
35. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
venerate
fuse
medieval
advent
36. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
pastoral
investiture
venerate
scorn
37. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
harem
doctrine
suppressed
precedent
38. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
prophesized
congregate
autonomy
decadent
39. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
adherents
mystic
matrilineal
despot
40. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
puritanical
subsequent
garrison
pagan
41. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
harem
hierarchy
faction
inextricable
42. A remote and undeveloped area
aristocracy
harem
indigenous
hinterland
43. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
theocracy
indigenous
pluralism
heretic
44. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
positivism
primogeniture
suppressed
45. 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
abdicate
hastened
monasticism
prophesized
46. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
imperial
maritime
subsequent
pluralism
47. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
deity
advent
despot
subsequent
48. A remote and undeveloped area
pagan
hierarchy
hinterland
synthesis
49. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
ethics
status
fuse
puritanical
50. Death rate
evangelize
adept
mortality
congregate