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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. 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
puritanical
prophesized
monasticism
evangelize
2. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
primogeniture
conscript
adept
innate
3. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
morality
primogeniture
hierarchy
egalitarian
4. Control of a product or service by one company
aristocracy
pluralism
monopoly
nationalism
5. Someone Who is drafted into military service
positivism
garrison
conscript
concubine
6. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
matrilineal
hinterland
monasticism
7. Death rate
nationalism
maritime
mortality
fuse
8. Independence; self-determination - political independence
indigenous
autonomy
nationalism
ethnocentric
9. To give up power
subordinate
abdicate
positivism
harem
10. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
ecclesiastic
vigor
harem
maritime
11. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
sect
precedent
textiles
morality
12. Belief in government run by religious leaders
status
piety
theocracy
concubine
13. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
precedent
sovereignty
faction
affiliation
14. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
indigenous
ecclesiastic
hinterland
forestalling
15. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
suppressed
ethnocentric
puritanical
inevitable
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
paramount
fuse
ideology
deity
17. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
harem
inevitable
eunuchs
hinterland
18. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
ethics
venerate
lineage
19. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
adept
fealty
pagan
20. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
sedentary
investiture
harem
venerate
21. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
maritime
doctrine
evangelize
suppressed
22. Death rate
ecclesiastic
matrilineal
mortality
hinterland
23. A belief - principle - or teaching
deity
doctrine
ideology
deity
24. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
nationalism
autonomy
emulate
25. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ethnocentric
lineage
uniformity
maritime
26. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
pluralism
inevitable
ecclesiastic
pagan
27. Native to a certain area
nationalism
indigenous
hierarchy
sedentary
28. Belief in government run by religious leaders
paramount
evangelize
theocracy
vigor
29. A remote and undeveloped area
synthesis
subordinate
hinterland
papacy
30. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
matrilineal
emulate
monopoly
sedentary
31. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
patronage
decadent
classical
32. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
faction
aristocracy
lineage
piety
33. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
pluralism
synthesis
monasticism
matrilineal
34. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pluralism
subordinate
patrilineal
pagan
35. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
advent
emulate
ideology
36. Native to a certain area
despot
evangelize
eunuchs
indigenous
37. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
doctrine
papacy
secular
despot
38. To wipe out; to destroy
ethnocentric
concubine
hierarchy
eradicate
39. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
synthesis
congregate
manifestation
evangelize
40. Incapable of being solved or untangled
stratify
innate
inextricable
paramount
41. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
fealty
venerate
adherents
investiture
42. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
puritanical
hastened
classical
harem
43. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
harem
paramount
prophesized
decadent
44. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
pluralism
decadent
doctrine
secular
45. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
matrilineal
adept
classical
46. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
morality
mystic
monopoly
puritanical
47. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
imperial
faction
mystic
48. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
stratify
abdicate
vigor
pastoral
49. Relating to or associated with an empire
lineage
imperial
ethics
papacy
50. Relating to or associated with an empire
harem
uniformity
imperial
fuse