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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. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
patrilineal
concubine
garrison
adept
2. Mistress
puritanical
innate
concubine
status
3. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
mystic
fealty
abdicate
4. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
pastoral
affiliation
patronage
deity
5. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
manifestation
emulate
mortality
ethics
6. A god or goddess
medieval
suppressed
deity
doctrine
7. Incapable of being solved or untangled
hastened
inextricable
evangelize
suppressed
8. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
uniformity
papacy
ecclesiastic
9. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
piety
inevitable
autonomy
mortality
10. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
indigenous
status
morality
faction
11. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
imperial
subordinate
pluralism
12. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
matrilineal
secular
pagan
scorn
13. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
forestalling
pastoral
heretic
evangelize
14. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
egalitarian
emulate
suppressed
15. To stop; delay - hinder
inextricable
ideology
synthesis
forestalling
16. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
concubine
hierarchy
fuse
eunuchs
17. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
fealty
hastened
textiles
textiles
18. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
emulate
nationalism
precedent
despot
19. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
monasticism
sovereignty
conscript
venerate
20. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
positivism
concubine
sovereignty
21. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
aristocracy
venerate
conscript
22. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
heretic
pluralism
primogeniture
maritime
23. Strength - energy
classical
ideology
vigor
matrilineal
24. The act of being formally connected or joined
patronage
affiliation
emulate
adherents
25. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
despot
fuse
hastened
ecclesiastic
26. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
sect
classical
textiles
lineage
27. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
medieval
hierarchy
harem
innate
28. The combination of parts to make a whole
harem
sovereignty
nationalism
synthesis
29. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
eunuchs
papacy
heretic
deity
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
suppressed
theocracy
innate
monasticism
31. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
suppressed
pastoral
imperial
32. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
pagan
patronage
piety
congregate
33. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
eradicate
faction
subordinate
morality
34. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
matrilineal
sovereignty
subordinate
medieval
35. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
inevitable
hinterland
despot
36. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
status
manifestation
adept
37. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
faction
primogeniture
subordinate
38. Strength - energy
vigor
nationalism
sovereignty
advent
39. Death rate
mortality
venerate
autonomy
scorn
40. Woven materials; cloth
eunuchs
synthesis
textiles
matrilineal
41. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
scorn
garrison
abdicate
textiles
42. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
nationalism
aristocracy
investiture
puritanical
43. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
evangelize
manifestation
synthesis
venerate
44. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
adherents
affiliation
morality
evangelize
45. Believers - followers
hinterland
monopoly
adherents
doctrine
46. A god or goddess
deity
secular
doctrine
uniformity
47. A person who believes in the equality of all people
monasticism
egalitarian
status
lineage
48. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
hastened
paramount
congregate
precedent
49. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
sedentary
piety
puritanical
ethnocentric
50. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
affiliation
morality
fealty
eunuchs