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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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literacy
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
harem
evangelize
ideology
2. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
monopoly
hierarchy
faction
emulate
3. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
status
positivism
pagan
despot
4. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
hierarchy
sovereignty
subsequent
5. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
evangelize
uniformity
hastened
medieval
6. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
ecclesiastic
sedentary
piety
positivism
7. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
inevitable
heretic
affiliation
patronage
8. Natural - inborn
adherents
despot
prophesized
innate
9. 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
pluralism
papacy
monasticism
vigor
10. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
secular
conscript
congregate
11. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
status
papacy
aristocracy
status
12. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
monasticism
adherents
prophesized
papacy
13. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
indigenous
congregate
fealty
maritime
14. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
subsequent
secular
emulate
15. Code of morality
aristocracy
ideology
ethics
suppressed
16. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
ethnocentric
puritanical
inevitable
17. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
ecclesiastic
subsequent
textiles
monopoly
18. Belief in government run by religious leaders
affiliation
innate
fealty
theocracy
19. 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
monasticism
investiture
classical
deity
20. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
doctrine
hastened
piety
21. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
subordinate
aristocracy
sovereignty
22. The combination of parts to make a whole
mystic
subordinate
manifestation
synthesis
23. A person who believes in the equality of all people
forestalling
secular
egalitarian
papacy
24. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
conscript
garrison
despot
aristocracy
25. To give up power
abdicate
puritanical
secular
sovereignty
26. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
ecclesiastic
investiture
affiliation
27. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
imperial
ecclesiastic
subsequent
pluralism
28. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
morality
fealty
positivism
29. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
evangelize
deity
matrilineal
forestalling
30. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
forestalling
eunuchs
investiture
synthesis
31. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
egalitarian
stratify
fuse
ecclesiastic
32. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
precedent
aristocracy
sovereignty
hinterland
33. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
patrilineal
subordinate
affiliation
mystic
34. Devotion and reverence to God
uniformity
piety
innate
maritime
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
emulate
primogeniture
forestalling
36. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
inextricable
matrilineal
piety
37. Having superior power and influence
papacy
theocracy
innate
paramount
38. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
sedentary
emulate
subordinate
patronage
39. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
patronage
puritanical
harem
ideology
40. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
prophesized
theocracy
primogeniture
affiliation
41. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
affiliation
sovereignty
pagan
uniformity
42. Believers - followers
heretic
scorn
adherents
fealty
43. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
hierarchy
despot
evangelize
stratify
44. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
harem
theocracy
pagan
patrilineal
45. Mistress
theocracy
despot
subordinate
concubine
46. Death rate
evangelize
papacy
innate
mortality
47. A remote and undeveloped area
ethnocentric
aristocracy
hinterland
textiles
48. The act of being formally connected or joined
hastened
affiliation
adept
adept
49. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
uniformity
innate
garrison
venerate
50. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
sovereignty
textiles
harem