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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. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
advent
sedentary
inevitable
fealty
2. The combination of parts to make a whole
prophesized
synthesis
vigor
sovereignty
3. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
ecclesiastic
vigor
hierarchy
despot
4. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
textiles
investiture
advent
5. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
doctrine
mystic
scorn
imperial
6. Mistress
concubine
harem
subsequent
medieval
7. Philosophy
positivism
piety
aristocracy
garrison
8. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
theocracy
doctrine
aristocracy
advent
9. The act of being formally connected or joined
medieval
affiliation
positivism
adept
10. A belief - principle - or teaching
lineage
paramount
forestalling
doctrine
11. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
medieval
deity
sedentary
patrilineal
12. Relating to or associated with an empire
forestalling
imperial
ethics
adept
13. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
positivism
abdicate
fuse
concubine
14. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
heretic
textiles
innate
15. A remote and undeveloped area
venerate
hinterland
innate
adherents
16. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
classical
venerate
patronage
emulate
17. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
paramount
papacy
medieval
adherents
18. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
adept
emulate
primogeniture
scorn
19. Philosophy
positivism
eunuchs
monopoly
nationalism
20. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
eradicate
faction
paramount
21. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
faction
decadent
stratify
22. Natural - inborn
sovereignty
manifestation
evangelize
innate
23. 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
matrilineal
monasticism
classical
harem
24. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
scorn
ethnocentric
venerate
25. Relating to or associated with an empire
concubine
imperial
hastened
decadent
26. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
doctrine
pluralism
venerate
27. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
manifestation
monasticism
suppressed
28. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
vigor
autonomy
hastened
29. A remote and undeveloped area
ideology
hinterland
mystic
uniformity
30. To stop; delay - hinder
evangelize
prophesized
advent
forestalling
31. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
garrison
despot
advent
harem
32. 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
aristocracy
indigenous
decadent
33. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
monopoly
mystic
medieval
investiture
34. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
evangelize
scorn
eunuchs
piety
35. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
mystic
papacy
maritime
abdicate
36. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
aristocracy
sedentary
ethnocentric
heretic
37. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
autonomy
suppressed
faction
piety
38. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
pastoral
mystic
deity
theocracy
39. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
deity
aristocracy
advent
status
40. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
adept
egalitarian
sovereignty
synthesis
41. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
prophesized
papacy
primogeniture
patronage
42. Mistress
concubine
indigenous
pastoral
abdicate
43. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
inextricable
pastoral
theocracy
congregate
44. A god or goddess
hinterland
pagan
deity
stratify
45. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
secular
indigenous
patrilineal
papacy
46. Belief in government run by religious leaders
forestalling
investiture
theocracy
mortality
47. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
eradicate
ethnocentric
matrilineal
uniformity
48. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
aristocracy
monasticism
manifestation
49. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
sect
investiture
fealty
congregate
50. Independence; self-determination - political independence
pastoral
autonomy
classical
fuse