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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. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
autonomy
harem
status
2. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ethics
fealty
morality
conscript
3. To wipe out; to destroy
matrilineal
conscript
eradicate
hastened
4. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
patrilineal
congregate
sedentary
uniformity
5. Philosophy
eradicate
aristocracy
innate
positivism
6. Independence; self-determination - political independence
fuse
autonomy
monasticism
sedentary
7. Strength - energy
garrison
decadent
vigor
sovereignty
8. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
harem
hierarchy
stratify
stratify
9. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
medieval
abdicate
piety
eunuchs
10. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
suppressed
affiliation
monasticism
11. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
despot
hierarchy
pagan
adherents
12. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
pagan
harem
heretic
investiture
13. 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
maritime
scorn
lineage
14. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
autonomy
secular
despot
15. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
evangelize
monasticism
stratify
puritanical
16. Control of a product or service by one company
puritanical
monopoly
primogeniture
aristocracy
17. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
textiles
hastened
investiture
manifestation
18. Strength - energy
vigor
ethnocentric
sect
ethics
19. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
faction
adept
status
pagan
20. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
theocracy
manifestation
heretic
egalitarian
21. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
adept
status
egalitarian
scorn
22. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
adherents
faction
hinterland
lineage
23. Woven materials; cloth
mystic
textiles
stratify
positivism
24. Devotion and reverence to God
puritanical
piety
theocracy
puritanical
25. A person who believes in the equality of all people
imperial
nationalism
egalitarian
ethnocentric
26. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
ecclesiastic
ideology
garrison
classical
27. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
fealty
indigenous
secular
ecclesiastic
28. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
investiture
adherents
primogeniture
29. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
stratify
decadent
aristocracy
manifestation
30. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
morality
precedent
pagan
prophesized
31. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
ethnocentric
fuse
sedentary
deity
32. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
ethics
despot
paramount
33. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
monopoly
aristocracy
ethics
34. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
concubine
egalitarian
medieval
mortality
35. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
evangelize
inevitable
primogeniture
36. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
concubine
papacy
status
decadent
37. Mistress
patrilineal
deity
concubine
ethics
38. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
ethnocentric
garrison
indigenous
nationalism
39. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
morality
inevitable
congregate
40. Native to a certain area
textiles
indigenous
innate
stratify
41. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
status
doctrine
aristocracy
eradicate
42. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
doctrine
fuse
evangelize
43. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
mystic
textiles
precedent
faction
44. To give up power
abdicate
adept
lineage
venerate
45. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
vigor
eradicate
inextricable
scorn
46. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
positivism
faction
indigenous
47. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
sedentary
textiles
congregate
48. The act of being formally connected or joined
ethnocentric
affiliation
piety
matrilineal
49. Native to a certain area
manifestation
indigenous
imperial
advent
50. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
ideology
manifestation
medieval
vigor