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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. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
eradicate
fealty
adherents
monopoly
2. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
fealty
aristocracy
forestalling
3. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
sovereignty
harem
eunuchs
4. Mistress
paramount
concubine
nationalism
subsequent
5. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
suppressed
matrilineal
aristocracy
concubine
6. Control of a product or service by one company
evangelize
manifestation
inevitable
monopoly
7. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
patronage
fuse
medieval
manifestation
8. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
synthesis
egalitarian
primogeniture
imperial
9. Believers - followers
suppressed
inextricable
adherents
conscript
10. To wipe out; to destroy
pagan
eradicate
venerate
lineage
11. Mistress
affiliation
concubine
hinterland
hierarchy
12. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
pastoral
stratify
abdicate
sedentary
13. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
paramount
matrilineal
textiles
maritime
14. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
garrison
theocracy
autonomy
pastoral
15. To stop; delay - hinder
nationalism
faction
conscript
forestalling
16. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
abdicate
investiture
adept
inevitable
17. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
theocracy
adherents
pagan
sovereignty
18. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
status
paramount
monopoly
ecclesiastic
19. Preach the gospel (to)
harem
evangelize
ethics
patronage
20. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
pagan
affiliation
positivism
status
21. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
heretic
adept
mystic
22. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
ethics
decadent
indigenous
eunuchs
23. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
autonomy
nationalism
mortality
status
24. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
concubine
adept
ideology
adherents
25. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
puritanical
patrilineal
monasticism
maritime
26. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
nationalism
doctrine
imperial
heretic
27. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
faction
precedent
paramount
indigenous
28. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
pluralism
ecclesiastic
secular
papacy
29. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
forestalling
vigor
autonomy
30. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
sovereignty
innate
textiles
31. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
doctrine
sedentary
ecclesiastic
mystic
32. Woven materials; cloth
theocracy
hierarchy
doctrine
textiles
33. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
inextricable
synthesis
hierarchy
34. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
innate
venerate
status
stratify
35. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
forestalling
conscript
hinterland
36. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
pluralism
classical
patrilineal
investiture
37. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
ethnocentric
conscript
monasticism
38. Relating to or associated with an empire
deity
imperial
patrilineal
patronage
39. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
eunuchs
primogeniture
innate
40. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
fealty
ethics
synthesis
nationalism
41. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
positivism
precedent
ideology
advent
42. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
harem
sedentary
affiliation
43. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
puritanical
eunuchs
uniformity
decadent
44. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subordinate
affiliation
emulate
subsequent
45. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
lineage
theocracy
affiliation
46. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
evangelize
sovereignty
eunuchs
doctrine
47. Believers - followers
ideology
egalitarian
inevitable
adherents
48. Code of morality
medieval
affiliation
congregate
ethics
49. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
deity
doctrine
evangelize
50. Philosophy
positivism
faction
despot
investiture