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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. 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
pastoral
mystic
classical
2. Having superior power and influence
puritanical
paramount
textiles
mystic
3. Someone Who is drafted into military service
eunuchs
maritime
conscript
decadent
4. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
theocracy
ethics
hierarchy
primogeniture
5. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
emulate
fuse
mortality
sedentary
6. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
vigor
ideology
deity
pastoral
7. A remote and undeveloped area
precedent
paramount
scorn
hinterland
8. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
morality
nationalism
classical
9. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
emulate
decadent
forestalling
10. To stop; delay - hinder
patronage
status
sect
forestalling
11. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
nationalism
synthesis
puritanical
12. A belief - principle - or teaching
indigenous
doctrine
inevitable
ethnocentric
13. A person who believes in the equality of all people
congregate
egalitarian
sedentary
monasticism
14. Preach the gospel (to)
harem
evangelize
status
medieval
15. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
doctrine
congregate
aristocracy
adept
16. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
prophesized
primogeniture
eunuchs
lineage
17. Preach the gospel (to)
innate
evangelize
fealty
indigenous
18. Mistress
concubine
ethics
fealty
secular
19. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
heretic
matrilineal
hinterland
20. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
patrilineal
patronage
pagan
sovereignty
21. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
advent
suppressed
eunuchs
venerate
22. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
autonomy
sovereignty
evangelize
despot
23. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
patrilineal
manifestation
faction
mortality
24. Control of a product or service by one company
theocracy
monopoly
autonomy
innate
25. Natural - inborn
venerate
innate
maritime
papacy
26. A god or goddess
heretic
theocracy
deity
ethics
27. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
autonomy
hinterland
scorn
secular
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
puritanical
faction
ethnocentric
abdicate
29. A remote and undeveloped area
ethics
ideology
hinterland
mortality
30. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
subordinate
decadent
fealty
nationalism
31. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
positivism
harem
hierarchy
concubine
32. Natural - inborn
innate
ecclesiastic
adept
adept
33. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
affiliation
forestalling
evangelize
34. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
matrilineal
pluralism
secular
indigenous
35. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
patronage
sovereignty
ethnocentric
venerate
36. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
ecclesiastic
stratify
hastened
37. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
heretic
morality
lineage
prophesized
38. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
patrilineal
advent
autonomy
egalitarian
39. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
sovereignty
conscript
suppressed
inevitable
40. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
concubine
textiles
subordinate
garrison
41. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
venerate
despot
deity
42. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
theocracy
hierarchy
lineage
43. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
fuse
status
puritanical
evangelize
44. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
deity
fealty
doctrine
nationalism
45. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
precedent
conscript
stratify
pluralism
46. The act of being formally connected or joined
synthesis
adherents
affiliation
emulate
47. Predicted; foretold
nationalism
concubine
primogeniture
prophesized
48. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
paramount
lineage
primogeniture
49. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
status
patronage
concubine
50. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
aristocracy
concubine
fealty
hinterland