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Global Words You Should Know
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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. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
paramount
monopoly
lineage
mystic
2. Death rate
mortality
evangelize
piety
evangelize
3. The combination of parts to make a whole
pastoral
evangelize
synthesis
egalitarian
4. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
papacy
autonomy
hierarchy
5. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
aristocracy
fealty
aristocracy
maritime
6. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
textiles
hastened
forestalling
7. Strength - energy
pastoral
concubine
monasticism
vigor
8. Natural - inborn
stratify
eradicate
sovereignty
innate
9. A god or goddess
decadent
deity
affiliation
monopoly
10. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
uniformity
hastened
adherents
aristocracy
11. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
affiliation
mystic
manifestation
medieval
12. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
papacy
innate
abdicate
suppressed
13. Independence; self-determination - political independence
pagan
nationalism
suppressed
autonomy
14. 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
adept
forestalling
mortality
monasticism
15. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
sedentary
eunuchs
affiliation
pluralism
16. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
secular
doctrine
scorn
autonomy
17. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
aristocracy
eradicate
advent
textiles
18. Philosophy
positivism
puritanical
eunuchs
sedentary
19. Strength - energy
adept
investiture
vigor
lineage
20. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
theocracy
subordinate
garrison
sedentary
21. 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
patrilineal
monasticism
decadent
autonomy
22. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
doctrine
medieval
affiliation
morality
23. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
hastened
nationalism
inevitable
eunuchs
24. Having superior power and influence
hinterland
paramount
mystic
aristocracy
25. Mistress
concubine
doctrine
lineage
nationalism
26. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
autonomy
garrison
scorn
synthesis
27. Preach the gospel (to)
affiliation
evangelize
pastoral
forestalling
28. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
monasticism
uniformity
garrison
29. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
ideology
manifestation
egalitarian
30. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
ethnocentric
doctrine
evangelize
31. A person who believes in the equality of all people
classical
egalitarian
subordinate
patrilineal
32. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
papacy
sect
egalitarian
33. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
ideology
conscript
egalitarian
34. Belief in government run by religious leaders
patronage
monasticism
theocracy
affiliation
35. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
classical
despot
manifestation
maritime
36. Woven materials; cloth
inevitable
conscript
maritime
textiles
37. Someone Who is drafted into military service
eradicate
conscript
mystic
heretic
38. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
status
primogeniture
ideology
lineage
39. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
faction
sedentary
hastened
despot
40. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
patrilineal
ethnocentric
sedentary
innate
41. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
puritanical
classical
emulate
subsequent
42. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
medieval
theocracy
scorn
uniformity
43. Death rate
sovereignty
heretic
lineage
mortality
44. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
matrilineal
nationalism
pagan
45. Believers - followers
garrison
adherents
vigor
stratify
46. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
sedentary
adherents
doctrine
47. A belief - principle - or teaching
venerate
precedent
manifestation
doctrine
48. To give up power
abdicate
piety
inextricable
harem
49. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
manifestation
pastoral
puritanical
50. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
hinterland
hinterland
positivism
stratify