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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. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
precedent
subsequent
emulate
evangelize
2. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
venerate
paramount
decadent
uniformity
3. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
paramount
sect
lineage
4. A god or goddess
deity
garrison
subordinate
egalitarian
5. To wipe out; to destroy
matrilineal
eradicate
investiture
primogeniture
6. Independence; self-determination - political independence
eunuchs
lineage
autonomy
fuse
7. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
pluralism
patrilineal
sovereignty
abdicate
8. Mistress
deity
adept
morality
concubine
9. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
patronage
hierarchy
suppressed
10. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
vigor
pagan
decadent
autonomy
11. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
garrison
imperial
ideology
maritime
12. Preach the gospel (to)
inextricable
scorn
evangelize
lineage
13. The combination of parts to make a whole
papacy
inevitable
conscript
synthesis
14. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
adherents
affiliation
decadent
sect
15. A person who believes in the equality of all people
aristocracy
egalitarian
hierarchy
matrilineal
16. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
pluralism
ethics
stratify
subordinate
17. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
hinterland
stratify
despot
18. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
mortality
concubine
deity
19. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
autonomy
advent
vigor
pagan
20. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
heretic
ethics
fuse
21. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
imperial
imperial
papacy
22. Code of morality
ethics
primogeniture
autonomy
piety
23. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
eradicate
egalitarian
medieval
24. Control of a product or service by one company
concubine
medieval
imperial
monopoly
25. Native to a certain area
matrilineal
indigenous
fuse
maritime
26. Relating to or associated with an empire
synthesis
imperial
fealty
classical
27. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
secular
advent
textiles
harem
28. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
synthesis
fuse
primogeniture
sect
29. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
sedentary
sedentary
ecclesiastic
30. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
suppressed
patronage
decadent
indigenous
31. Death rate
mystic
mortality
aristocracy
eradicate
32. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
inevitable
manifestation
abdicate
33. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
manifestation
harem
monasticism
secular
34. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
subsequent
classical
faction
inevitable
35. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
inextricable
fealty
hastened
uniformity
36. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
indigenous
uniformity
theocracy
sovereignty
37. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
investiture
heretic
ethnocentric
evangelize
38. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
adherents
manifestation
vigor
secular
39. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
prophesized
paramount
pluralism
pastoral
40. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
fuse
faction
emulate
monasticism
41. Native to a certain area
uniformity
emulate
subordinate
indigenous
42. Predicted; foretold
patronage
prophesized
doctrine
ideology
43. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
synthesis
manifestation
prophesized
classical
44. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
venerate
deity
investiture
concubine
45. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
theocracy
sedentary
inextricable
faction
46. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
prophesized
subsequent
sect
heretic
47. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
classical
aristocracy
concubine
48. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
subsequent
precedent
sovereignty
49. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
nationalism
ethics
hastened
egalitarian
50. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
egalitarian
pluralism
nationalism
heretic