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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. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
imperial
monopoly
synthesis
2. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
forestalling
investiture
positivism
subsequent
3. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
ethnocentric
decadent
pastoral
4. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
patronage
matrilineal
puritanical
pastoral
5. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
papacy
heretic
faction
6. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
conscript
evangelize
precedent
fuse
7. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
concubine
pluralism
sect
congregate
8. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
forestalling
advent
scorn
9. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
investiture
pastoral
hierarchy
aristocracy
10. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
patronage
fealty
medieval
matrilineal
11. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
morality
puritanical
subsequent
12. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
harem
evangelize
adherents
classical
13. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
lineage
papacy
pagan
ethnocentric
14. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
maritime
concubine
synthesis
15. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
morality
primogeniture
eradicate
16. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
abdicate
subordinate
harem
17. Philosophy
positivism
affiliation
textiles
emulate
18. Incapable of being solved or untangled
positivism
inextricable
theocracy
piety
19. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
fuse
puritanical
inevitable
autonomy
20. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
pluralism
maritime
harem
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
manifestation
stratify
forestalling
22. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
primogeniture
textiles
forestalling
emulate
23. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
imperial
fuse
puritanical
secular
24. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
advent
ethnocentric
precedent
25. Mistress
conscript
maritime
deity
concubine
26. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
adept
patronage
faction
27. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
sovereignty
manifestation
positivism
adherents
28. The combination of parts to make a whole
eradicate
textiles
synthesis
monopoly
29. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
harem
sedentary
hastened
suppressed
30. Mistress
despot
classical
classical
concubine
31. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
suppressed
despot
forestalling
subsequent
32. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
autonomy
sect
affiliation
investiture
33. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
fuse
sedentary
indigenous
34. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
morality
venerate
mortality
inevitable
35. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
hierarchy
advent
garrison
36. To wipe out; to destroy
nationalism
eradicate
uniformity
theocracy
37. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
puritanical
heretic
despot
innate
38. A god or goddess
monasticism
maritime
deity
uniformity
39. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
scorn
stratify
congregate
doctrine
40. Independence; self-determination - political independence
pluralism
monasticism
autonomy
evangelize
41. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
eradicate
pluralism
paramount
adept
42. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
status
doctrine
heretic
ethnocentric
43. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
prophesized
puritanical
venerate
44. Control of a product or service by one company
investiture
monopoly
morality
prophesized
45. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
nationalism
inevitable
manifestation
stratify
46. Code of morality
ethics
hastened
doctrine
uniformity
47. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
scorn
status
venerate
harem
48. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
eunuchs
faction
manifestation
49. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
faction
patrilineal
lineage
classical
50. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
mortality
suppressed
sedentary