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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
synthesis
stratify
matrilineal
paramount
2. Native to a certain area
ideology
indigenous
adept
pastoral
3. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
conscript
mystic
theocracy
harem
4. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
mystic
emulate
deity
5. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
classical
venerate
conscript
subsequent
6. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
doctrine
subsequent
faction
imperial
7. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
heretic
ideology
mystic
primogeniture
8. Death rate
mortality
congregate
prophesized
classical
9. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
abdicate
investiture
pluralism
maritime
10. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
abdicate
hastened
hierarchy
pastoral
11. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
uniformity
sedentary
indigenous
imperial
12. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
precedent
pluralism
evangelize
13. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
fuse
sovereignty
sect
emulate
14. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
ethnocentric
pagan
hinterland
adherents
15. Strength - energy
inextricable
prophesized
vigor
uniformity
16. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
subsequent
textiles
egalitarian
precedent
17. Philosophy
lineage
positivism
uniformity
inevitable
18. Predicted; foretold
decadent
prophesized
hinterland
faction
19. Belief in government run by religious leaders
autonomy
theocracy
lineage
evangelize
20. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
patronage
pastoral
maritime
indigenous
21. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
decadent
ideology
heretic
subordinate
22. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
stratify
secular
harem
uniformity
23. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
pluralism
status
pastoral
hierarchy
24. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
autonomy
doctrine
pluralism
25. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
morality
pagan
subordinate
inevitable
26. Control of a product or service by one company
nationalism
imperial
monopoly
textiles
27. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
precedent
evangelize
patrilineal
piety
28. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
affiliation
scorn
monopoly
29. A remote and undeveloped area
doctrine
sedentary
status
hinterland
30. Natural - inborn
conscript
innate
maritime
abdicate
31. A belief - principle - or teaching
classical
concubine
pastoral
doctrine
32. Belief in government run by religious leaders
textiles
theocracy
sedentary
morality
33. Natural - inborn
monopoly
innate
ethics
forestalling
34. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
patrilineal
sovereignty
ethnocentric
conscript
35. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
pastoral
egalitarian
decadent
inevitable
36. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
autonomy
positivism
uniformity
congregate
37. Woven materials; cloth
harem
mystic
medieval
textiles
38. Believers - followers
status
venerate
positivism
adherents
39. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
adherents
papacy
despot
40. Someone Who is drafted into military service
nationalism
conscript
hinterland
maritime
41. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
forestalling
primogeniture
hierarchy
synthesis
42. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
morality
nationalism
scorn
43. The combination of parts to make a whole
ethics
indigenous
scorn
synthesis
44. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
status
harem
monopoly
45. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
heretic
ethnocentric
evangelize
scorn
46. To stop; delay - hinder
adept
forestalling
subsequent
eradicate
47. To wipe out; to destroy
investiture
stratify
sect
eradicate
48. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
vigor
advent
prophesized
lineage
49. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
eradicate
secular
subordinate
50. Having superior power and influence
morality
paramount
doctrine
subordinate