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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. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
investiture
primogeniture
egalitarian
2. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
innate
forestalling
congregate
3. Someone Who is drafted into military service
hierarchy
conscript
suppressed
precedent
4. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
papacy
sedentary
abdicate
5. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
emulate
inevitable
lineage
adept
6. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
affiliation
lineage
abdicate
7. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
forestalling
eunuchs
abdicate
pluralism
8. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
imperial
evangelize
concubine
sect
9. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
doctrine
precedent
stratify
innate
10. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
papacy
secular
patronage
theocracy
11. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
medieval
fealty
inextricable
venerate
12. Believers - followers
status
mystic
inevitable
adherents
13. Control of a product or service by one company
patronage
precedent
monopoly
monasticism
14. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
maritime
adept
ideology
theocracy
15. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
precedent
manifestation
primogeniture
doctrine
16. To stop; delay - hinder
classical
forestalling
subsequent
congregate
17. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
monopoly
investiture
faction
subsequent
18. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
egalitarian
venerate
sedentary
egalitarian
19. Devotion and reverence to God
imperial
affiliation
piety
garrison
20. A belief - principle - or teaching
affiliation
ideology
doctrine
pastoral
21. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
affiliation
uniformity
faction
mystic
22. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
affiliation
conscript
nationalism
forestalling
23. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
emulate
despot
faction
manifestation
24. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
vigor
hastened
patrilineal
harem
25. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
imperial
despot
venerate
fealty
26. To give up power
subsequent
abdicate
status
hinterland
27. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
forestalling
emulate
aristocracy
monopoly
28. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
mortality
mortality
faction
fuse
29. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
mystic
concubine
ideology
innate
30. 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
hierarchy
lineage
monasticism
venerate
31. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
manifestation
papacy
nationalism
hierarchy
32. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
paramount
evangelize
nationalism
investiture
33. Strength - energy
inevitable
evangelize
vigor
decadent
34. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
sect
conscript
concubine
status
35. Death rate
aristocracy
ideology
nationalism
mortality
36. Philosophy
egalitarian
positivism
inevitable
vigor
37. To wipe out; to destroy
mystic
hierarchy
mortality
eradicate
38. Preach the gospel (to)
hinterland
ethics
evangelize
heretic
39. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
monasticism
inevitable
patrilineal
eradicate
40. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
piety
nationalism
scorn
conscript
41. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
sect
doctrine
aristocracy
eunuchs
42. Native to a certain area
evangelize
indigenous
ecclesiastic
monopoly
43. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
classical
ecclesiastic
investiture
pagan
44. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
venerate
prophesized
pastoral
medieval
45. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
sovereignty
prophesized
imperial
subordinate
46. A person who believes in the equality of all people
classical
patrilineal
ecclesiastic
egalitarian
47. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
ideology
sovereignty
hierarchy
48. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
adherents
hinterland
suppressed
precedent
49. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
innate
inevitable
hierarchy
fealty
50. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
scorn
sedentary
puritanical
ecclesiastic