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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. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
maritime
synthesis
imperial
hastened
2. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
stratify
precedent
fealty
faction
3. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
mortality
pastoral
maritime
4. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
inevitable
patronage
pastoral
5. Code of morality
affiliation
mortality
status
ethics
6. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
suppressed
pastoral
sect
lineage
7. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
patronage
ideology
aristocracy
conscript
8. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
papacy
sedentary
secular
pastoral
9. The combination of parts to make a whole
doctrine
ethics
synthesis
eunuchs
10. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
synthesis
evangelize
congregate
11. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
abdicate
inevitable
egalitarian
12. Natural - inborn
innate
inevitable
decadent
sovereignty
13. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
mortality
suppressed
stratify
positivism
14. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
stratify
ethnocentric
subordinate
patrilineal
15. To give up power
harem
abdicate
scorn
hierarchy
16. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
pluralism
deity
aristocracy
manifestation
17. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
emulate
deity
precedent
fealty
18. Relating to or associated with an empire
harem
imperial
hierarchy
manifestation
19. Death rate
pastoral
primogeniture
puritanical
mortality
20. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
pastoral
decadent
faction
affiliation
21. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
adherents
medieval
patrilineal
22. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
doctrine
ethnocentric
manifestation
classical
23. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
monopoly
prophesized
investiture
uniformity
24. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
lineage
uniformity
suppressed
subsequent
25. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
fuse
harem
indigenous
sedentary
26. Independence; self-determination - political independence
maritime
matrilineal
autonomy
heretic
27. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
sedentary
scorn
investiture
status
28. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
garrison
matrilineal
eunuchs
stratify
29. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
stratify
aristocracy
lineage
suppressed
30. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
advent
ethics
adept
hastened
31. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
heretic
mortality
venerate
monasticism
32. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
decadent
inextricable
adept
33. Preach the gospel (to)
imperial
primogeniture
evangelize
forestalling
34. Control of a product or service by one company
despot
monopoly
secular
eunuchs
35. Philosophy
hierarchy
adherents
primogeniture
positivism
36. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
ethics
decadent
innate
37. Relating to or associated with an empire
paramount
imperial
mortality
mortality
38. A person who believes in the equality of all people
venerate
pastoral
egalitarian
pastoral
39. Predicted; foretold
positivism
adherents
prophesized
theocracy
40. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
harem
imperial
advent
ethnocentric
41. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
scorn
positivism
pluralism
adept
42. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
mystic
concubine
status
inevitable
43. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
egalitarian
indigenous
inevitable
sect
44. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
synthesis
faction
stratify
ethnocentric
45. Native to a certain area
theocracy
faction
indigenous
matrilineal
46. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
hastened
patronage
congregate
subordinate
47. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
mystic
nationalism
puritanical
48. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
pagan
inextricable
adept
49. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
subordinate
suppressed
pastoral
scorn
50. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
textiles
scorn
eradicate