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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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literacy
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
affiliation
egalitarian
maritime
deity
2. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
pluralism
status
piety
3. Independence; self-determination - political independence
harem
autonomy
manifestation
morality
4. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
suppressed
evangelize
morality
medieval
5. To give up power
abdicate
faction
monasticism
eradicate
6. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
emulate
vigor
autonomy
7. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
maritime
concubine
sect
pluralism
8. Strength - energy
status
classical
indigenous
vigor
9. Philosophy
inevitable
aristocracy
positivism
evangelize
10. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
ideology
emulate
monopoly
harem
11. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
hinterland
imperial
decadent
papacy
12. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
inevitable
prophesized
status
13. A person who believes in the equality of all people
subsequent
despot
ethnocentric
egalitarian
14. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
aristocracy
indigenous
innate
15. Predicted; foretold
sovereignty
adherents
pluralism
prophesized
16. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
primogeniture
classical
affiliation
pagan
17. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
advent
doctrine
harem
ecclesiastic
18. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
garrison
hastened
pagan
pastoral
19. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
abdicate
manifestation
morality
stratify
20. Philosophy
adept
mortality
subordinate
positivism
21. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
forestalling
despot
mystic
ecclesiastic
22. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
medieval
aristocracy
ideology
hastened
23. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
textiles
patronage
precedent
egalitarian
24. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
garrison
aristocracy
maritime
inextricable
25. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
ethnocentric
secular
paramount
eunuchs
26. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
despot
decadent
uniformity
27. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
emulate
inevitable
subordinate
hastened
28. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
sect
patrilineal
lineage
conscript
29. Mistress
sect
paramount
precedent
concubine
30. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
patrilineal
ideology
precedent
ethics
31. Predicted; foretold
doctrine
prophesized
sovereignty
congregate
32. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
pagan
classical
maritime
ethics
33. Having superior power and influence
investiture
harem
paramount
matrilineal
34. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
mortality
uniformity
sovereignty
35. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
manifestation
theocracy
sect
36. To wipe out; to destroy
maritime
eradicate
hinterland
imperial
37. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
ecclesiastic
stratify
hastened
adherents
38. Having superior power and influence
textiles
monopoly
paramount
forestalling
39. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
heretic
patronage
harem
heretic
40. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
nationalism
heretic
pluralism
secular
41. Believers - followers
textiles
fuse
maritime
adherents
42. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
forestalling
papacy
maritime
uniformity
43. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
garrison
despot
textiles
sedentary
44. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
adherents
decadent
conscript
investiture
45. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
faction
sovereignty
autonomy
patronage
46. Natural - inborn
innate
eunuchs
hinterland
adherents
47. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
fuse
heretic
theocracy
48. A belief - principle - or teaching
matrilineal
autonomy
doctrine
stratify
49. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
inevitable
hastened
hastened
50. Believers - followers
inextricable
adherents
pastoral
aristocracy