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Global Words You Should Know
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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. Strength - energy
imperial
vigor
forestalling
papacy
2. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
adept
pagan
indigenous
autonomy
3. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
congregate
primogeniture
secular
positivism
4. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
papacy
emulate
abdicate
harem
5. Independence; self-determination - political independence
paramount
sect
autonomy
investiture
6. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
hierarchy
mystic
paramount
pluralism
7. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
synthesis
heretic
pastoral
stratify
8. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
sedentary
emulate
textiles
9. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
scorn
puritanical
hierarchy
10. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
heretic
textiles
concubine
11. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
evangelize
venerate
doctrine
harem
12. Natural - inborn
deity
decadent
fealty
innate
13. Death rate
lineage
mortality
classical
concubine
14. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
puritanical
nationalism
suppressed
ethics
15. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
synthesis
scorn
despot
sedentary
16. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
autonomy
paramount
ecclesiastic
hastened
17. Relating to or associated with an empire
maritime
imperial
lineage
egalitarian
18. Native to a certain area
prophesized
mystic
indigenous
pluralism
19. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
ethics
mortality
maritime
vigor
20. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
deity
eradicate
manifestation
21. Belief in government run by religious leaders
harem
theocracy
status
deity
22. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
garrison
hastened
puritanical
23. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
subsequent
advent
harem
24. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
classical
subsequent
sovereignty
morality
25. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
patrilineal
venerate
eunuchs
ethics
26. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
positivism
emulate
eunuchs
matrilineal
27. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
scorn
inextricable
primogeniture
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
secular
precedent
mortality
29. Control of a product or service by one company
ecclesiastic
harem
aristocracy
monopoly
30. To stop; delay - hinder
nationalism
autonomy
forestalling
papacy
31. Code of morality
ethics
autonomy
pastoral
hastened
32. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
classical
maritime
advent
manifestation
33. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
scorn
innate
fealty
34. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
hierarchy
garrison
harem
35. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
textiles
secular
eunuchs
36. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
mortality
sedentary
congregate
status
37. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
inevitable
maritime
deity
nationalism
38. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
piety
pastoral
precedent
papacy
39. Strength - energy
vigor
ideology
deity
venerate
40. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
sect
decadent
lineage
deity
41. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
fealty
ideology
inevitable
textiles
42. Death rate
eradicate
sect
indigenous
mortality
43. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
ethnocentric
classical
primogeniture
precedent
44. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
monasticism
ecclesiastic
nationalism
45. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
sedentary
status
subsequent
46. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
maritime
adept
egalitarian
vigor
47. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
subordinate
pluralism
vigor
stratify
48. Incapable of being solved or untangled
heretic
inextricable
scorn
piety
49. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
lineage
sedentary
puritanical
faction
50. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
eunuchs
suppressed
prophesized
primogeniture