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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. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
classical
secular
suppressed
2. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
morality
patrilineal
subordinate
piety
3. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
fuse
textiles
positivism
uniformity
4. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
primogeniture
emulate
manifestation
indigenous
5. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
primogeniture
hierarchy
sect
imperial
6. Native to a certain area
imperial
indigenous
autonomy
sedentary
7. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
aristocracy
fuse
ethics
decadent
8. 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
manifestation
monasticism
eradicate
puritanical
9. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
forestalling
status
fuse
ethnocentric
10. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
garrison
synthesis
morality
hierarchy
11. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
paramount
classical
forestalling
12. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
synthesis
textiles
ecclesiastic
advent
13. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
autonomy
harem
hastened
monasticism
14. Philosophy
mystic
indigenous
pluralism
positivism
15. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
matrilineal
hierarchy
nationalism
adept
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
mortality
investiture
abdicate
17. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
puritanical
classical
inextricable
18. Preach the gospel (to)
pagan
textiles
affiliation
evangelize
19. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
emulate
conscript
status
20. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
pluralism
faction
ideology
vigor
21. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
status
affiliation
medieval
affiliation
22. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
piety
vigor
patrilineal
sect
23. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
patrilineal
evangelize
eradicate
decadent
24. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
aristocracy
ideology
patronage
pluralism
25. Natural - inborn
subordinate
primogeniture
venerate
innate
26. A person who believes in the equality of all people
inevitable
prophesized
eunuchs
egalitarian
27. Natural - inborn
deity
innate
forestalling
sect
28. Believers - followers
stratify
textiles
adherents
matrilineal
29. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
mystic
patrilineal
egalitarian
30. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
venerate
lineage
ecclesiastic
mystic
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
harem
aristocracy
scorn
ethics
32. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
paramount
ethics
fuse
33. Death rate
mortality
inevitable
theocracy
uniformity
34. To wipe out; to destroy
aristocracy
stratify
eradicate
matrilineal
35. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
lineage
ideology
primogeniture
36. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
ethnocentric
stratify
ideology
37. Relating to or associated with an empire
hierarchy
imperial
synthesis
patrilineal
38. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
congregate
sedentary
precedent
fealty
39. To give up power
abdicate
fuse
eradicate
paramount
40. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
vigor
nationalism
ideology
affiliation
41. Strength - energy
imperial
ethnocentric
congregate
vigor
42. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
stratify
lineage
despot
medieval
43. The act of being formally connected or joined
sedentary
affiliation
hinterland
paramount
44. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
paramount
eradicate
emulate
45. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
congregate
status
nationalism
maritime
46. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
lineage
emulate
pagan
mystic
47. Someone Who is drafted into military service
concubine
conscript
subsequent
secular
48. A belief - principle - or teaching
matrilineal
morality
doctrine
egalitarian
49. Death rate
adherents
vigor
mortality
ecclesiastic
50. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
lineage
conscript
emulate