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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. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
matrilineal
harem
synthesis
2. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
subordinate
evangelize
puritanical
despot
3. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
congregate
evangelize
classical
eradicate
4. Having superior power and influence
theocracy
manifestation
paramount
ethics
5. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
status
decadent
egalitarian
sovereignty
6. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
ethnocentric
innate
advent
7. Native to a certain area
indigenous
affiliation
manifestation
ethnocentric
8. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
heretic
deity
congregate
prophesized
9. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
despot
matrilineal
sovereignty
10. A god or goddess
fuse
ideology
despot
deity
11. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
eradicate
venerate
stratify
venerate
12. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
patronage
advent
nationalism
positivism
13. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
despot
hierarchy
inevitable
adherents
14. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
morality
ethnocentric
hastened
theocracy
15. Independence; self-determination - political independence
hierarchy
autonomy
matrilineal
abdicate
16. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
aristocracy
subsequent
subordinate
synthesis
17. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
despot
imperial
monopoly
18. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
patrilineal
puritanical
decadent
congregate
19. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
despot
mortality
eradicate
20. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
mortality
harem
adept
papacy
21. The act of being formally connected or joined
sovereignty
subsequent
hastened
affiliation
22. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
heretic
venerate
manifestation
sedentary
23. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
garrison
inextricable
hierarchy
ethics
24. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
manifestation
autonomy
patrilineal
congregate
25. Woven materials; cloth
uniformity
faction
inextricable
textiles
26. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
nationalism
venerate
subordinate
harem
27. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
pastoral
lineage
monopoly
puritanical
28. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
precedent
indigenous
sovereignty
emulate
29. Belief in government run by religious leaders
adherents
theocracy
conscript
secular
30. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
ethics
scorn
piety
31. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
papacy
indigenous
maritime
papacy
32. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
evangelize
congregate
despot
33. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
aristocracy
harem
pastoral
34. Native to a certain area
hastened
indigenous
sect
lineage
35. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
maritime
pagan
secular
lineage
36. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
sect
harem
papacy
patrilineal
37. Mistress
heretic
autonomy
concubine
precedent
38. Death rate
secular
positivism
mortality
nationalism
39. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
abdicate
nationalism
adept
venerate
40. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
medieval
sedentary
uniformity
patrilineal
41. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
scorn
indigenous
heretic
42. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
fealty
nationalism
prophesized
43. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
conscript
precedent
hastened
lineage
44. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
sect
investiture
puritanical
aristocracy
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
pluralism
egalitarian
conscript
46. Strength - energy
emulate
hastened
suppressed
vigor
47. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
deity
mystic
concubine
48. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
positivism
inevitable
affiliation
49. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
prophesized
decadent
suppressed
investiture
50. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
nationalism
suppressed
evangelize
fealty