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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. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
ethics
stratify
matrilineal
venerate
2. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
monopoly
paramount
ideology
classical
3. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
hastened
venerate
adept
adept
4. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
harem
papacy
pluralism
conscript
5. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
deity
scorn
medieval
egalitarian
6. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
faction
eradicate
garrison
morality
7. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
eradicate
ecclesiastic
adept
medieval
8. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ecclesiastic
morality
inevitable
indigenous
9. A remote and undeveloped area
paramount
inextricable
imperial
hinterland
10. Natural - inborn
precedent
autonomy
innate
monopoly
11. Mistress
inevitable
paramount
egalitarian
concubine
12. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
autonomy
adept
positivism
13. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
secular
mystic
morality
venerate
14. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
hastened
sect
theocracy
forestalling
15. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
classical
doctrine
fuse
hierarchy
16. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
precedent
pagan
concubine
papacy
17. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
heretic
imperial
mystic
stratify
18. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
monasticism
innate
maritime
19. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
eradicate
emulate
congregate
patrilineal
20. A remote and undeveloped area
imperial
aristocracy
hinterland
innate
21. Believers - followers
adherents
medieval
affiliation
subordinate
22. Control of a product or service by one company
innate
maritime
sovereignty
monopoly
23. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
monasticism
adherents
despot
24. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
maritime
theocracy
decadent
25. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
subsequent
vigor
manifestation
patrilineal
26. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
subsequent
pluralism
hierarchy
27. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
paramount
heretic
precedent
fealty
28. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
matrilineal
positivism
ethnocentric
synthesis
29. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
precedent
maritime
ethics
matrilineal
30. Relating to or associated with an empire
aristocracy
imperial
fuse
positivism
31. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
harem
primogeniture
synthesis
32. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
garrison
adept
fealty
medieval
33. The combination of parts to make a whole
conscript
synthesis
monopoly
paramount
34. Predicted; foretold
autonomy
egalitarian
prophesized
manifestation
35. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
imperial
harem
hierarchy
positivism
36. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
imperial
secular
status
scorn
37. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
inevitable
prophesized
uniformity
adherents
38. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
positivism
aristocracy
mortality
affiliation
39. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
pastoral
emulate
vigor
positivism
40. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
indigenous
pagan
synthesis
41. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
harem
ecclesiastic
monasticism
pagan
42. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
pastoral
ethnocentric
eradicate
43. Code of morality
ideology
mystic
ethics
abdicate
44. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
deity
lineage
aristocracy
sedentary
45. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
classical
indigenous
secular
hastened
46. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pluralism
fuse
inextricable
textiles
47. Death rate
hinterland
manifestation
inevitable
mortality
48. A god or goddess
hinterland
deity
sovereignty
adept
49. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
fuse
uniformity
pastoral
inevitable
50. Independence; self-determination - political independence
pluralism
faction
papacy
autonomy