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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
advent
uniformity
mystic
autonomy
2. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
investiture
medieval
pluralism
primogeniture
3. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
subsequent
forestalling
morality
4. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
medieval
primogeniture
deity
5. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
secular
precedent
lineage
6. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
ethics
despot
mystic
subordinate
7. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
autonomy
maritime
investiture
8. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
manifestation
mystic
nationalism
9. A god or goddess
synthesis
deity
theocracy
venerate
10. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
nationalism
hinterland
maritime
11. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
decadent
pluralism
advent
harem
12. To give up power
harem
abdicate
despot
paramount
13. Code of morality
matrilineal
ethics
nationalism
piety
14. A belief - principle - or teaching
positivism
doctrine
synthesis
manifestation
15. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
hierarchy
doctrine
ethics
16. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
stratify
primogeniture
monopoly
hierarchy
17. Someone Who is drafted into military service
adept
paramount
despot
conscript
18. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
egalitarian
paramount
mortality
19. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
harem
conscript
abdicate
adept
20. A god or goddess
ethics
deity
emulate
mortality
21. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
mystic
conscript
monasticism
pagan
22. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
piety
monopoly
evangelize
23. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
monopoly
mystic
ideology
24. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
hierarchy
investiture
scorn
egalitarian
25. Having superior power and influence
paramount
adherents
monopoly
garrison
26. Belief in government run by religious leaders
deity
uniformity
theocracy
evangelize
27. The act of being formally connected or joined
scorn
egalitarian
heretic
affiliation
28. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
forestalling
morality
secular
despot
29. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
pluralism
decadent
garrison
aristocracy
30. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
hastened
advent
mortality
ideology
31. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
subsequent
uniformity
doctrine
egalitarian
32. Relating to or associated with an empire
affiliation
imperial
ideology
abdicate
33. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
deity
classical
stratify
34. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
evangelize
pagan
concubine
stratify
35. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
subordinate
sect
subordinate
fealty
36. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
investiture
classical
hierarchy
paramount
37. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
vigor
positivism
decadent
38. 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
adherents
conscript
status
monasticism
39. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
matrilineal
deity
faction
forestalling
40. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
pastoral
eradicate
pagan
41. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
evangelize
maritime
status
42. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
ethnocentric
sedentary
hastened
paramount
43. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
subordinate
secular
prophesized
44. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
congregate
decadent
mystic
45. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
status
ethics
primogeniture
46. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
doctrine
sect
primogeniture
pastoral
47. Death rate
mortality
congregate
precedent
mystic
48. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
aristocracy
status
concubine
abdicate
49. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
egalitarian
patrilineal
medieval
fealty
50. Woven materials; cloth
subordinate
textiles
affiliation
imperial