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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. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
adept
primogeniture
congregate
2. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
innate
eunuchs
investiture
prophesized
3. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
status
pastoral
venerate
synthesis
4. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
manifestation
monasticism
puritanical
decadent
5. Philosophy
positivism
patrilineal
eunuchs
stratify
6. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
indigenous
papacy
fealty
fuse
7. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
matrilineal
pluralism
heretic
eunuchs
8. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
forestalling
morality
puritanical
fuse
9. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
adherents
textiles
deity
10. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
egalitarian
uniformity
hierarchy
eunuchs
11. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
fuse
patronage
hinterland
ethics
12. The act of being formally connected or joined
lineage
affiliation
papacy
subordinate
13. The act of being formally connected or joined
sect
affiliation
faction
matrilineal
14. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
patrilineal
subordinate
autonomy
adept
15. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
conscript
pagan
ideology
paramount
16. Devotion and reverence to God
conscript
piety
harem
investiture
17. Preach the gospel (to)
hinterland
mystic
evangelize
vigor
18. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
paramount
conscript
pagan
mortality
19. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
vigor
fuse
mystic
status
20. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
forestalling
suppressed
hinterland
21. Code of morality
hierarchy
doctrine
ethics
indigenous
22. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
conscript
medieval
uniformity
textiles
23. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
hinterland
vigor
suppressed
24. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
subordinate
subordinate
patrilineal
venerate
25. Mistress
concubine
imperial
faction
pagan
26. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
papacy
nationalism
conscript
hastened
27. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
indigenous
suppressed
doctrine
28. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
faction
maritime
abdicate
29. A remote and undeveloped area
subsequent
hastened
innate
hinterland
30. A god or goddess
scorn
advent
theocracy
deity
31. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
precedent
eunuchs
manifestation
ecclesiastic
32. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
theocracy
advent
precedent
eunuchs
33. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
conscript
investiture
subsequent
piety
34. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
hinterland
vigor
matrilineal
decadent
35. Devotion and reverence to God
innate
aristocracy
piety
fealty
36. To give up power
abdicate
adept
fuse
ecclesiastic
37. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
precedent
paramount
manifestation
maritime
38. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
scorn
garrison
positivism
39. Control of a product or service by one company
abdicate
monopoly
matrilineal
concubine
40. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
ecclesiastic
secular
status
adept
41. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
textiles
classical
autonomy
42. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
faction
harem
eradicate
ethics
43. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
pastoral
prophesized
venerate
classical
44. Independence; self-determination - political independence
doctrine
harem
autonomy
positivism
45. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
lineage
despot
synthesis
46. Belief in government run by religious leaders
ecclesiastic
egalitarian
subordinate
theocracy
47. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
manifestation
heretic
secular
48. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
prophesized
stratify
venerate
abdicate
49. To give up power
puritanical
heretic
adherents
abdicate
50. Believers - followers
adherents
inevitable
paramount
patronage