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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. Native to a certain area
indigenous
eunuchs
innate
venerate
2. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
mystic
harem
sovereignty
matrilineal
3. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
prophesized
inextricable
medieval
4. Someone Who is drafted into military service
medieval
ethics
conscript
primogeniture
5. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
synthesis
inevitable
patrilineal
aristocracy
6. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
inextricable
lineage
aristocracy
hinterland
7. A belief - principle - or teaching
ideology
maritime
emulate
doctrine
8. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
sedentary
harem
uniformity
9. Mistress
emulate
subordinate
concubine
inextricable
10. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
garrison
suppressed
pagan
papacy
11. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
fuse
subordinate
ecclesiastic
precedent
12. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
mortality
matrilineal
hierarchy
medieval
13. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
subsequent
conscript
congregate
14. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
hastened
emulate
classical
15. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
eunuchs
patrilineal
abdicate
mystic
16. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
nationalism
sovereignty
decadent
secular
17. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
evangelize
abdicate
sedentary
ideology
18. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
hinterland
stratify
status
aristocracy
19. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
adherents
subsequent
ecclesiastic
deity
20. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
adept
ethnocentric
sect
venerate
21. To wipe out; to destroy
sedentary
patronage
eradicate
puritanical
22. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
conscript
sect
nationalism
decadent
23. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
nationalism
subsequent
paramount
garrison
24. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
sect
maritime
subordinate
secular
25. Independence; self-determination - political independence
adept
patronage
classical
autonomy
26. A belief - principle - or teaching
classical
matrilineal
doctrine
hinterland
27. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
fealty
subordinate
hinterland
lineage
28. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
sedentary
egalitarian
patronage
29. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
emulate
morality
subsequent
garrison
30. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
inevitable
mystic
garrison
monopoly
31. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
inextricable
fealty
sedentary
32. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
primogeniture
theocracy
synthesis
33. A god or goddess
deity
status
concubine
autonomy
34. Relating to or associated with an empire
innate
nationalism
imperial
classical
35. Natural - inborn
synthesis
innate
hinterland
patrilineal
36. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
emulate
eunuchs
pluralism
morality
37. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
autonomy
faction
adept
pastoral
38. Preach the gospel (to)
congregate
morality
sect
evangelize
39. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
uniformity
adept
hastened
40. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
decadent
nationalism
matrilineal
41. Believers - followers
garrison
adherents
egalitarian
pagan
42. Code of morality
ethics
pluralism
faction
vigor
43. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
investiture
hinterland
primogeniture
autonomy
44. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
evangelize
manifestation
papacy
suppressed
45. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
puritanical
deity
congregate
eunuchs
46. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
deity
paramount
uniformity
suppressed
47. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
piety
subordinate
paramount
textiles
48. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
lineage
classical
deity
49. Predicted; foretold
eradicate
prophesized
scorn
mortality
50. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
autonomy
hastened
conscript
secular