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Global Words You Should Know
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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. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
matrilineal
primogeniture
subordinate
2. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
decadent
subordinate
abdicate
primogeniture
3. 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
morality
lineage
monasticism
stratify
4. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
uniformity
emulate
hinterland
5. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
deity
mystic
aristocracy
6. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
classical
harem
advent
status
7. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
subordinate
synthesis
morality
ideology
8. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
garrison
subsequent
fealty
congregate
9. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
despot
secular
fuse
egalitarian
10. A belief - principle - or teaching
theocracy
doctrine
patronage
affiliation
11. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
concubine
status
investiture
adherents
12. Control of a product or service by one company
deity
precedent
doctrine
monopoly
13. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
monopoly
eunuchs
despot
egalitarian
14. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
egalitarian
harem
pastoral
15. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
puritanical
ideology
doctrine
16. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
positivism
sovereignty
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastic
17. A god or goddess
synthesis
prophesized
imperial
deity
18. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
despot
pluralism
subordinate
secular
19. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
evangelize
heretic
ecclesiastic
status
20. The combination of parts to make a whole
eunuchs
synthesis
fealty
papacy
21. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
innate
puritanical
deity
22. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
inevitable
harem
garrison
patronage
23. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
pagan
autonomy
ethics
fealty
24. Relating to or associated with an empire
innate
theocracy
imperial
concubine
25. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
affiliation
faction
puritanical
deity
26. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
harem
morality
pluralism
nationalism
27. Natural - inborn
inevitable
congregate
innate
pastoral
28. Incapable of being solved or untangled
piety
inextricable
morality
imperial
29. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
harem
fuse
faction
uniformity
30. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
secular
pastoral
ethnocentric
sovereignty
31. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
aristocracy
paramount
ethnocentric
theocracy
32. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
harem
deity
sovereignty
33. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
decadent
harem
pastoral
evangelize
34. Native to a certain area
pluralism
indigenous
subordinate
primogeniture
35. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
deity
lineage
ideology
eunuchs
36. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
despot
hinterland
suppressed
heretic
37. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
pastoral
monasticism
advent
nationalism
38. Woven materials; cloth
aristocracy
congregate
textiles
conscript
39. A belief - principle - or teaching
textiles
doctrine
prophesized
decadent
40. Code of morality
adept
congregate
patrilineal
ethics
41. To wipe out; to destroy
matrilineal
sect
patrilineal
eradicate
42. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
classical
conscript
pagan
43. Death rate
mortality
doctrine
secular
uniformity
44. A person who believes in the equality of all people
conscript
egalitarian
emulate
secular
45. Philosophy
positivism
eradicate
conscript
piety
46. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
faction
precedent
inextricable
47. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
medieval
emulate
vigor
primogeniture
48. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
fuse
aristocracy
monasticism
49. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
affiliation
nationalism
morality
50. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
precedent
sedentary
heretic
adept