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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. A god or goddess
lineage
deity
pagan
venerate
2. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
monopoly
suppressed
hierarchy
fuse
3. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
doctrine
eradicate
harem
patronage
4. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
harem
sedentary
venerate
5. Code of morality
despot
adept
ethics
eunuchs
6. Strength - energy
pastoral
vigor
autonomy
deity
7. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
pagan
ethnocentric
monasticism
decadent
8. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
morality
status
patrilineal
investiture
9. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
faction
autonomy
precedent
10. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
nationalism
uniformity
sedentary
11. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
pluralism
sect
mortality
despot
12. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
precedent
fuse
harem
13. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
hastened
doctrine
patronage
14. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
pluralism
fuse
morality
emulate
15. 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
patronage
theocracy
monasticism
sect
16. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
fealty
prophesized
ideology
theocracy
17. Philosophy
status
puritanical
positivism
paramount
18. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
deity
investiture
subordinate
19. Having superior power and influence
congregate
puritanical
hastened
paramount
20. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
sovereignty
garrison
pagan
ethics
21. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
forestalling
patrilineal
venerate
mystic
22. The combination of parts to make a whole
adherents
synthesis
eunuchs
evangelize
23. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
egalitarian
venerate
innate
24. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
precedent
pastoral
adherents
25. Death rate
mortality
patrilineal
eradicate
despot
26. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
autonomy
stratify
patronage
hierarchy
27. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
monasticism
egalitarian
matrilineal
28. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
precedent
decadent
morality
fealty
29. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
eunuchs
precedent
investiture
hastened
30. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
hierarchy
abdicate
fuse
lineage
31. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
eunuchs
primogeniture
puritanical
sedentary
32. Devotion and reverence to God
stratify
piety
forestalling
abdicate
33. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
ideology
egalitarian
secular
34. A remote and undeveloped area
positivism
monopoly
lineage
hinterland
35. Devotion and reverence to God
adept
investiture
innate
piety
36. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
pagan
mystic
investiture
innate
37. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
inevitable
faction
vigor
38. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
faction
subordinate
harem
39. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
sovereignty
abdicate
indigenous
secular
40. Code of morality
manifestation
ethics
garrison
monasticism
41. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
concubine
hierarchy
papacy
subordinate
42. Native to a certain area
medieval
indigenous
status
affiliation
43. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
hinterland
despot
hierarchy
patrilineal
44. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
inevitable
papacy
ecclesiastic
fuse
45. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
nationalism
forestalling
fealty
primogeniture
46. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
egalitarian
abdicate
decadent
adept
47. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
egalitarian
lineage
positivism
48. A person who believes in the equality of all people
indigenous
prophesized
egalitarian
maritime
49. To give up power
classical
medieval
abdicate
stratify
50. The act of being formally connected or joined
stratify
monopoly
affiliation
congregate