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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. A remote and undeveloped area
mortality
hinterland
positivism
morality
2. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
primogeniture
uniformity
suppressed
fuse
3. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
concubine
mystic
mortality
stratify
4. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
indigenous
papacy
ideology
5. Believers - followers
classical
adherents
emulate
nationalism
6. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
emulate
doctrine
textiles
7. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
morality
heretic
concubine
sect
8. A person who believes in the equality of all people
advent
egalitarian
innate
mortality
9. Death rate
scorn
mortality
faction
despot
10. Incapable of being solved or untangled
morality
inextricable
affiliation
eradicate
11. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
uniformity
lineage
imperial
12. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
monasticism
innate
fealty
precedent
13. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
subsequent
fealty
sedentary
faction
14. Relating to or associated with an empire
despot
imperial
patronage
decadent
15. Preach the gospel (to)
primogeniture
evangelize
imperial
investiture
16. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
maritime
adept
indigenous
nationalism
17. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
indigenous
pluralism
pagan
harem
18. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
hastened
matrilineal
sedentary
venerate
19. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
hinterland
mystic
venerate
uniformity
20. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
hinterland
pastoral
primogeniture
venerate
21. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
pastoral
abdicate
morality
22. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
pastoral
autonomy
affiliation
23. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
inextricable
fuse
fealty
status
24. Mistress
deity
heretic
concubine
innate
25. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
advent
egalitarian
primogeniture
precedent
26. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
medieval
primogeniture
inevitable
synthesis
27. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
doctrine
maritime
pagan
puritanical
28. Control of a product or service by one company
abdicate
congregate
sect
monopoly
29. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
ethics
eunuchs
garrison
sovereignty
30. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
hastened
pagan
ideology
subordinate
31. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
egalitarian
aristocracy
maritime
affiliation
32. Strength - energy
manifestation
conscript
secular
vigor
33. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patronage
emulate
patrilineal
nationalism
34. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
eradicate
nationalism
patronage
decadent
35. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
puritanical
puritanical
manifestation
emulate
36. Belief in government run by religious leaders
matrilineal
theocracy
maritime
precedent
37. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
synthesis
investiture
emulate
patrilineal
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
monasticism
adept
harem
puritanical
39. Natural - inborn
prophesized
innate
autonomy
subsequent
40. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
medieval
adept
ethics
adherents
41. Incapable of being solved or untangled
patrilineal
investiture
evangelize
inextricable
42. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
ideology
venerate
hastened
43. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
paramount
sovereignty
precedent
pagan
44. To give up power
sedentary
sedentary
abdicate
ethnocentric
45. Code of morality
medieval
deity
secular
ethics
46. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
hierarchy
hierarchy
inevitable
monasticism
47. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
scorn
status
ideology
subordinate
48. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
monasticism
advent
subsequent
sovereignty
49. Philosophy
theocracy
vigor
doctrine
positivism
50. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
monopoly
patronage
indigenous
maritime