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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. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
garrison
medieval
autonomy
subsequent
2. Devotion and reverence to God
lineage
ideology
piety
fealty
3. To wipe out; to destroy
subordinate
suppressed
eradicate
status
4. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
imperial
abdicate
sect
primogeniture
5. Someone Who is drafted into military service
precedent
conscript
synthesis
matrilineal
6. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
suppressed
matrilineal
ethics
7. Belief in government run by religious leaders
abdicate
affiliation
theocracy
deity
8. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
primogeniture
monopoly
hierarchy
9. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
fealty
abdicate
sedentary
10. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
sovereignty
heretic
congregate
patronage
11. To give up power
lineage
abdicate
concubine
sedentary
12. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
textiles
faction
stratify
morality
13. Mistress
morality
doctrine
stratify
concubine
14. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
paramount
primogeniture
subordinate
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
monasticism
faction
maritime
primogeniture
16. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
classical
puritanical
lineage
17. A person who believes in the equality of all people
despot
decadent
egalitarian
scorn
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
textiles
prophesized
congregate
19. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
lineage
subsequent
pluralism
piety
20. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
inextricable
forestalling
uniformity
manifestation
21. Philosophy
sovereignty
emulate
positivism
adherents
22. Native to a certain area
indigenous
fealty
mortality
venerate
23. Predicted; foretold
egalitarian
prophesized
synthesis
forestalling
24. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
monasticism
monopoly
congregate
affiliation
25. A remote and undeveloped area
matrilineal
stratify
hinterland
concubine
26. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
emulate
medieval
textiles
27. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
ecclesiastic
status
congregate
aristocracy
28. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
decadent
sovereignty
maritime
matrilineal
29. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
hierarchy
scorn
primogeniture
monasticism
30. A belief - principle - or teaching
indigenous
maritime
doctrine
piety
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
inextricable
hierarchy
scorn
autonomy
32. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
doctrine
nationalism
monopoly
33. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
innate
faction
affiliation
34. Control of a product or service by one company
ethnocentric
hierarchy
scorn
monopoly
35. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
eradicate
doctrine
patronage
pagan
36. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
piety
adherents
forestalling
37. Death rate
mortality
adherents
scorn
hastened
38. A remote and undeveloped area
status
hinterland
paramount
egalitarian
39. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
manifestation
pluralism
emulate
pastoral
40. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
autonomy
medieval
innate
abdicate
41. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
harem
suppressed
fuse
monopoly
42. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
sect
classical
aristocracy
autonomy
43. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
hastened
subordinate
manifestation
matrilineal
44. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
inextricable
decadent
doctrine
secular
45. Code of morality
ethics
stratify
aristocracy
manifestation
46. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
classical
theocracy
suppressed
ecclesiastic
47. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
theocracy
fealty
ethics
faction
48. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
harem
sovereignty
patrilineal
49. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
forestalling
precedent
patrilineal
aristocracy
50. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
textiles
sect
venerate
harem