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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. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
piety
autonomy
puritanical
2. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pluralism
precedent
monasticism
monopoly
3. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
vigor
emulate
egalitarian
ideology
4. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
eunuchs
indigenous
hinterland
5. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
morality
advent
prophesized
6. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
patrilineal
uniformity
ideology
nationalism
7. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
deity
conscript
autonomy
8. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
autonomy
hierarchy
doctrine
9. The act of being formally connected or joined
pastoral
piety
affiliation
vigor
10. A god or goddess
subsequent
deity
subsequent
conscript
11. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
pluralism
eunuchs
matrilineal
pastoral
12. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
eunuchs
monasticism
adept
sedentary
13. The combination of parts to make a whole
fealty
matrilineal
synthesis
lineage
14. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
ethics
affiliation
status
15. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
lineage
precedent
pagan
16. Death rate
inevitable
positivism
mortality
status
17. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
ideology
morality
sedentary
fuse
18. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
lineage
sect
theocracy
precedent
19. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
doctrine
subsequent
ideology
20. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
subsequent
adherents
positivism
secular
21. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
medieval
affiliation
classical
22. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
adherents
morality
ecclesiastic
23. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
hierarchy
monasticism
puritanical
maritime
24. Mistress
sect
matrilineal
secular
concubine
25. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
adherents
theocracy
pluralism
emulate
26. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
eunuchs
despot
deity
inevitable
27. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
abdicate
classical
mystic
28. Relating to or associated with an empire
patronage
nationalism
venerate
imperial
29. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
eradicate
venerate
subsequent
fealty
30. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
fuse
sect
ideology
31. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
morality
patrilineal
classical
eunuchs
32. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
garrison
piety
manifestation
33. Strength - energy
indigenous
vigor
primogeniture
conscript
34. A belief - principle - or teaching
indigenous
lineage
doctrine
status
35. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
vigor
forestalling
monasticism
pastoral
36. Woven materials; cloth
synthesis
textiles
inextricable
affiliation
37. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
subordinate
concubine
stratify
heretic
38. Natural - inborn
patronage
hinterland
innate
hierarchy
39. Mistress
concubine
mystic
deity
theocracy
40. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
adept
venerate
heretic
garrison
41. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fealty
synthesis
harem
congregate
42. Preach the gospel (to)
pluralism
evangelize
suppressed
puritanical
43. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
despot
concubine
venerate
advent
44. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
scorn
matrilineal
lineage
sovereignty
45. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
patrilineal
scorn
indigenous
46. Independence; self-determination - political independence
decadent
autonomy
precedent
advent
47. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
despot
suppressed
sedentary
vigor
48. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
synthesis
ethnocentric
subordinate
patrilineal
49. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
subsequent
evangelize
congregate
monopoly
50. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
stratify
autonomy
emulate
sect