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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A person who believes in the equality of all people
status
heretic
egalitarian
vigor
2. A belief - principle - or teaching
subsequent
doctrine
fuse
textiles
3. Predicted; foretold
ecclesiastic
prophesized
adept
mystic
4. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
stratify
ecclesiastic
matrilineal
concubine
5. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
puritanical
papacy
positivism
deity
6. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
patronage
monasticism
stratify
nationalism
7. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
eradicate
fuse
abdicate
8. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
emulate
maritime
abdicate
9. Philosophy
eunuchs
paramount
status
positivism
10. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
imperial
aristocracy
patrilineal
ecclesiastic
11. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
adept
primogeniture
faction
nationalism
12. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
primogeniture
papacy
pagan
precedent
13. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
ecclesiastic
conscript
synthesis
fuse
14. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
evangelize
paramount
patrilineal
ethics
15. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
eunuchs
heretic
positivism
16. A remote and undeveloped area
patrilineal
sedentary
hastened
hinterland
17. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
vigor
inevitable
patronage
maritime
18. A belief - principle - or teaching
congregate
ethics
maritime
doctrine
19. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
patronage
subsequent
patronage
garrison
20. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
maritime
sovereignty
despot
evangelize
21. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
venerate
pluralism
textiles
pagan
22. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
subsequent
primogeniture
doctrine
harem
23. Someone Who is drafted into military service
faction
heretic
conscript
hastened
24. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
maritime
sovereignty
despot
hierarchy
25. To wipe out; to destroy
papacy
adept
eradicate
faction
26. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
matrilineal
deity
mystic
27. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
autonomy
matrilineal
manifestation
heretic
28. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
morality
monasticism
imperial
29. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
mortality
congregate
synthesis
30. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
pagan
abdicate
classical
scorn
31. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
sect
suppressed
hinterland
32. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
puritanical
puritanical
affiliation
stratify
33. Independence; self-determination - political independence
concubine
ethnocentric
autonomy
nationalism
34. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
theocracy
secular
pagan
fealty
35. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
secular
primogeniture
deity
36. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
classical
secular
hastened
forestalling
37. A god or goddess
uniformity
deity
synthesis
garrison
38. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
hinterland
theocracy
status
subordinate
39. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
decadent
deity
mystic
inevitable
40. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
vigor
mystic
pagan
41. The combination of parts to make a whole
investiture
precedent
ethics
synthesis
42. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
evangelize
stratify
affiliation
advent
43. Preach the gospel (to)
medieval
investiture
autonomy
evangelize
44. Relating to or associated with an empire
suppressed
imperial
lineage
aristocracy
45. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
pluralism
scorn
suppressed
ideology
46. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
ethnocentric
precedent
uniformity
emulate
47. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
prophesized
lineage
secular
status
48. Control of a product or service by one company
secular
conscript
hastened
monopoly
49. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
primogeniture
morality
advent
harem
50. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
scorn
pluralism
decadent
autonomy