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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 fortified military post where troops are stationed
status
mystic
secular
garrison
2. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
vigor
vigor
patrilineal
eunuchs
3. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
medieval
status
deity
pagan
4. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
adept
theocracy
manifestation
venerate
5. A god or goddess
deity
theocracy
scorn
secular
6. Independence; self-determination - political independence
heretic
advent
pastoral
autonomy
7. Someone Who is drafted into military service
ethnocentric
despot
ecclesiastic
conscript
8. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
stratify
scorn
venerate
maritime
9. Having superior power and influence
mortality
paramount
pagan
monasticism
10. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
investiture
mystic
imperial
inevitable
11. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
indigenous
primogeniture
scorn
ideology
12. Believers - followers
pluralism
conscript
adherents
status
13. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
pluralism
ideology
faction
vigor
14. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
nationalism
pagan
innate
status
15. Someone Who is drafted into military service
morality
conscript
evangelize
suppressed
16. Strength - energy
concubine
investiture
aristocracy
vigor
17. Devotion and reverence to God
fuse
theocracy
piety
textiles
18. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
secular
hastened
primogeniture
puritanical
19. Native to a certain area
pagan
indigenous
lineage
piety
20. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
garrison
fealty
garrison
21. Death rate
mortality
ideology
primogeniture
adherents
22. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
precedent
subordinate
ethnocentric
precedent
23. A person who believes in the equality of all people
adept
egalitarian
abdicate
ethnocentric
24. A remote and undeveloped area
investiture
hinterland
eradicate
piety
25. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
mystic
fealty
congregate
26. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
matrilineal
sedentary
aristocracy
27. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
ecclesiastic
concubine
innate
pastoral
28. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
vigor
scorn
eunuchs
lineage
29. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
innate
patronage
ecclesiastic
papacy
30. Mistress
concubine
pagan
stratify
innate
31. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
scorn
classical
patrilineal
subordinate
32. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
scorn
paramount
conscript
hastened
33. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
ecclesiastic
prophesized
inevitable
34. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
doctrine
ethnocentric
inevitable
35. The act of being formally connected or joined
suppressed
affiliation
faction
imperial
36. To wipe out; to destroy
lineage
ecclesiastic
eradicate
positivism
37. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
abdicate
primogeniture
papacy
affiliation
38. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
deity
garrison
faction
39. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
abdicate
imperial
harem
investiture
40. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
suppressed
egalitarian
matrilineal
adherents
41. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
prophesized
inextricable
precedent
42. The combination of parts to make a whole
heretic
synthesis
imperial
vigor
43. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
conscript
hierarchy
puritanical
nationalism
44. Having superior power and influence
prophesized
papacy
paramount
ethics
45. Natural - inborn
sect
investiture
innate
prophesized
46. To stop; delay - hinder
despot
medieval
abdicate
forestalling
47. To give up power
suppressed
synthesis
deity
abdicate
48. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
fuse
faction
matrilineal
49. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
ethics
conscript
medieval
manifestation
50. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
adherents
hierarchy
harem
ethics