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Global Words You Should Know
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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 subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
pastoral
positivism
emulate
sect
2. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
adherents
patrilineal
sedentary
pluralism
3. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
pluralism
congregate
monopoly
4. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
subordinate
papacy
hierarchy
nationalism
5. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
inextricable
stratify
patronage
classical
6. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
secular
primogeniture
inevitable
subsequent
7. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
eunuchs
papacy
hierarchy
precedent
8. To wipe out; to destroy
textiles
lineage
ecclesiastic
eradicate
9. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
sect
morality
inextricable
manifestation
10. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
pluralism
subsequent
eradicate
monasticism
11. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
eunuchs
advent
pastoral
deity
12. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
vigor
stratify
positivism
sect
13. Code of morality
faction
ethics
primogeniture
uniformity
14. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
sedentary
manifestation
lineage
harem
15. Preach the gospel (to)
ecclesiastic
subsequent
evangelize
autonomy
16. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
primogeniture
harem
lineage
hastened
17. Having superior power and influence
maritime
uniformity
paramount
investiture
18. A person who believes in the equality of all people
autonomy
faction
egalitarian
decadent
19. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
venerate
prophesized
aristocracy
fealty
20. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
inextricable
abdicate
despot
21. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
patrilineal
medieval
adept
advent
22. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
pluralism
fuse
secular
23. Having superior power and influence
nationalism
harem
garrison
paramount
24. Death rate
ethics
ethnocentric
innate
mortality
25. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
garrison
fealty
ecclesiastic
aristocracy
26. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
investiture
evangelize
doctrine
27. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
adherents
pagan
autonomy
28. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
patronage
scorn
ethnocentric
29. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
uniformity
investiture
fuse
ethnocentric
30. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
investiture
harem
pagan
garrison
31. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
evangelize
vigor
nationalism
32. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
monasticism
decadent
scorn
innate
33. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
congregate
nationalism
suppressed
decadent
34. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
morality
forestalling
pastoral
35. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
mortality
status
prophesized
maritime
36. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
forestalling
harem
matrilineal
concubine
37. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
ideology
doctrine
innate
38. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
imperial
matrilineal
sect
hastened
39. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
prophesized
forestalling
mystic
40. Natural - inborn
innate
ideology
piety
synthesis
41. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
imperial
prophesized
patronage
venerate
42. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
affiliation
pastoral
pagan
scorn
43. Native to a certain area
indigenous
concubine
synthesis
egalitarian
44. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
garrison
doctrine
advent
45. Relating to or associated with an empire
sovereignty
imperial
evangelize
piety
46. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
adherents
fealty
egalitarian
47. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
doctrine
heretic
puritanical
hierarchy
48. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
fuse
aristocracy
investiture
subsequent
49. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
ethics
medieval
synthesis
monasticism
50. Woven materials; cloth
stratify
puritanical
monopoly
textiles