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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. The act of being formally connected or joined
venerate
pluralism
monasticism
affiliation
2. Philosophy
positivism
nationalism
morality
harem
3. A remote and undeveloped area
congregate
hinterland
congregate
egalitarian
4. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
suppressed
ecclesiastic
hierarchy
eunuchs
5. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
vigor
abdicate
deity
hierarchy
6. A god or goddess
deity
suppressed
stratify
mystic
7. Independence; self-determination - political independence
theocracy
maritime
autonomy
sect
8. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
ecclesiastic
indigenous
egalitarian
9. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
egalitarian
subordinate
garrison
classical
10. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
lineage
indigenous
hinterland
11. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
piety
garrison
lineage
papacy
12. A god or goddess
inextricable
aristocracy
lineage
deity
13. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
inextricable
hierarchy
patronage
sedentary
14. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
mystic
hinterland
aristocracy
monasticism
15. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
pagan
egalitarian
decadent
ethnocentric
16. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
ideology
pluralism
precedent
17. Native to a certain area
innate
harem
prophesized
indigenous
18. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
aristocracy
lineage
manifestation
decadent
19. Natural - inborn
venerate
innate
patrilineal
synthesis
20. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
mystic
vigor
papacy
21. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
subsequent
scorn
garrison
deity
22. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
stratify
inevitable
maritime
indigenous
23. Having superior power and influence
inevitable
paramount
advent
eunuchs
24. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
evangelize
conscript
ethnocentric
25. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
pastoral
inevitable
evangelize
advent
26. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
pluralism
inevitable
textiles
27. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
monasticism
subsequent
faction
inevitable
28. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
imperial
subsequent
fuse
29. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
sect
egalitarian
matrilineal
decadent
30. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
status
lineage
synthesis
31. Philosophy
manifestation
uniformity
positivism
despot
32. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
subordinate
matrilineal
imperial
33. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
maritime
indigenous
ethnocentric
forestalling
34. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
suppressed
evangelize
uniformity
pastoral
35. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
morality
hastened
status
36. To give up power
eunuchs
abdicate
concubine
medieval
37. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
egalitarian
fuse
pluralism
mystic
38. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
inevitable
abdicate
suppressed
despot
39. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
patrilineal
sovereignty
primogeniture
faction
40. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
scorn
classical
decadent
concubine
41. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
matrilineal
eunuchs
prophesized
despot
42. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
aristocracy
hastened
sect
garrison
43. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
harem
forestalling
primogeniture
44. Incapable of being solved or untangled
scorn
inextricable
precedent
conscript
45. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
lineage
doctrine
vigor
46. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
status
ethics
autonomy
47. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
piety
manifestation
emulate
subsequent
48. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
faction
status
conscript
monopoly
49. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
uniformity
papacy
egalitarian
hastened
50. Control of a product or service by one company
prophesized
garrison
adept
monopoly