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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. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
decadent
hierarchy
theocracy
advent
2. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
medieval
fuse
patrilineal
3. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
pluralism
egalitarian
matrilineal
hastened
4. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
hierarchy
faction
matrilineal
ethnocentric
5. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
paramount
garrison
conscript
inextricable
6. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
pluralism
affiliation
adherents
7. The act of being formally connected or joined
hierarchy
congregate
affiliation
inextricable
8. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
pagan
ideology
adherents
suppressed
9. To stop; delay - hinder
stratify
patronage
uniformity
forestalling
10. Believers - followers
adherents
ideology
inextricable
piety
11. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
sect
garrison
patronage
monasticism
12. Preach the gospel (to)
papacy
ideology
evangelize
fuse
13. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
heretic
uniformity
positivism
classical
14. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
decadent
stratify
innate
autonomy
15. Belief in government run by religious leaders
ideology
theocracy
stratify
sedentary
16. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
innate
uniformity
advent
piety
17. Predicted; foretold
patronage
classical
matrilineal
prophesized
18. Believers - followers
adherents
fuse
despot
forestalling
19. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
piety
inevitable
fuse
patronage
20. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
ethnocentric
scorn
deity
eunuchs
21. Mistress
monasticism
imperial
puritanical
concubine
22. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
suppressed
manifestation
primogeniture
mystic
23. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
eradicate
piety
congregate
piety
24. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
primogeniture
pagan
adept
faction
25. To give up power
lineage
abdicate
despot
heretic
26. Natural - inborn
synthesis
status
positivism
innate
27. Incapable of being solved or untangled
nationalism
classical
eunuchs
inextricable
28. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
aristocracy
hastened
secular
monasticism
29. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
innate
sedentary
hierarchy
pluralism
30. A god or goddess
uniformity
deity
harem
mystic
31. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
eradicate
hinterland
ideology
32. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
ideology
aristocracy
faction
precedent
33. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
synthesis
ideology
stratify
adept
34. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
paramount
investiture
inevitable
mystic
35. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
papacy
adherents
mystic
36. To give up power
vigor
abdicate
piety
maritime
37. Death rate
mortality
mystic
manifestation
pagan
38. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
papacy
garrison
secular
39. Independence; self-determination - political independence
congregate
ideology
concubine
autonomy
40. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
ethics
matrilineal
uniformity
41. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
harem
uniformity
adept
42. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
venerate
classical
advent
43. Relating to or associated with an empire
subordinate
eradicate
imperial
textiles
44. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
adherents
eunuchs
fealty
45. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
doctrine
patrilineal
congregate
46. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
positivism
sedentary
monasticism
pagan
47. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
decadent
nationalism
suppressed
pastoral
48. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
hastened
aristocracy
ethnocentric
indigenous
49. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
egalitarian
pagan
inevitable
advent
50. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
decadent
paramount
emulate