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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 person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
fuse
pagan
ideology
scorn
2. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
ethics
pastoral
indigenous
3. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
nationalism
monopoly
despot
fealty
4. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
ideology
deity
hastened
patronage
5. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
indigenous
prophesized
mortality
hierarchy
6. Woven materials; cloth
harem
textiles
stratify
mortality
7. A god or goddess
monopoly
medieval
deity
maritime
8. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
positivism
synthesis
inextricable
9. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
imperial
manifestation
congregate
sovereignty
10. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
doctrine
deity
puritanical
garrison
11. Incapable of being solved or untangled
sect
monasticism
emulate
inextricable
12. A remote and undeveloped area
mortality
hinterland
ideology
ethics
13. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
imperial
abdicate
pastoral
paramount
14. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
sovereignty
despot
sect
15. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
adherents
matrilineal
affiliation
16. To wipe out; to destroy
investiture
status
textiles
eradicate
17. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
concubine
decadent
papacy
advent
18. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
conscript
faction
nationalism
prophesized
19. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
despot
primogeniture
scorn
20. Strength - energy
uniformity
lineage
mystic
vigor
21. To stop; delay - hinder
indigenous
paramount
forestalling
puritanical
22. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
monasticism
pastoral
egalitarian
nationalism
23. Incapable of being solved or untangled
ethnocentric
inextricable
adept
uniformity
24. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
monasticism
forestalling
decadent
pluralism
25. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
sedentary
eradicate
hastened
papacy
26. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
prophesized
sect
secular
emulate
27. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
puritanical
concubine
congregate
ideology
28. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
precedent
fuse
maritime
doctrine
29. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
medieval
suppressed
pagan
precedent
30. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
positivism
lineage
ecclesiastic
31. A god or goddess
scorn
evangelize
monopoly
deity
32. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
mortality
eunuchs
harem
primogeniture
33. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
uniformity
morality
hinterland
vigor
34. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
subordinate
venerate
sovereignty
advent
35. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
matrilineal
advent
suppressed
doctrine
36. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
ecclesiastic
eunuchs
uniformity
indigenous
37. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
mortality
ethnocentric
deity
patrilineal
38. Independence; self-determination - political independence
puritanical
piety
ideology
autonomy
39. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
eunuchs
conscript
congregate
pagan
40. Mistress
inevitable
concubine
indigenous
manifestation
41. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
sedentary
theocracy
stratify
42. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
subordinate
status
sect
advent
43. The combination of parts to make a whole
inevitable
patrilineal
synthesis
harem
44. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
hastened
mystic
mystic
45. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
indigenous
matrilineal
medieval
emulate
46. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
lineage
fuse
classical
47. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
subsequent
paramount
affiliation
morality
48. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
pagan
lineage
inevitable
monasticism
49. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
patrilineal
pluralism
ideology
50. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
matrilineal
precedent
inevitable
puritanical