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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Code of morality
eradicate
puritanical
ethics
synthesis
2. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
decadent
congregate
decadent
3. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
classical
imperial
investiture
4. Natural - inborn
despot
hinterland
innate
fuse
5. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
autonomy
indigenous
decadent
6. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
nationalism
advent
inevitable
7. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
adherents
evangelize
garrison
vigor
8. Relating to or associated with an empire
mortality
imperial
hierarchy
textiles
9. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
venerate
autonomy
autonomy
10. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
mortality
affiliation
deity
11. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
manifestation
patrilineal
decadent
12. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
autonomy
secular
conscript
13. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
positivism
venerate
ideology
classical
14. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
subsequent
heretic
pagan
15. Philosophy
congregate
ecclesiastic
harem
positivism
16. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
decadent
sect
secular
17. Death rate
doctrine
medieval
positivism
mortality
18. Mistress
despot
positivism
adherents
concubine
19. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
egalitarian
venerate
conscript
20. Strength - energy
manifestation
vigor
sovereignty
inevitable
21. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
status
uniformity
hastened
patronage
22. Code of morality
inevitable
adept
hastened
ethics
23. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
investiture
puritanical
investiture
ecclesiastic
24. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
doctrine
ethics
decadent
fuse
25. The combination of parts to make a whole
patronage
eradicate
aristocracy
synthesis
26. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
abdicate
adept
sovereignty
congregate
27. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
vigor
inevitable
hastened
28. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
adherents
maritime
subsequent
status
29. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
inevitable
hierarchy
subsequent
forestalling
30. Incapable of being solved or untangled
textiles
hinterland
inextricable
inevitable
31. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
despot
autonomy
deity
32. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethics
ethnocentric
garrison
adept
33. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
ethics
medieval
autonomy
venerate
34. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
emulate
harem
affiliation
despot
35. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
heretic
nationalism
decadent
uniformity
36. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
hierarchy
status
pastoral
ecclesiastic
37. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
subsequent
lineage
maritime
38. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
subordinate
investiture
suppressed
39. Control of a product or service by one company
advent
monopoly
secular
fealty
40. To wipe out; to destroy
abdicate
pastoral
eradicate
lineage
41. Death rate
mortality
deity
status
despot
42. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
scorn
ethics
adept
paramount
43. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
harem
status
primogeniture
heretic
44. Incapable of being solved or untangled
innate
synthesis
inextricable
hastened
45. The act of being formally connected or joined
affiliation
matrilineal
advent
nationalism
46. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
puritanical
lineage
matrilineal
morality
47. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
forestalling
positivism
patrilineal
pluralism
48. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
precedent
fuse
indigenous
subordinate
49. Preach the gospel (to)
maritime
fuse
evangelize
egalitarian
50. A remote and undeveloped area
pluralism
hinterland
abdicate
nationalism