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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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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. Natural - inborn
manifestation
innate
matrilineal
imperial
2. The act of being formally connected or joined
adherents
autonomy
pastoral
affiliation
3. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
scorn
advent
pagan
synthesis
4. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
synthesis
autonomy
eunuchs
5. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
subsequent
piety
fuse
secular
6. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
nationalism
garrison
adept
7. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
conscript
affiliation
hierarchy
nationalism
8. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
hierarchy
abdicate
autonomy
inevitable
9. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
pluralism
decadent
paramount
inevitable
10. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
ethnocentric
medieval
pastoral
congregate
11. Devotion and reverence to God
status
piety
lineage
sect
12. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
investiture
ethnocentric
hierarchy
scorn
13. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
inevitable
status
conscript
papacy
14. Control of a product or service by one company
scorn
faction
monopoly
investiture
15. Preach the gospel (to)
prophesized
evangelize
fealty
garrison
16. Having superior power and influence
despot
paramount
pagan
theocracy
17. Woven materials; cloth
paramount
scorn
textiles
paramount
18. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
paramount
ethnocentric
hierarchy
mortality
19. A person who believes in the equality of all people
aristocracy
sect
hinterland
egalitarian
20. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
patronage
ethnocentric
secular
scorn
21. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
monasticism
abdicate
inevitable
adept
22. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
textiles
innate
heretic
23. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
suppressed
inextricable
venerate
primogeniture
24. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
monopoly
autonomy
conscript
25. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
eunuchs
adherents
synthesis
26. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
sovereignty
monasticism
garrison
indigenous
27. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
patrilineal
piety
textiles
28. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
ecclesiastic
despot
investiture
morality
29. Death rate
eradicate
eradicate
deity
mortality
30. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
puritanical
papacy
ethnocentric
sovereignty
31. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
doctrine
patrilineal
status
morality
32. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
prophesized
subsequent
eradicate
evangelize
33. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
ideology
investiture
subsequent
textiles
34. Devotion and reverence to God
mortality
hinterland
matrilineal
piety
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
innate
suppressed
stratify
inextricable
36. Independence; self-determination - political independence
conscript
mortality
autonomy
pagan
37. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
conscript
sovereignty
nationalism
38. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
monopoly
lineage
heretic
maritime
39. Believers - followers
adherents
sect
heretic
pluralism
40. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
lineage
garrison
subordinate
fuse
41. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
aristocracy
subordinate
abdicate
vigor
42. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
ethnocentric
pagan
sect
mortality
43. Death rate
mortality
sedentary
heretic
papacy
44. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
eunuchs
positivism
secular
primogeniture
45. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
congregate
sect
precedent
deity
46. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
decadent
hierarchy
despot
evangelize
47. Believers - followers
adherents
aristocracy
vigor
conscript
48. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
monopoly
ethnocentric
emulate
49. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
maritime
indigenous
doctrine
50. Preach the gospel (to)
lineage
fealty
inextricable
evangelize