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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. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
morality
ideology
status
2. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
monopoly
fealty
scorn
3. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
puritanical
maritime
egalitarian
stratify
4. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
primogeniture
concubine
scorn
congregate
5. Code of morality
nationalism
hinterland
ethics
innate
6. Incapable of being solved or untangled
adherents
manifestation
mortality
inextricable
7. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
subsequent
secular
innate
8. A god or goddess
pluralism
synthesis
vigor
deity
9. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
sovereignty
decadent
ethics
monopoly
10. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
patronage
pastoral
hierarchy
evangelize
11. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
synthesis
ethnocentric
monopoly
manifestation
12. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
fealty
adept
patrilineal
aristocracy
13. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
patrilineal
papacy
puritanical
harem
14. Independence; self-determination - political independence
vigor
autonomy
advent
ideology
15. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
mortality
subsequent
ethics
16. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
patrilineal
imperial
forestalling
status
17. Code of morality
ethics
autonomy
subordinate
decadent
18. Someone Who is drafted into military service
stratify
suppressed
uniformity
conscript
19. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
garrison
morality
manifestation
abdicate
20. Believers - followers
forestalling
patrilineal
textiles
adherents
21. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
emulate
sect
autonomy
22. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
secular
monasticism
aristocracy
ecclesiastic
23. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
decadent
papacy
pastoral
fuse
24. Natural - inborn
decadent
matrilineal
medieval
innate
25. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
maritime
inevitable
scorn
stratify
26. Belief in government run by religious leaders
theocracy
indigenous
paramount
lineage
27. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
adept
emulate
ecclesiastic
inevitable
28. Devotion and reverence to God
primogeniture
precedent
pastoral
piety
29. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
egalitarian
uniformity
abdicate
faction
30. Preach the gospel (to)
prophesized
abdicate
evangelize
emulate
31. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
mortality
aristocracy
patronage
abdicate
32. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
sedentary
ideology
status
conscript
33. Preach the gospel (to)
lineage
nationalism
imperial
evangelize
34. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
puritanical
doctrine
emulate
35. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
matrilineal
emulate
positivism
36. Relating to or associated with an empire
morality
imperial
patrilineal
patronage
37. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
sovereignty
suppressed
hastened
garrison
38. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
synthesis
congregate
deity
eradicate
39. Mistress
stratify
ethics
precedent
concubine
40. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
puritanical
sovereignty
pagan
investiture
41. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
positivism
positivism
fealty
sect
42. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
piety
monopoly
ideology
suppressed
43. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
piety
hierarchy
inextricable
nationalism
44. Having superior power and influence
theocracy
paramount
concubine
subordinate
45. Natural - inborn
monasticism
emulate
innate
adept
46. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
patronage
abdicate
sedentary
47. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
vigor
patronage
subsequent
venerate
48. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
monopoly
pluralism
mortality
synthesis
49. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
doctrine
abdicate
stratify
matrilineal
50. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
adept
eradicate
hastened