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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 remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
decadent
eunuchs
inextricable
2. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
maritime
hinterland
papacy
innate
3. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
secular
lineage
congregate
innate
4. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
adherents
venerate
sect
adherents
5. Incapable of being solved or untangled
decadent
inextricable
patronage
abdicate
6. Native to a certain area
prophesized
fealty
sovereignty
indigenous
7. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
abdicate
status
adherents
indigenous
8. Code of morality
heretic
ethics
deity
decadent
9. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
paramount
sovereignty
advent
morality
10. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
forestalling
eunuchs
patrilineal
inevitable
11. Philosophy
autonomy
faction
papacy
positivism
12. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
ecclesiastic
theocracy
eunuchs
13. To give up power
maritime
subsequent
abdicate
inevitable
14. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
harem
inextricable
matrilineal
advent
15. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
pastoral
inevitable
inextricable
pagan
16. Believers - followers
vigor
synthesis
pastoral
adherents
17. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
papacy
sect
pagan
pastoral
18. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
theocracy
scorn
aristocracy
sedentary
19. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
matrilineal
despot
autonomy
maritime
20. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
primogeniture
investiture
advent
inextricable
21. Believers - followers
adherents
scorn
deity
harem
22. Belief in government run by religious leaders
synthesis
garrison
adept
theocracy
23. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
ecclesiastic
hinterland
sedentary
subsequent
24. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
investiture
nationalism
nationalism
stratify
25. A person who believes in the equality of all people
primogeniture
abdicate
egalitarian
faction
26. A person who believes in the equality of all people
egalitarian
garrison
venerate
investiture
27. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
fealty
faction
classical
pluralism
28. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
secular
monasticism
conscript
29. To stop; delay - hinder
doctrine
secular
paramount
forestalling
30. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
medieval
deity
investiture
faction
31. Preach the gospel (to)
pastoral
evangelize
fealty
papacy
32. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
stratify
emulate
garrison
sect
33. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
textiles
decadent
faction
ideology
34. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
imperial
secular
papacy
precedent
35. Strength - energy
vigor
decadent
prophesized
precedent
36. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
deity
subsequent
secular
egalitarian
37. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
adherents
inevitable
abdicate
38. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
adept
emulate
puritanical
harem
39. Having superior power and influence
paramount
primogeniture
ethics
eunuchs
40. Relating to or associated with an empire
venerate
paramount
nationalism
imperial
41. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
monopoly
mortality
decadent
eunuchs
42. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
conscript
concubine
despot
43. Native to a certain area
sedentary
mortality
indigenous
evangelize
44. Strength - energy
garrison
vigor
nationalism
autonomy
45. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
conscript
sedentary
aristocracy
pluralism
46. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
abdicate
concubine
precedent
47. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
theocracy
harem
faction
puritanical
48. Philosophy
imperial
pagan
positivism
garrison
49. Natural - inborn
innate
matrilineal
conscript
maritime
50. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
pluralism
manifestation
ideology
scorn