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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. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
inextricable
deity
abdicate
sovereignty
2. Natural - inborn
hinterland
innate
textiles
advent
3. Woven materials; cloth
garrison
mystic
primogeniture
textiles
4. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
sedentary
advent
heretic
affiliation
5. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
advent
sedentary
medieval
deity
6. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
emulate
sect
forestalling
7. Incapable of being solved or untangled
emulate
concubine
inextricable
paramount
8. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
puritanical
evangelize
morality
9. A god or goddess
secular
manifestation
nationalism
deity
10. Predicted; foretold
egalitarian
prophesized
synthesis
vigor
11. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
affiliation
sovereignty
sedentary
sedentary
12. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
ideology
eunuchs
synthesis
imperial
13. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
pluralism
matrilineal
subordinate
pluralism
14. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
scorn
imperial
hastened
advent
15. Native to a certain area
monopoly
patronage
hinterland
indigenous
16. Natural - inborn
sovereignty
evangelize
adherents
innate
17. To stop; delay - hinder
ethnocentric
forestalling
pastoral
primogeniture
18. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
despot
deity
subsequent
stratify
19. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
pastoral
monasticism
despot
20. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
sect
hierarchy
paramount
medieval
21. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
ecclesiastic
despot
paramount
patronage
22. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
pastoral
advent
faction
secular
23. A person who believes in the equality of all people
pagan
stratify
egalitarian
patronage
24. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
forestalling
ethnocentric
suppressed
ethics
25. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
positivism
despot
investiture
inevitable
26. Mistress
stratify
concubine
doctrine
indigenous
27. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
hierarchy
mortality
advent
primogeniture
28. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
eunuchs
despot
lineage
29. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
pastoral
vigor
sect
pluralism
30. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
fealty
hierarchy
ethics
31. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
nationalism
inevitable
sect
despot
32. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
lineage
sect
classical
scorn
33. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
paramount
scorn
lineage
34. Belief in government run by religious leaders
matrilineal
investiture
theocracy
secular
35. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
emulate
garrison
subordinate
doctrine
36. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
status
papacy
sect
scorn
37. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
lineage
investiture
ethics
garrison
38. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
despot
garrison
uniformity
39. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
abdicate
suppressed
sect
40. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
primogeniture
sect
uniformity
maritime
41. Mistress
concubine
inevitable
harem
deity
42. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
sedentary
fuse
sovereignty
textiles
43. Believers - followers
status
eradicate
mystic
adherents
44. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
mystic
positivism
harem
theocracy
45. To stop; delay - hinder
maritime
emulate
mystic
forestalling
46. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
fuse
advent
doctrine
positivism
47. The act of being formally connected or joined
suppressed
inevitable
vigor
affiliation
48. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
prophesized
ideology
pluralism
venerate
49. Having superior power and influence
ethics
textiles
adept
paramount
50. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
forestalling
pagan
pastoral
uniformity