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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. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
ethics
innate
vigor
investiture
2. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
scorn
precedent
prophesized
pluralism
3. To wipe out; to destroy
congregate
eradicate
aristocracy
ideology
4. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
innate
hierarchy
pluralism
sovereignty
5. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
subordinate
eunuchs
advent
sovereignty
6. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
paramount
eunuchs
ethnocentric
harem
7. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
prophesized
monopoly
advent
venerate
8. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
deity
hastened
vigor
9. A god or goddess
monopoly
vigor
deity
indigenous
10. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
ecclesiastic
concubine
eradicate
11. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
forestalling
subordinate
ideology
12. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
hinterland
monopoly
sect
fealty
13. Philosophy
sect
stratify
positivism
textiles
14. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
adept
ethnocentric
imperial
hinterland
15. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
textiles
scorn
mortality
16. A person who believes in the equality of all people
classical
egalitarian
prophesized
paramount
17. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
textiles
subsequent
synthesis
prophesized
18. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
mystic
uniformity
mystic
abdicate
19. The combination of parts to make a whole
positivism
decadent
synthesis
sovereignty
20. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
precedent
heretic
adept
innate
21. To give up power
abdicate
forestalling
ideology
hinterland
22. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
harem
maritime
hinterland
matrilineal
23. Preach the gospel (to)
mortality
evangelize
patronage
adept
24. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
concubine
patrilineal
hastened
primogeniture
25. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
primogeniture
classical
fealty
26. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
imperial
subordinate
manifestation
27. To give up power
concubine
conscript
abdicate
innate
28. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
subordinate
primogeniture
innate
fuse
29. Strength - energy
hierarchy
vigor
puritanical
harem
30. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
aristocracy
sect
lineage
eradicate
31. Mistress
medieval
concubine
fealty
monopoly
32. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
paramount
mystic
pastoral
scorn
33. Relating to or associated with an empire
imperial
precedent
concubine
indigenous
34. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
morality
indigenous
innate
35. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
precedent
synthesis
abdicate
manifestation
36. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
subsequent
mystic
paramount
37. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
forestalling
matrilineal
heretic
autonomy
38. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
prophesized
heretic
ideology
monopoly
39. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
fuse
ideology
nationalism
hastened
40. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
eunuchs
sedentary
affiliation
aristocracy
41. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
piety
forestalling
ethnocentric
nationalism
42. A god or goddess
deity
forestalling
maritime
ethics
43. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
affiliation
innate
status
sedentary
44. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
ecclesiastic
subordinate
ethics
sect
45. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
inevitable
medieval
ecclesiastic
faction
46. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
affiliation
scorn
ideology
fuse
47. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
puritanical
harem
ethics
nationalism
48. A remote and undeveloped area
decadent
hinterland
maritime
fealty
49. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
maritime
puritanical
pluralism
manifestation
50. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
manifestation
hastened
patrilineal
hinterland