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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. To give up power
monasticism
primogeniture
abdicate
subordinate
2. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
matrilineal
venerate
garrison
stratify
3. A remote and undeveloped area
innate
pluralism
hinterland
eradicate
4. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
scorn
inextricable
innate
5. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
ecclesiastic
primogeniture
medieval
fealty
6. A belief - principle - or teaching
doctrine
venerate
abdicate
conscript
7. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
synthesis
sovereignty
subsequent
medieval
8. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
ideology
morality
pastoral
9. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
hastened
synthesis
autonomy
prophesized
10. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ideology
paramount
venerate
pluralism
11. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
monasticism
emulate
affiliation
12. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
ethnocentric
secular
forestalling
suppressed
13. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
egalitarian
fealty
secular
theocracy
14. Strength - energy
subsequent
vigor
puritanical
pluralism
15. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
classical
precedent
primogeniture
despot
16. A god or goddess
sect
theocracy
deity
ecclesiastic
17. Woven materials; cloth
sovereignty
theocracy
sovereignty
textiles
18. Someone Who is drafted into military service
conscript
harem
affiliation
innate
19. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
subsequent
concubine
aristocracy
ethnocentric
20. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
harem
synthesis
pastoral
advent
21. Mistress
mystic
inextricable
evangelize
concubine
22. Natural - inborn
innate
hierarchy
evangelize
uniformity
23. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
heretic
paramount
hastened
fealty
24. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
matrilineal
eradicate
affiliation
lineage
25. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
medieval
hierarchy
ethics
26. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
garrison
status
ecclesiastic
27. Code of morality
positivism
ethics
monopoly
congregate
28. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
ideology
adept
synthesis
heretic
29. Strength - energy
vigor
papacy
pastoral
venerate
30. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
hierarchy
medieval
papacy
31. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
adept
investiture
suppressed
ethics
32. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
hinterland
secular
monasticism
sedentary
33. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
faction
advent
investiture
ethnocentric
34. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
sect
ecclesiastic
prophesized
35. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
morality
decadent
heretic
36. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
sedentary
manifestation
mortality
patrilineal
37. Someone Who is drafted into military service
abdicate
manifestation
concubine
conscript
38. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
emulate
evangelize
harem
nationalism
39. Native to a certain area
indigenous
mystic
pagan
subordinate
40. A god or goddess
theocracy
deity
morality
garrison
41. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
mystic
congregate
aristocracy
lineage
42. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
medieval
maritime
matrilineal
patronage
43. Having superior power and influence
adept
paramount
vigor
aristocracy
44. To stop; delay - hinder
fealty
sedentary
forestalling
patronage
45. Code of morality
imperial
ethics
classical
indigenous
46. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
ideology
papacy
egalitarian
sovereignty
47. Preach the gospel (to)
autonomy
eunuchs
evangelize
advent
48. Believers - followers
subsequent
forestalling
adherents
congregate
49. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
decadent
mystic
autonomy
50. Relating to or associated with an empire
hastened
abdicate
imperial
vigor