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Global Words You Should Know
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Subjects
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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. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
mystic
garrison
fuse
evangelize
2. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
paramount
conscript
subsequent
lineage
3. Relating to or associated with an empire
vigor
pluralism
doctrine
imperial
4. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
autonomy
primogeniture
emulate
ethnocentric
5. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
fealty
abdicate
matrilineal
6. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hierarchy
suppressed
ethics
advent
7. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
hastened
subordinate
hierarchy
investiture
8. To give up power
medieval
aristocracy
pastoral
abdicate
9. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
pagan
10. Native to a certain area
indigenous
primogeniture
morality
patrilineal
11. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
indigenous
hastened
emulate
pluralism
12. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
imperial
positivism
monasticism
13. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
aristocracy
sect
innate
ethnocentric
14. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
venerate
piety
sect
harem
15. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
fealty
despot
eradicate
medieval
16. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
stratify
precedent
patrilineal
17. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
monasticism
adept
investiture
subordinate
18. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
patronage
matrilineal
synthesis
eradicate
19. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
mystic
garrison
concubine
theocracy
20. A god or goddess
deity
theocracy
vigor
pagan
21. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
lineage
paramount
theocracy
congregate
22. Strength - energy
pagan
fuse
venerate
vigor
23. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
morality
abdicate
precedent
investiture
24. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
suppressed
abdicate
investiture
advent
25. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
puritanical
maritime
venerate
hinterland
26. Control of a product or service by one company
harem
monopoly
garrison
garrison
27. Woven materials; cloth
textiles
advent
patrilineal
concubine
28. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
pastoral
fuse
nationalism
theocracy
29. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
inextricable
scorn
patrilineal
inextricable
30. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
sedentary
primogeniture
fealty
despot
31. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
adept
nationalism
maritime
textiles
32. Strength - energy
monopoly
ethnocentric
textiles
vigor
33. To wipe out; to destroy
eradicate
doctrine
prophesized
decadent
34. Natural - inborn
pagan
innate
harem
autonomy
35. To give up power
doctrine
concubine
inextricable
abdicate
36. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
imperial
forestalling
scorn
garrison
37. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
ideology
piety
theocracy
fealty
38. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
mortality
inevitable
eunuchs
scorn
39. To stop; delay - hinder
ethics
forestalling
synthesis
sovereignty
40. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
monasticism
ideology
deity
forestalling
41. A belief - principle - or teaching
hinterland
mortality
doctrine
decadent
42. A way of life in Which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith; living life as a monk
papacy
monopoly
sedentary
monasticism
43. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
stratify
ideology
precedent
scorn
44. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
fealty
faction
ethnocentric
prophesized
45. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
puritanical
congregate
manifestation
46. Native to a certain area
imperial
indigenous
evangelize
fuse
47. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
emulate
ecclesiastic
patronage
synthesis
48. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
pastoral
investiture
fealty
49. Independence; self-determination - political independence
mystic
synthesis
autonomy
maritime
50. Natural - inborn
garrison
conscript
innate
fuse