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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. Strength - energy
eradicate
vigor
imperial
prophesized
2. To wipe out; to destroy
secular
eradicate
uniformity
matrilineal
3. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
harem
precedent
ideology
sect
4. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
prophesized
patrilineal
subordinate
inevitable
5. The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
medieval
innate
aristocracy
patronage
6. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
harem
pluralism
advent
7. Devotion and reverence to God
forestalling
piety
fealty
emulate
8. A remote and undeveloped area
conscript
prophesized
hinterland
textiles
9. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
ethics
patrilineal
lineage
mystic
10. To give up power
abdicate
ideology
garrison
evangelize
11. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
fuse
heretic
medieval
conscript
12. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sect
hierarchy
despot
sovereignty
13. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
secular
autonomy
theocracy
hierarchy
14. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
emulate
venerate
aristocracy
sedentary
15. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
synthesis
inevitable
imperial
morality
16. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
sedentary
innate
imperial
papacy
17. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
subordinate
nationalism
faction
vigor
18. The act of being formally connected or joined
egalitarian
stratify
affiliation
pluralism
19. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
nationalism
pluralism
egalitarian
conscript
20. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
lineage
matrilineal
pastoral
inevitable
21. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
mortality
precedent
medieval
fealty
22. The combination of parts to make a whole
pagan
forestalling
venerate
synthesis
23. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
puritanical
forestalling
uniformity
subordinate
24. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
fuse
heretic
harem
uniformity
25. A person who believes in the equality of all people
hinterland
papacy
pluralism
egalitarian
26. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
patrilineal
fuse
sedentary
despot
27. Woven materials; cloth
piety
textiles
theocracy
ethics
28. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
doctrine
secular
hierarchy
29. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
puritanical
pastoral
papacy
30. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
subsequent
theocracy
ethnocentric
scorn
31. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
uniformity
congregate
positivism
secular
32. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
indigenous
piety
concubine
33. To wipe out; to destroy
primogeniture
subordinate
inextricable
eradicate
34. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
matrilineal
hierarchy
manifestation
ideology
35. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
lineage
fealty
secular
inevitable
36. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
sedentary
matrilineal
secular
advent
37. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
medieval
pastoral
despot
suppressed
38. Code of morality
ethics
inextricable
prophesized
advent
39. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
hastened
prophesized
inevitable
heretic
40. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
vigor
affiliation
uniformity
pagan
41. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
textiles
nationalism
mystic
fuse
42. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
status
vigor
medieval
43. Having superior power and influence
conscript
doctrine
inevitable
paramount
44. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
scorn
matrilineal
hinterland
stratify
45. A belief - principle - or teaching
vigor
monopoly
secular
doctrine
46. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
doctrine
hierarchy
concubine
secular
47. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
subsequent
adherents
morality
status
48. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
ethics
lineage
inevitable
hastened
49. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
mortality
concubine
imperial
lineage
50. Death rate
investiture
mortality
maritime
medieval