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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
fuse
hierarchy
nationalism
harem
2. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
forestalling
ecclesiastic
papacy
subsequent
3. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
advent
patrilineal
indigenous
primogeniture
4. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
concubine
piety
hierarchy
eunuchs
5. Independence; self-determination - political independence
inextricable
autonomy
vigor
primogeniture
6. Believers - followers
emulate
paramount
prophesized
adherents
7. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
deity
sovereignty
advent
pagan
8. Natural - inborn
conscript
sect
eradicate
innate
9. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
subordinate
forestalling
venerate
hastened
10. A person who believes in the equality of all people
maritime
nationalism
uniformity
egalitarian
11. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
garrison
faction
status
ethics
12. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
monopoly
maritime
stratify
secular
13. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
pagan
paramount
pastoral
paramount
14. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
paramount
eunuchs
despot
stratify
15. Preach the gospel (to)
affiliation
monasticism
sedentary
evangelize
16. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
subsequent
ecclesiastic
lineage
patronage
17. Code of morality
hastened
ethics
investiture
conscript
18. To give up power
doctrine
patrilineal
abdicate
subordinate
19. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
heretic
uniformity
textiles
piety
20. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
venerate
subordinate
adept
sovereignty
21. Code of morality
ethics
secular
abdicate
sedentary
22. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
egalitarian
mortality
scorn
autonomy
23. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
maritime
hastened
harem
scorn
24. Control of a product or service by one company
emulate
monopoly
morality
maritime
25. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
inevitable
primogeniture
hierarchy
26. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
subordinate
investiture
manifestation
forestalling
27. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
inevitable
piety
fealty
pagan
28. To stop; delay - hinder
monasticism
vigor
fuse
forestalling
29. Belief in government run by religious leaders
medieval
positivism
theocracy
harem
30. To stop; delay - hinder
forestalling
pluralism
patrilineal
medieval
31. To give up power
doctrine
heretic
abdicate
manifestation
32. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
manifestation
piety
concubine
ideology
33. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
advent
primogeniture
ecclesiastic
sovereignty
34. Devotion and reverence to God
piety
precedent
investiture
matrilineal
35. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
scorn
synthesis
venerate
adherents
36. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
uniformity
matrilineal
scorn
sedentary
37. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
classical
sect
autonomy
ethics
38. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
mystic
concubine
manifestation
harem
39. Woven materials; cloth
eunuchs
concubine
garrison
textiles
40. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
subordinate
imperial
matrilineal
41. A remote and undeveloped area
heretic
aristocracy
egalitarian
hinterland
42. Someone Who is drafted into military service
concubine
fealty
indigenous
conscript
43. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
investiture
autonomy
heretic
ecclesiastic
44. Mistress
nationalism
aristocracy
puritanical
concubine
45. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
deity
conscript
puritanical
manifestation
46. Belief in government run by religious leaders
hierarchy
theocracy
concubine
advent
47. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
ethics
medieval
matrilineal
sect
48. Preach the gospel (to)
evangelize
despot
medieval
synthesis
49. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
suppressed
papacy
maritime
harem
50. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
lineage
fuse
faction
mystic