SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Global Words You Should Know
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
literacy
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
aristocracy
classical
medieval
lineage
2. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
pastoral
faction
prophesized
3. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
heretic
nationalism
ethics
sedentary
4. Natural - inborn
advent
nationalism
ethnocentric
innate
5. The act of being formally connected or joined
emulate
affiliation
garrison
pastoral
6. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
piety
mortality
manifestation
hastened
7. A remote and undeveloped area
hinterland
suppressed
paramount
mystic
8. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
congregate
garrison
hinterland
papacy
9. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
imperial
nationalism
heretic
10. A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
theocracy
autonomy
pagan
faction
11. Lower in rank or position - secondary; one Who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else;
doctrine
imperial
subordinate
congregate
12. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
lineage
mortality
sovereignty
maritime
13. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
decadent
inextricable
stratify
monopoly
14. The combination of parts to make a whole
monasticism
mortality
innate
synthesis
15. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
morality
sedentary
innate
egalitarian
16. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
monopoly
eunuchs
nationalism
heretic
17. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
faction
garrison
fealty
garrison
18. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
emulate
pastoral
egalitarian
despot
19. Predicted; foretold
congregate
prophesized
ideology
manifestation
20. A clergyman or other person in religious orders
inextricable
ecclesiastic
evangelize
forestalling
21. Someone Who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
faction
eunuchs
adept
pagan
22. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
fuse
abdicate
matrilineal
investiture
23. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
emulate
paramount
harem
fealty
24. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant; mix together different elements
hastened
monopoly
fuse
paramount
25. To stop; delay - hinder
lineage
forestalling
piety
mortality
26. Very strict in matters of religious or moral conduct
indigenous
pastoral
manifestation
puritanical
27. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
inevitable
paramount
maritime
adept
28. Native to a certain area
textiles
indigenous
monasticism
status
29. Native to a certain area
forestalling
indigenous
paramount
ecclesiastic
30. To give up power
abdicate
congregate
ethnocentric
ideology
31. The most powerful members of a society (some with hereditary titles)
subsequent
evangelize
autonomy
aristocracy
32. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
synthesis
faction
forestalling
innate
33. Decaying or decayed - especially in terms of morals - downfall
decadent
inextricable
secular
prophesized
34. Natural - inborn
mystic
scorn
prophesized
innate
35. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
adept
eunuchs
pastoral
heretic
36. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
harem
textiles
emulate
sect
37. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
papacy
scorn
inextricable
heretic
38. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another
positivism
ethics
innate
hierarchy
39. Direct descent from a particular ancestor
positivism
manifestation
lineage
deity
40. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
aristocracy
ideology
sovereignty
venerate
41. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence
precedent
venerate
fealty
deity
42. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
emulate
uniformity
status
positivism
43. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
patronage
inextricable
scorn
44. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
autonomy
abdicate
pluralism
45. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
positivism
forestalling
hinterland
46. Control of a product or service by one company
adept
monopoly
pagan
primogeniture
47. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
sovereignty
manifestation
doctrine
inevitable
48. A remote and undeveloped area
emulate
positivism
adept
hinterland
49. Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
sect
matrilineal
aristocracy
affiliation
50. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
lineage
conscript
subsequent
sedentary