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Global Words You Should Know
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literacy
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
patrilineal
hierarchy
morality
imperial
2. Incapable of being solved or untangled
inextricable
hierarchy
subordinate
scorn
3. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
faction
ideology
stratify
affiliation
4. Natural - inborn
monopoly
suppressed
subordinate
innate
5. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
positivism
secular
medieval
precedent
6. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
morality
subsequent
patronage
nationalism
7. The act of being formally connected or joined
ethics
matrilineal
affiliation
mystic
8. Independence; self-determination - political independence
pluralism
medieval
hastened
autonomy
9. The combination of parts to make a whole
adherents
forestalling
inevitable
synthesis
10. Native to a certain area
harem
sovereignty
concubine
indigenous
11. Independence; self-determination - political independence
autonomy
maritime
lineage
adept
12. Based on or tracing descent through the male line
innate
matrilineal
patrilineal
prophesized
13. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
ecclesiastic
ideology
classical
puritanical
14. The combination of parts to make a whole
abdicate
suppressed
hinterland
synthesis
15. Having superior power and influence
mystic
emulate
paramount
fuse
16. To move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry
eradicate
nationalism
advent
hastened
17. Believers - followers
textiles
suppressed
adherents
synthesis
18. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
nationalism
eunuchs
deity
prophesized
19. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
theocracy
patrilineal
secular
20. A remote and undeveloped area
venerate
hinterland
inevitable
lineage
21. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
manifestation
despot
scorn
faction
22. Natural - inborn
paramount
pluralism
eunuchs
innate
23. The ceremony of installing a new monarch
papacy
precedent
prophesized
investiture
24. Relating to or associated with an empire
garrison
monasticism
forestalling
imperial
25. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the those of the Roman Catholic Church
heretic
autonomy
ethics
congregate
26. A person who believes in the equality of all people
nationalism
pluralism
imperial
egalitarian
27. Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
sedentary
mystic
suppressed
decadent
28. Sameness; monotony; uniform - the same all over
ethics
subsequent
uniformity
hastened
29. A group - usually a small part of a larger group - united around some cause
monasticism
hinterland
faction
autonomy
30. Predicted; foretold
harem
sect
stratify
prophesized
31. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
doctrine
sedentary
textiles
maritime
32. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
classical
monasticism
subsequent
33. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
forestalling
egalitarian
monasticism
status
34. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
despot
suppressed
morality
advent
35. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
maritime
decadent
conscript
pastoral
36. A subdivision of a larger religious group - A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
inextricable
sect
fealty
puritanical
37. Largely inactive - accustomed to sitting
eunuchs
primogeniture
inextricable
sedentary
38. Believers - followers
fealty
primogeniture
adherents
doctrine
39. To wipe out; to destroy
concubine
status
eradicate
hastened
40. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
hastened
fealty
papacy
autonomy
41. Predicted; foretold
innate
prophesized
suppressed
synthesis
42. Death rate
mortality
inextricable
concubine
innate
43. Faithfulness; allegiance; loyalty
primogeniture
scorn
fealty
decadent
44. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
mortality
sedentary
stratify
textiles
45. Outward demonstration; indication of the presence of something;
sovereignty
primogeniture
manifestation
heretic
46. (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
precedent
hierarchy
pluralism
theocracy
47. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
advent
innate
morality
secular
48. Death rate
sedentary
mortality
patrilineal
hinterland
49. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
subordinate
deity
ethnocentric
congregate
50. A belief - principle - or teaching
subsequent
theocracy
doctrine
faction