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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
hierarchy
mortality
precedent
ethnocentric
2. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
congregate
patronage
stratify
pastoral
3. Royal authority; supreme power and authority
sovereignty
hierarchy
synthesis
advent
4. Belief in government run by religious leaders
morality
theocracy
sovereignty
ethnocentric
5. Relating to or associated with an empire
despot
imperial
hierarchy
inevitable
6. Natural - inborn
conscript
innate
congregate
imperial
7. Of recognized authority or excellence; relating to ancient Greece or Rome
classical
indigenous
stratify
faction
8. Worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion
theocracy
secular
positivism
lineage
9. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
nationalism
uniformity
decadent
fealty
10. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
forestalling
paramount
pluralism
ethics
11. A belief - principle - or teaching
abdicate
pluralism
doctrine
manifestation
12. Following in time or order - following - coming after or later
classical
ethnocentric
adept
subsequent
13. The combination of parts to make a whole
nationalism
venerate
sovereignty
synthesis
14. Someone Who is drafted into military service
scorn
conscript
faction
emulate
15. To give up power
pagan
abdicate
vigor
monasticism
16. Code of morality
papacy
faction
ethics
doctrine
17. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
primogeniture
innate
piety
harem
18. To wipe out; to destroy
indigenous
eradicate
conscript
investiture
19. A remote and undeveloped area
investiture
hinterland
despot
innate
20. The body of doctrine - myth - belief - etc. - that guides an individual - social movement - institution - class - or large group.
mystic
uniformity
forestalling
ideology
21. Strength - energy
vigor
harem
matrilineal
fealty
22. Kept from public knowledge by various means; held back
sovereignty
adept
manifestation
suppressed
23. To come together in a group or crowd - assemble
pluralism
conscript
congregate
eunuchs
24. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
eunuchs
fuse
morality
classical
25. Incapable of being avoided or prevented - bound to happen
hierarchy
inevitable
precedent
venerate
26. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
vigor
textiles
maritime
emulate
27. Belief in government run by religious leaders
primogeniture
affiliation
faction
theocracy
28. The combination of parts to make a whole
synthesis
inevitable
egalitarian
lineage
29. Related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle
subsequent
advent
pastoral
monasticism
30. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
subordinate
aristocracy
ethics
31. Multiple ethnic or religious groups existing in the same area
vigor
concubine
autonomy
pluralism
32. Believers - followers
classical
concubine
heretic
adherents
33. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
papacy
evangelize
eunuchs
abdicate
34. Open disrespect for a person or thing - look down on with disdain
evangelize
medieval
scorn
affiliation
35. The act of being formally connected or joined
fuse
uniformity
affiliation
status
36. A person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing - especially in society ;prestige
harem
harem
status
abdicate
37. Divide society into social classes or castes; to arrange in layers
congregate
mortality
stratify
aristocracy
38. Predicted; foretold
prophesized
harem
precedent
imperial
39. Control of a product or service by one company
monopoly
secular
ideology
indigenous
40. The act of being formally connected or joined
inevitable
innate
decadent
affiliation
41. Centered on a specific ethnic group - usually one's own
aristocracy
ethnocentric
secular
piety
42. A fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison
prophesized
venerate
inevitable
43. Incapable of being solved or untangled
hastened
inextricable
papacy
hierarchy
44. A belief - principle - or teaching
emulate
doctrine
sovereignty
suppressed
45. A cruel and oppressive dictator - tyrant
despot
hierarchy
emulate
subordinate
46. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
puritanical
harem
stratify
ethics
47. Strive to equal or match - especially by imitating
maritime
emulate
advent
venerate
48. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
nationalism
fuse
medieval
patronage
49. Castrated males - originally in charge of protection of the ruler's concubines. Eventually had major roles in government - especially in China.
subordinate
eunuchs
autonomy
ethnocentric
50. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son; seniority by birth
synthesis
primogeniture
conscript
abdicate