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Flashcards by Lucy Camacho, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lucy Camacho
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| Question | Answer |
| Border | A line that has been agreed to divide one country from another: The train crosses the border between France and Spain. |
| Citizen | A person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town or city: The interests of British citizens living abroad are protected by the British Embassy. |
| Democracy | The belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by elected representatives or directly by the people themselves: The early 1990s saw the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe. |
| Demonstration | The act of showing someone how to do something, or how something works: This disaster is a clear demonstration of the need for tighter controls. |
| Election | A time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or official job: Local government elections will take place in May. |
| Government | The group of people who officially control a country: The government is expected to announce its tax proposals today. |
| Independence | Freedom from being governed or ruled by another country: Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821. |
| Kingdom | A country ruled by a king or queen: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
| Leader | A person in control of a group, country, or situation: The Russian leader wants to introduce further changes. |
| Monarchy | A system of government that has a king or queen, or a country that has this system of government: I would like a monarchy that has more contact with its people. |
| Parliament | In some countries, the group of (usually) elected politicians or other people who make the laws for their country: On Tuesday the country's parliament voted to establish its own army. |
| Party | An organization of people with particular political beliefs that competes in elections to try to win positions in local or national government: The party has just elected a new leader. |
| Republic | A country without a king or queen, usually governed by elected representatives of the people and a president. |
| President | (The title given to) the person who has the highest political position in a country that is a republic and who, in some of these countries, is the leader of the government: The president of France |
| Prime minister | The leader of the government in some countries. Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman prime minister in 1979. |
| Refugee | A person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of war: Thousands of refugees fled across the border. |
| Regime | A particular government or a system or method of government: The old corrupt, totalitarian regime was overthrown. |
| Revolution | A change in the way a country is governed, usually to a different political system and often using violence or war: The French Revolution changed France from a monarchy to a republic. |
| Riot | An occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest: Food protests and riots have erupted in more than 30 countries. |
| State | A part of a large country with its own government, such as in Germany, Australia, or the U.S: Alaska is the largest state in the U.S. |
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