COUNTRIES & POLITICS

Pregunta	Respuesta
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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