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Section 1
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PARLIAMENT
The group of people who are elected to make and change the laws of a country.
ECONOMICS
The study of how a society organizes its money, trade and industry.
WELFARE
Practical or financial help that is provided, often by the government, for people that need it.
LIBERAL
Allowing a lot of political and economic freedom and supporting gradual social, political or religious change.
OPPOSITION
The main political party that is opposed to the government; the political parties that are in a parliament but are not part of the government.
POLICY
A plan of action agreed or chosen by a political party, a business, etc.
BALLOT
The system of voting in writing and usually in secret; an occasion on which a vote is held.
COMMUNITY
All the people who live in a particular area, country and who share the same religion, race, job, etc.
TO VOTE
A formal choice that you make in an election or at a meeting in order to choose somebody or decide something.
MINORITY
A small group within a community or country that is different because of race, religion, language, etc.
MULTICULTURAL
Including people of several different races, religions, languages and traditions.
DEPUTY
A person who is the next most important person below a business manager, a head of a school, a political leader, etc. and who does the person's job when he or she is away.
UPPER CLASS
A group of people who have high income and prestige and who own vast amounts of property and other forms of wealth, such as owners of large corporations, top financiers, rich celebrities and politicians, and members of prestigious families.
PEER PRESSURE
To do something because other people in the social group do it.
ELECTION
The process of choosing a person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting election campaigns results.
CONSTITUTION
The system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by.
MAYOR
The head of a town chosen by other members of the council to represent them at official ceremonies, etc.
WEALTH
A large amount of money, property, etc. that a person or country owns.
GOVERN
To legally control a country or its people and be responsible for introducing new laws, organizing public services, etc.
CONVENTION
An official agreement between countries or leaders.
WORKING CLASS
People who do physical work and who do not own much property.
DIPLOMATIC
Connected with managing relations between countries.
ANTI-SOCIAL
Harmful or annoying to other people, or to society in general.
STATUS
A social or professional position.
LEFT/ RIGHT WING
The left/right political spectrum is a system of classifying political positions, ideologies and parties. Political parties are either left or right of the centre.
GOVERNMENT
The group of people who are responsible for controlling a country or a state.
LIBERTY
Freedom to live as you choose without too many restrictions from government or authority.
ALIEN
A person from another country or society; a foreigner.
DEFENCE
The organization of the people and systems that are used by a government to protect a country from attack.
DEMOCRACY
A system of government in which all the people of a country can vote to elect their representatives.
WEALTHY
Having a lot of money, possessions, etc.
DECLARATION
An official or formal statement, especially about the plans of a government or an organization; the act of making such a statement.
NATIONALITY
The legal right of belonging to a particular nation.
BUREAUCRACY
The system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated.
TO CONTRIBUTE
To give something, especially money or goods, to help somebody/something.
STATUS SYMBOL
A material sign that informs others of a person's specific status.
COUNCIL
A group of people who are elected to govern an area such as a city.
POWER
Political control of a country or an area.
MIDDLE CLASS
A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
NATION
A country considered as a group of people with the same language, culture and history, who live in a particular area under one government.
SOCIALIST
A person who supports community ownership of property and the sharing of all profits.
CONSUMER
A person who buys goods or uses services.
INHABITANT
A person that lives in a particular place.
CONSUMERISM
The buying and using of goods and services; the belief that it is good for a society or an individual person to buy and use a large quantity of goods and services.
NATIONAL
Connected with a particular nation; shared by a whole nation.
COUNCILLOR
A member of a council.
ELDER STATESMAN
An old and respected politician or former politician whose advice is still valued because of his or her long experience.
CITIZEN
A person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country.
ECONOMY
The relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region.
TO CAUSE
To make something happen.
Section 2
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