Vocabulary

• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• area: Amount of measured space
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• sovereignty: The power a country has to decide for itself
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
• confrontation: A disagreement or argument
• china: A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area