Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• conduct: Your behavior
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• due: When something is required or expected
• fellow: Man or a boy
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• dynasty: Family that controls a country for a long time
• abolish: To officially stop (a law or practice)
• correspond: To have similarity or equality with something
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
• add: To include as well
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
• overthrow: To throw something past a certain point or person
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• livelihood: Way someone earns money to live
• populous: Having a large population
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area