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To move to another country
Migrate
Hostility and ill treatment
Persecution
Government by the people;esp.a system of government in which all the people of a state or polity (or, esp. formerly, a subset of them meeting particular conditions) are involved in making decisions about its affairs, typically by voting.
Democracy
To come permanently into a country
Immigrate
A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God.
Theocracy
The ability to affect something strongly; to be effective.
Power
When two or more political parties join together
Coalition
Bring (goods or services) into a country
Import
Choosing a person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting.
Elections
The practice of not drinking alcohol because of your moral or religious beliefs.
Temperance
Where something is on the earth’s surface
Location
The right to vote in political elections.
Suffrage
The action of buying and selling goods and services
Trade
Someone who makes maps professionally
Cartographer
Send (goods or services) into a country
Export
Merchandise or possessions
Goods
The sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity
Supply Chain
A state of political or social disorder resulting from the absence or disregard of government or the rule of law.
Anarchy
A state of extreme confusion or disorder.
Chaos
A container that holds supply’s
Shipping container
A system supplying a public need
Services
To place in order, give order to; to arrange in a particular order; to arrange methodically or suitably.
Order
A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial. People must do exactly as they are told.
Totalitarianism
To permanently exit a country
Emigrate
An unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor
Miasma
To classify, put in order; to manage, direct.
Control
Choosing somebody/something in an election or at a meeting.
Voting
Laws that seek to promote the common good, generally by protecting and assisting the weaker members of society.
Social legislation
A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.
Strait
An act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets the basis for the relationship between the Commonwealth realms and the Crown.
Westminster Statute
A way of introducing yourself in Māori.
Pepeha
A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Perspective
The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Globalization
Dependent on each other.
Interdependent
Someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country’s borders.
Internally displaced person
Obtain (goods or a service) by contract from an outside supplier.
Outsourcing
Threatened penalties for disobeying a law or rule.
Sanctions
A form of government with a monarch at the head.
Monarchy
Extended kinship group, tribe, nation, people, nationality, race - often refers to a large group of people descended from a common ancestor and associated with a distinct territory.
Iwi
Kinship group, clan, tribe, subtribe - section of a large kinship group and the primary political unit in traditional Māori society.
Hapu
