| Ambassador | A person who officially represents his or her government in another country. |
| Banish | Send someone away from a place and to forbid them from coming back. |
| Boycott | Refuse to use something or to deal with someone. If you boycott a bus, you refuse to ride on it. |
| Campaign | A series of organised activities that are all meant to achieve a certain goal. |
| Character | Strong personal qualities such as the ability to deal with difficult or dangerous situations. |
| Clan | A group of families with a common forefather. |
| Collage | A work of art in which a lot of pictures or objects are glued on a surface, like on a piece of paper. |
| Concentration camp | A prison camp for civilians (those who are not part of the government or part of the army), usually used during a war. |
| Dedicated | Working hard at something because it is very important to you. |
| Democracy | A system of government in which the people have a say in who their leader is and where they all have equal rights. |
| Discriminate | Treat somebody better or worse because of their race, gender, religion etc. |
| Elect | Choosing something or somebody by voting for it. |
| Globe | The planet earth. |
| High Treason | The worst form of betraying your country, like plotting to kill your country's leader or to overthrow the government. |
| Human Rights | One of the basic rights that everyone has to be treated fairly and not in a cruel way, especially by their government. |
| Inmate | Person living in an institution like a prison. |
| Leader | A person who leads a group of people, especially the head of a country, an organization, etc. |
| Minister | 1. In religion, the leader and preacher of a Christian church. 2. In politics, the leader of a government department. |
| Motto | A saying that expresses a principle or goal. |
| Persecution | Treat somebody cruelly because of their race, religion etc. |
| Philosophy | Study of the meaning of life, knowledge, thought and how the world works. |
| Policy | A plan of action or a set of principle used to do something. |
| Political | Of the state or government. |
| Quality | A thing that is part of a person’s character, especially something good. |
| Principle | Rule that guides how you behave. |
| Rabbi | Jewish spiritual and relgious leader. |
| Represent | Stand for; act as a substitute for. |
| Republic | A country which is not ruled by a king or queen, and where the citizens can choose who rules them. |
| Role model | Somebody whose behaviour and look are imitated by others. |
| Sacrifice | The fact of giving up something important or valuable to you in order to get or do something that seems more important; something that you give up in this way. |
| Treaty | A contract between two countries. |
Source: Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries [online], (2015) Oxford University Press www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com