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Annex

To combine (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state.

Vernacular

Language of the home country.

Export

To ship goods to other countries or places for sale, exchange, etc.

Import

To bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, or services.

Missionary

A person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities.

Clergy

Church leaders who are ordained (trained and given authority by the pope).

Infallible

When an individual cannot be wrong.

Levy

To impose.

Reparations

Compensation in money, material, labor, etc., payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during, or as a result of war.

Fiscal

Of or pertaining to financial matters.

Inevitable

Sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable.

Suffrage

The right to vote.

Concession

Something given up or yielded by a government, such as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.

Secular

Non-religious.

Inflation

A general rise in the price of goods which makes a consumers’ purchasing power less.

Abdicate

To give up one’s power or throne.

Bureaucracy

The body of officials and administrators of a government.

Rebellion

Resistance to or defiance of any authority, control, or tradition.

Repudiation

Refusal, as by a state, to pay a lawful debt.

Pious

To be sincerely devoted to God; one who is very religious.

Bullion

Gold or silver.

Assimilation

The process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation.

Sovereignty

Independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state.

Pacifist

A person who is opposed to war or violence.

Plebiscite

A vote.

Subsistence

The source from which food and other items necessary to exist are obtained.

Royal prerogative

A power or immunity restricted to a sovereign government or its representative.

Advocate

To speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument.

Armaments

Weapons.

Grievance

Complaint.

Scarcity

Rare, shortness of supply.

Eradicate

To remove or destroy.

Antiquity

The period of history before the Medieval period.

Catalyst

A person or event that causes change or action.

Encroachment

To advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits.

Condemned

To express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of.

Abroad

In a foreign country.

Schism

A division.

Subsidized

Money furnished by a government to help a business or individual be successful.

Hindered

To prevent from doing, acting, or happening.

Dogma

An official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc.

Perpetuate

To preserve or to continue something on.

Convene

To come together or assemble.

Enduring

Lasting, permanence.

Legacy

Anything handed down from the past.

Autonomy

The state or condition of having independence or freedom; or the right of self-government.

Disdain

To look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.

Domestic

Of or pertaining to one's own country, as apart from other countries.

Relinquish

To surrender or give up.

Exodus

A departure or emigration of a large group of people.

Demographic

A social statistic of a human population, such as births or deaths.

Compulsory

Required.

Exacerbate

To make worse, to increase in severity.