English Vocabulary Exercises - The Political World - Exercise 3-1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. The king wore a beautiful _______________ of gold, emeralds and diamonds.
2. The NDP _______________ is leading in the polls with the election only a few days away.
3. The British government has accused an official in the Russian embassy of being a _______________.
4. The _______________ of French Polynesia covers an area, including inland water, of about 1,550 square miles.
5. Many people are leaving the _______________ in the hopes of finding jobs in the big cities.
6. Throughout the centuries, the _______________ structure of ancient China varied with cycles of civil war and conquest.
7. The law _______________ you from drinking alcohol and then driving a car.
8. When she died, she left all her money to a _______________ which helps children in developing countries.
9. The period of the fall of the Berlin Wall was an _______________ of great political change in Eastern Europe.
10. Canada and China have just signed an _______________ on reducing barriers to trade.
11. The former president was obviously _______________, and is accused of having stolen millions of dollars from the country.
12. Mark an X on the _______________ beside the name of the candidate of your choice.
13. In 1964, 318 fans were killed, and more than 500 injured in a _______________ that broke out during a soccer match in Peru.