English Vocabulary Exercises - The Political World - Exercise 3-2

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. According to the Sikh religion, the individual is expected to help others in need through _______________.
2. There will be a meeting this evening where the public can ask questions of each of the _______________ for mayor.
3. In February 1990, over 300 people died in _______________ in Venezuela's capital city as a result of the government's plans to raise gas prices and bus fares.
4. The peace _______________ between England and Northern Ireland seems to be holding.
5. Haiti has been the victim of _______________ violence for most of its history.
6. The dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima signalled the beginning of an _______________ in which man has become capable of destroying all life on our planet.
7. The students voted by secret _______________ for the class representative.
8. The Americans have arrested a _______________ who has been selling military secrets to the enemy for the last ten years.
9. They went hiking in Thailand, and visited lots of little _______________ where tourists don't usually go.
10. Japan's constitution _______________ the creation of an army.
11. Mexico lost half its _______________ to the United States in the war which lasted from 1846 to 1848.
12. You can take anything over the border as long as you pay the price because the customs officials are so _______________.
13. We saw the king's _______________ on display in the Royal Museum.