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Unit 45 Politics, exercise 1
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Unit 45 Politics, exercise 1
Unit 45 Politics, exercise 1
Match the words in the box with the definitions.
authority
democracy
government
democracy
(
n
): a system in which all the people of a country can vote to choose their representatives
authority
(
n
): the power to give orders to people or say how things should be done
government
(
n
): the group of people, and the institutions connected with them, that are responsible for controlling a country or state
