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News Names
Abd al-Qadir
- National hero of Algeria.

Berber - Term for the indigenous people of North Africa.

Richard J. Daley - Former mayor of Chicago.

Ryan Crocker - U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

Theodore Roosevelt - The 26th president of the United States.

UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an organization that protects and supports refugees.

News Places
Algeria; Chicago, Illinois; Iraq; Mexico; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Syria

News Words
assassination
- The murder of a powerful person in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons.

colonization - The sending by a country of a group of its citizens to settle and establish political control over a foreign country.

consumerism - In this case, a negative term for the preoccupation of society with acquiring consumer goods.

disenfranchise - In this case, to deprive someone of the right to vote.

migration - The movement of a type of animal from one region to another, regularly according to the seasons.

monarch - In this case, a type of orange and black butterfly native to North America.

poll tax - In this case, a tax on voting.

refugee - A person who has been forced to leave their home in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

voter fraud - The illegal interference with the process of an election.

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