Week 38: Refugee Crisis Flashcards
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| 9463661819 | asylum | protection that is given by one country to refugees from another. |  | 0 |
| 9463665600 | civil war | a war between different groups within one country. |  | 1 |
| 9463669121 | Iraq | a country in southwestern Asia. Baghdad is the capital. |  | 2 |
| 9463672013 | Mediterranean Sea | a large sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Europe on the north, Asia on the east, and Africa on the south. |  | 3 |
| 9463675367 | Middle East | the region along the southeastern and eastern border of the Mediterranean Sea, from Libya in North Africa to Afghanistan in Asia. |  | 4 |
| 9463678595 | overcrowd | to crowd too many people or things into (a space). |  | 5 |
| 9463682268 | policy | a set of rules or a plan that is used as a guide for action. |  | 6 |
| 9463685177 | refugee | a person who leaves his or her country because of great danger in that country. |  | 7 |
| 9463688113 | sanitation | the study and practice of keeping the public healthy by providing clean living conditions. It includes removing trash and keeping drinking water clean. |  | 8 |
| 9463691004 | Syria | a Middle Eastern country on the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Jordan. The capital is Damascus. |  | 9 |