Glosario Esencial de Términos Sociales, Políticos y Culturales

Conceptos de Sociedad y Comunidad

• Customs: something that people do that is traditional or usual.
• Community: a group of people who live together in the same place.
• Society: a highly structured system of human organization for a large-scale community.
• Households: the people of a house taken as a group.
• Neighbourhood: a particular area of a city or town.
• Population: the number of people who live in a particular area.
• Colonies: groups of individuals coming from the same country or having the same interests, living in a particular place.

Gobierno, Política y Derechos

• Freedom: the state of being free or at liberty.
• Slavery: condition of being owned by another person and forced to work for them.
• Monarchy: a type of government in which a country is ruled by a king or queen.
• Socialism: a political system that aims to create a society in which everyone has equal opportunities.
• Welfare state: the system by which a country looks after its citizens by providing them with education, medical care, or money if they are unable to work.
• Healthcare: the services that look after people's health.
• Ownership: legal possession of something, usually something valuable.
• Taxation: the money that a government collects from people from taxes.
• Poverty: a situation in which someone doesn't have enough money to pay for their basic needs.
• Citizen: someone who has the right to live permanently in a particular country and has the right to the legal and social benefits of that country as well as legal obligations towards it.
• Employment: a situation in which someone has regular paid work.
• Authorities: the police or people in other official organizations with legal power to make people obey laws or rules.
• Civil servant: someone who works for a government department.
• Laws: official rules that people must obey.

Valores y Características Humanas

• Tolerance: a fair, open attitude toward people whose race, religion, etc., differ from one's own.
• Wealth: a large amount of money and other valuable things; the state of being rich.
• Bravery: courage.
• Membership: the fact of being part of a club, organization or group.
• Wisdom: the ability to make good decisions based on knowledge and experience.
• Mainstream: considered ordinary or normal and accepted by most people.
• Struggle: to use your strength to fight against someone or something.
• Shelter: a place or situation in which you are protected from bad weather or danger.

Verbos Frasales y Expresiones

• Come up against: be faced with or opposed by something.
• Hand over: give something to someone officially.
• Move out: leave your home (forever) for a new home.
• Put up: build or erect something.
• Set off: start a journey.
• Set up: establish something.
• Share out: divide something between people.
• Spring up: appear or develop quickly.