| A | B |
|---|
| Pacific Rim | countries that border the Pacific Ocean |
| Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) | political and paramilitary organization regarded by Arab states as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people |
| Pan-Africanism | idea that there is a global African community made up of native Americans and the descendants of African slaves and migrants across the world |
| panchayat | traditional village council in India |
| pandemic | large-scale epidemic |
| pogrom | organizaed massacre of Jews |
| prefecture | a governed territory of land within Japan; Japan has 47 prefectures |
| puppet state | a government set up in a nation that iss actually run by an outside nation |
| qin | a Chinese musical instrument with seven long strings and is plucked with the fingers |
| Qur'an | sacred book of Islam |
| racism | belief that one race is better than another |
| representative democracy | a system in which people elect leaders to act on their behalf |
| republic | a political system that has a president and not a king or queen; a system in which people elect their leaders |
| rupee | a form of Indian currency |
