People living under an ____________________ despot are often killed when they voice protests against the government.

Environmentalism has become a(n) ____________________ movement across the globe as more people understand the consequences of pollution.

Although her boss did not give her a raise, she did the ____________________ thing and gave him a birthday present. She didn’t want to alienate him.

When the defendant learned that a female judge would _______________ his case, he became anxious. His female employees were suing him for pay inequities.

For many cultures, the ____________________ of the family decides such matters as who a child is allowed to marry.

World War I erupted in 1914 after ____________________ Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo.

Because of his notoriety as a political ____________________, Nelson Mandela was suspended from college, served time in prison, and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Is the role of the ____________________ system to interpret the law or to set policy?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. confronted racial ____________________ when he dreamed of the day when “children would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

Your ____________________ remarks won you no friends!