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Ch. 5 Vocab WC
Question | Answer |
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African Nationalism | the nationalist political movement for one unified Africa |
Boycott | an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest |
Guerilla warfare | a form of irregular warfare and refers to conflicts in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to, armed civilians |
Colonial Legacy | the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. |
Secede | to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization |
Mobutu Sese Seko | The all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance |
Democratization | is the transition to a more democratic political regime. |
Socialism | an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production |
Multinational Corporation | a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services |
Economic dependence | Wealthy nations actively perpetuate a state of dependence by various means |
Westernization | a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in such matters as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and/or values |
Ethnicity | a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage |