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| Anti-apartheid activist who was jailed for 27 years for his protests, he became the first black president of South Africa after apartheid ended |
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| an economy in which a society's economic decisions are made by individuals who decide what to produce and what to buy. |
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| an economy that has characteristics of both market and command economic systems |
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| a government where a king and his advisors make most of the decisions; it is a type of unitary government |
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| a seasonal prevailing wind, lasting several months, bringing heavy rains often causing great hardships for the people due to flooding. |
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| the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) |
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| a believer or follower of Islam |
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| pride and loyalty to one's country |
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| people with no permanent home; move from place to place in search of food and water |
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| a lack of violence; Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in this type of protest or demonstration |
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| The most widely used fossil fuel; its reserves are concentrated in the Middle East which accounts for 65% of world total. |
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| a system in which a political party or other small group takes over a government and makes all of the major decisions; government by the few |
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| OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| an organization of nations that export large amounts of petroleum: formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices. |
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| a Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the early 1400s until after WWI when it was divided up by European powers |
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| the desire for people of African descent, no matter where they live in the world, to work together for unity. |
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| government in which voters elect representatives to a legislature (parliament) which chooses a leader (prime minister) to head the government |
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