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Global Quiz 1
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History
7th Grade
11/30/2006

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Term
bonded labor
Definition
an illegal practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt
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NGO
Definition
non governmental organization
an organization that is not a part of the government
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Explotation
Definition
using other people for selfish reasons
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Talibes
Definition
boys who can be found begging for food or money in all senegalese big cities
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Marabout
Definition
a personal spirtual leader in the muslim faith as practiced in West Africa
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Deprivation
Definition
a state of extreme poverty
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Militias
Definition
An army of composed of ordinary people, instead of professional soilders
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Immunization
Definition
taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
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Vulnerable
Definition
lacking protection
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Humanitarian
Definition
One who is devoted to the promotion of human welfare and the advancement of of social reforms
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Shi'ite
Definition
a member of a branch of the religion of Islam
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Sunni
Definition
a memeber of a different branch of the religion of Islam
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Insurgent
Definition
Rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government
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Mixed couples
Definition
married partners of different ethnic or religious backrounds
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Sectarian Violence
Definition
conflict between diferent branches of religion
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Kurds
Definition
an ethnic group found in Iraq
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Arabs
Definition
the majority ethnic group in Iraq
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Saddam Hussein
Definition
the former leader of Iraq
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Censor ship
Definition
deleting parts of publications
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Dissent
Definition
to dissagree
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Incite
Definition
to stir up
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Falun Gong
Definition
a spirtual group in China
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Tiananment Square
Definition
the world's largest public square; in 1989 Chinese troops fired on demonstrating students, killling about 2000
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repression
Definition
the act of controlling something
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Ban
Definition
to not allow
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Exile
Definition
forced removal from one's own country
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political prisoner
Definition
a person imprisoned for holding unpopular political views
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Pachen Lama
Definition
the second most important religious leader in
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Totalitarian
Definition
a government which has absolute control
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