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| South African policy that divided people into four racial groups. |
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| political arrangement in which a single political party controls the government. |
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| violent movement formed by Kikuyu farmers to rid Kenya of white farmers and regain their land. |
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| coniditon resulting from a scarcity of fertile farmlands and pastures, and that contributes to cycles of drought and famine. |
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| a violent uprising of Palestinians against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the late 1980s. |
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| young lawyer who urged blacks in South Africa to break apartheid laws. |
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| dictator of the Congo, who amassed a huge personal fortune while his people starved. |
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| went from prison to prime minister, the first in Gold Coast. |
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| one of the founders of the State of Israel and first woman prime minister. |
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| South African president who released Nelson Mandela and lifed the ban on the ANC. |
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| places in Africa that are expanding due to desertification. |
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| place (city, state) where President Carter held peace talks between Egypt and Israel. |
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Angola, Portugese Guinea, Mozambique
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| 3 Portugese colonies in Africa. |
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Liberia, Libya, Egypt, South Africa
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| 4 African nations that were independent by 1955. |
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| nations that have Swahili as their national language. |
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| "But if needs be, it (a democratic and free society) for which I am prepared to die." |
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| "It (the land) is the key to the people's life..." |
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| "...Only a strong political union can bring about full and effective development of our natural resources for the benefit of our people." |
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| "My parents never saw this day. My husband never saw this day, I can tell you dawn is breaking and the dark light is gone." |
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| "There will be peacein the Middle East only when Palestinian mothers love their children more than they hate Israel." |
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| the new name given to Gold Coast after it became self-governing. |
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| the two ethnic groups at war in Rwanda. |
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| independent state the Igbo-speaking people unsuccessfully tried to carve out of Nigeria. |
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| the old section of the city of Algiers, in Algeria. |
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
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| group of nations that attemps to regulate the prodiction oil exports in order to maximize their profits. |
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| African country that has the highest % of population as Muslim. |
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| African country that has the largest Muslim population |
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| one-party ruled / military dictatorships, ethnic conflicts and civil war, struggles with democracy |
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| three major political trends in post-colonial Africa. |
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Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights
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| four areas taken over by Israel after the Six-Day War. |
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| militant group that launched suicide bombings in Israel in the late 1990s. |
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| the practice of rewarding political loyalty with well-paying government positions. |
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| African and Afro-Caribbean literary movement that rejected European models and promoted pride in African cultural identity. |
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| Egyptian president who declared in 1977, that Egypt wanted peace with Israel. |
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| Israeli prime minister during the 1978 Camp David meetings. |
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| leader of the PLO until he died in 2004. |
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| political movement in the 1950s and 1960s promoting Arab unity. |
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| Cold War alliance against communism in the Middle East led by the US. |
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| African National Congress (ANC) |
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| political organization in South Africa that developed into the main opposition force against apartheid. |
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| Mau Mau: Kikuyu farmers wanted to rid white farmers in Kenya |
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| the cause of conflict between white Kenyan farmers and the native Kikuyu people. |
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| the effect of the Belgian announcement in 1960 that they would withdraw completely from the Congo. |
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bloody warfare for independence
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| the result of Portugal's decision to hold onto it's African colonies. |
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| black schools teaching Afrikaans |
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| the cause of the Soweto uprising. |
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| Iran changed from a traditional, rural society to an industrialized / urban one |
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| why Iranians began to protest against the rule of the shah in 1978. |
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| descendants of the original Dutch settlers in South Africa. |
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| Jewish nationalist movement. |
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| African popular music that became pipular worldwide in the 1980s. |
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| new disease that spread rapidly through Africa in the 1980s. |
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| resulted in a change in the ANC philosophy, to meet violence with violence. |
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| first prime minister of Gold Coast. |
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| first prime minister of Kenya. |
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| first black president of a democratic South Africa. |
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| first leader and nation to recognize Israel's right to exist. |
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| date of the first democratic election in South Africa. |
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| signed an agreement in 1962 granting Algeria independence from France. |
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| held on to their African colonies longer than any other European nations. |
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| released Nelson Mandela from prison and lifted the ban on the ANC. |
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| amassed a person fortune of $5 billion and built a $100 million palace, while his people fell into poverty. |
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| promoted Pan-Arabism and became a hero i nthe Arab world with his "victory" in the Suez Crisis. |
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