Africa Flashcards
Mosques
A place of worship for anyone following the Islamic religion.
Animosity
Strong hostility or a strong feeling of dislike or hatred.
Imperialism
Extending a country’s power to another country through diplomacy and political, social or economic domination.
Humanitarian
Being concerned with or hoping to promote human welfare.
Social Darwinism
The theory that people and individuals are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
Protectorate
A state that is controlled and protected by another state.
Pan-Africanism
A worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between ethnic groups of African descent.
Sphere of Influence
The claim by a foreign power that they control or have exclusive trading rights with another foreign nation.
African National Congress
The Republic of South Africa’s governing political party and black nationalist party.
Apartheid
A system or policy of segregation or discrimination because of race.
Arbitrarily
Without restraint in the use of authority.
Specialized Economies
When a nation concentrates their productive efforts into a limited variety of goods or one specific good.
Arab Spring
A serious of anti-government protests, uprisings, and rebellions that moved across most of the Arab world in the early 2010’s.
Equitable
Fair and impartial.
Conflict Diamonds
Diamonds mined with African slave labor where the profits are used to fund violent conflicts. They are smuggled illegally but could not be traced because they were mixed with legal diamonds.
