MWH vocab list 21

Question 1

Pan-Africanism

Answer 1

The idea of a political alliance of all the African nations in South Africa

Question 2

Apartheid

Answer 2

A system or practice that separates people according to ethnicity or color

Question 3

Epidemic

Answer 3

Usually a disease that affects multiple persons at once; wide spread

Question 4

Oligarchy

Answer 4

A form of government where all the power is assigned to a dominant class

Question 5

Coup detat

Answer 5

A sudden action in politics that results in a change of government

Question 6

Trade embargo

Answer 6

A government order imposing a trade barrier which punishes the country by preventing international trade

Question 7

Lucrative

Answer 7

Extremely profitable

Question 8

Drug cartel

Answer 8

Any criminal organization with the intention of supplying drug trafficking operations

Question 9

Rice paddies

Answer 9

Feilds planted with rice growing in the water

Question 10

Potential

Answer 10

capable of being or becoming

Question 11

Presume

Answer 11

To take for granted; assume

Question 12

Shirk

Answer 12

to avoid responsibility

Question 13

Antagonize

Answer 13

To make someone hostile or unfriendly

Question 14

Compromise

Answer 14

A settlement of differences

Question 15

Irate

Answer 15

angry