Exam 2 review Chapter 6 key terms Flashcards
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African Union
A continent0wide organization whose main role has been to mediate disputes between neighbors.
apartheid
an official policy of racial segregation that shaped social relations in South Africa for nearly 50 years.
Berlin Conference
13 countries convened in berlin, at the incitation of german chancellor Bismark in 1884. Rules were established about what was carved into pieces that were traded like properties in a game of monopoly.
clan
social units that are branches of a tribe or an ethnic group larger than a family.
desterification
the expansion of desert-like conditions as a result of human-induced degradation are commonplace.
Horn of Africa
the northeastern corner that includes somalia, ethiopia, dijbouti, and eritrea.
internally displaced person (IDP)
have fled from conflict, but still reside in their country of origin.
kleptocracy
a state in which corruption is so institutional that most politicians and government bureaucrats siphon off a huge percentage of the country’s wealth.
pastoralist
typically graze their stock on the stubble of harvested fields during the dry season and then move them to drier uncultivated areas during the wet season, when the pastures turn green.
refugee
people that flee their state because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, ethnicity, religion, or political orientation.
Sahel
a zone of ecological transition between the sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and forest in the south.
transhumance
the movement of animals between wet-season and dry-season pasture.
