Africa Vocabulary

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  1. geography
    study of the earth's surface
  2. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
  3. genocide
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
  4. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
  5. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
  6. animism
    the doctrine that all natural objects have souls
  7. stereotype
    a conventional or formulaic conception or image
  8. colonialism
    exploitation by a stronger country of a weaker one
  9. tribe
    a group of people with shared ancestry and customs
  10. clan
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  11. matrilineal
    based on or tracing descent through female ancestors
  12. kinship
    relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
  13. malnutrition
    a state of poor nourishment
  14. malaria
    a disease caused by parasites transmitted by mosquito bite
  15. racism
    the prejudice that one people are superior to another
  16. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  17. social organization
    the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
  18. ritual
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
  19. economics
    science dealing with the circulation of goods and services
  20. global
    involving the entire earth
Created on Wed Oct 13 12:39:55 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Oct 13 13:24:06 EDT 2010)

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