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27 Cards in this Set
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desiccation
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drying out
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sub-Saharan
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Africa south of the Sahara
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Sahel
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narrow band south of Sahara, arid but not yet desert
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aquifer
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underground water-bearing layer
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savanna
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tropical grasslands south of Sahel
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caliphate
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Islamic dynasty
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indirect rule
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British colonial governance through native hereditary rulers
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divide and rule
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Roman and British imperial ruling method of setting subjects against each other
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colonialism
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gaining and exploitation of overseas territories, chiefly by Europeans, related to imperialism
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pan-Africanism
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movement to unite all Africa
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decolonization
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the granting of independence to colonies
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sharia
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Muslim religious law based on the Koran
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cross-cutting cleavages
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multiple splits in society that make group loyalties overlap
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cumulative
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cleavages that reinforce one another
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cleft country
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in Huntington's theory, a country split by two civilizations
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torn country
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in Huntington's theory, one with a Westernizing elite but traditional masses
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developmentalism
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early 1960s theory that we could develop Third World lands
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praetorianism
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tendency for military takeovers
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patronage
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giving gov't jobs to political supporters
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strategic variable
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factor you can change that makes a big improvement
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policy
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the specific choices governments make
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macroeconomy
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big picture of a nation's economy, including GDP size and growth, productivity, interest rates, and inflation
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microeconomy
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close-up picture of individual markets, including product design and pricing, efficiency, and costs
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kickback
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fee paid to gov't official for contract
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transparency
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exchanges of money open to public scrutiny
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absolute poverty
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living on $1 a day or less
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micro-loan
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small unsecured loan (of a few hundred dollars) to beginning businesses
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