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35 Cards in this Set
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Olusegun Obasanjo
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President of Nigeria but also a military general
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Umara yar'Adua
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president elected in 2007 who has no military background
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rule of law
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those who govern are expected to obey and support laws
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sharia
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Islamic law emphasizing authority and policymaking by the elite
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oyo
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a southern centralized kingdom in Nigeria
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Ife
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a southern centralized kingdom on Nigeria
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Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Yoruba
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ethnic groups that became stronger and more divisive because the British pitted them against each other
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Biafra
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the land that belongs to the Igbo
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civil society
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the sectors of a country that lie outside government control
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Hausa-Fulani
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Muslim group that occupies Northwestern Nigeria
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Kanuri
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Muslim group that makes up Northeastern Nigeria
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Yoruba
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Dominates Southwestern Nigeria and is 40% Muslim, 40% Christian, and 20% native religions
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Igbo
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Roman Catholic group that dominates Southeastern Nigeria
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cultural diffusion
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contact with and spread of customs and beliefs of other people
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jihad
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Islamic holy war
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Sokoto Caliphate
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Muslim state that encompassed the entire northwest, north, midsection, and part of the northeast
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indirect rule
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imposed by British in which they trained natives, primarily from the south, to fill the European-style bureaucracy
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national question
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the possibility that nationalism would not develop and Nigeria would not survive as a country
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Ken Saro-Wiwa
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rights activist and environmentalist who was executed in 1995
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Atiku Abubakar
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2007 presidential candidate of the Action Congress
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corporatism
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government approved interest groups that provide feedback to the government
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patrimonialism
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the president is the head of an intricate patron-client system and dispenses government jobs and resources as rewards to supporters
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para-statals
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corporations owned by the state and designated to provide commercial and social welfare services
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state corporatism
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para-statals advising political leaders on matters of the economy
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National Assembly
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the bicameral legislature in Nigeria
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military in government
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military running the government
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military in barracks
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military fulfilling its traditional duties
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loyalty pyramid
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senior government officials are supported by a broader based of loyal junior officials
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revenue sharing
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allowing the entire country to benefit from offshore oil profits
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rents
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the nation's revenues
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rent seeking
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individuals competing for the government's largesse
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informal economy
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unreported incomes from small-scale trade and subsistence agriculture
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structural adjustment program
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program that sought to restructure and diversify the Nigerian economy so that it would decrease its dependence on oil
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federal character
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principle that recognizes people of all ethnicities, religions, and regions, and takes their needs into account
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true federalism movement
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police duties and personnel should be relegated to local and state levels
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