Glencoe World History 2008 Chapter 25 Content and Academic Vocabulary
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JonathanNM on November 22, 2010
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world history, world history honors
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Glencoe World History 2008 Chapter 25 Content and Academic Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Genocide | the deliberate mass murder or physical extinction of a particular racial, political, or cultural group |
| Ethnic Cleansing | a policy of killing or forcibly removing an ethnic group from its lands; used by the Serbs against the Muslim minority in Bosnia |
| Legislature | an organized body that makes laws |
| Element | a distinct group within a larger group |
| Pan-Africanism | the unity of all black Africans, regardless of national boundaries |
| Zaibatsu | in the Japanese economy, a large financial and industrial corporation |
| Civil Disobedience | refusal to obey laws that are considered to be unjust |
| Volunteer | one who enters the military voluntarily |
| Compensation | payment |
| Guerrilla Tactics | the use of unexpected maneuvers like sabotage and subterfuge to fight an enemy |
| Redistribution of Wealth | the shifting of wealth from a rich minority to a poor majority |
| Cease | to come to an end |
| Eventually | in the end |
| Oligarchy | "the rule of the few", a form of government in which a select group of people exercises controls |
| Investor | a person or entity that commits money to earn a financial return |
| Establish | to set up permanently; to found |
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