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North Africa
Term | Definition |
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fellahin | peasant farmers of Egypt who rent small plots of land |
phosphate | chemical salt used to make fertilizer |
dictatorship | form of government in which a leader rules by force and typically limits citizens' freedoms |
trade sanction | step taken to cut off trade with a country to show opposition to its government's actions |
casbah | older section of Algerian cities |
civil war | fight between opposing groups for control of a country's government |
constitutional monarchy | form of government in which a monarch is the head of state but elected officials run the government |
infrastructure | system of roads and railroads that allows the transport of materials |
policy | a plan or course of action |