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| 7317555651 | Biafra | Eastern Nigerian region inhabited mostly by the Ibo people; in 1967 attempted unsuccessfully to secede from Nigeria; defeated and reintegrated in 1970. | 0 | |
| 7317555652 | Boko Haram | a Nigerian militant Islamist group that seeks the imposition of Shariah law throughout all 36 states of Nigeria | 1 | |
| 7317555653 | Corporatism | A method of co-optation whereby authoritarian systems create or sanction a limited number of organizations to represent the interests of the public and restrict those not set up or approved by the state. | 2 | |
| 7317555654 | Coup d'etat | a sudden overthrow of the government | 3 | |
| 7317555655 | Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another [Miss DeLong's favorite World History word!] | 4 | |
| 7317555656 | ECOWAS | The Economic Community of West African States, formed in 1975 to improve trade within Western Africa and with countries outside the region; 15 countries, Nigeria is most prominent. Promotes economic integration | 5 | |
| 7317555657 | Emir | an independent ruler or chieftain; a high title of nobility or office, used throughout the Arab World | 6 | |
| 7317555658 | Ethnic conflict | conflict between ethnic groups that struggle to achieve certain political or economic goals at each other's expense | 7 | |
| 7317555659 | Failed State | a state within which the government has lost the ability to provide the most basic of public services, leads to anarchy and violence | 8 | |
| 7317555660 | Hausa-Fulani | the largest ethnic group that lives in northern Muslim Nigeria | 9 | |
| 7317555661 | Igbo | Nigeria's third largest group who are mostly Christian. They are located in the southeast part of Nigeria. This group has many conflicts with the Yoruba and at one point they tried to become a independent nation. | 10 | |
| 7317555662 | Informal economy | Economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by a government; and is not included in that government's Gross National Product; as opposed to a formal economy | 11 | |
| 7317555663 | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | An international organization that acts as a lender of last resort, providing loans to troubled nations, and also works to promote trade through financial cooperation | 12 | |
| 7317555664 | "Loyalty Pyramid" | senior government officials supported by a broader base of loyal junior officials who alone have access to wealth and influence | 13 | |
| 7317555665 | Microcredit | The use of very small loans to small groups of individuals, often women, to stimulate economic development | 14 | |
| 7317555666 | "Military in barracks" | traditional role of the military as the institution that provides national security, is involved in international conflicts, and maintains domestic order. In consolidated democracies, generally under civilian control, not holding high political positions. | 15 | |
| 7317555667 | Military rule | A nondemocratic rule in which the military intervenes directly in politics as the organization that can solve the problems. | 16 | |
| 7317555668 | "National question" | the question of how the country should be governed, or even if Nigeria should remain as one nation. | 17 | |
| 7317555669 | Para-statals | A company or agency owned or controlled wholly or partly by the government. Common in both Mexico (Pemex for example) and Nigeria. Usually inefficient as there is a lack of competition for the goods or services they provide. | 18 | |
| 7317555670 | Patrimonialism | An arrangement whereby a ruler depends on a collection of supporters within the state who gain direct benefits in return for enforcing the ruler's will. | 19 | |
| 7317555671 | Prebendalism | Prebendalism is the extreme practice of clientilistic networks, which is present in Nigeria. The government battle corruption constantly, a form of which is providing government jobs and pay to others in exchange for favors or loyalty. | 20 | |
| 7317555672 | Rent seeking | A process in which political leaders essentially rent out parts of the state to their patrons, who as a result control public goods that would otherwise be distributed in a nonpolitical manner. | 21 | |
| 7317555673 | Rule of law | principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern | 22 | |
| 7317555674 | Shari'a | body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Qur'an and applies Islamic principles to everyday life | 23 | |
| 7317555675 | Yoruba | Ethnic group largely confined to southwest Nigeria whose members are divided among Christian, Muslim, and local animist faiths. | 24 | |
| 7317555676 | Nigeria |  | 25 | |
| 7317555677 | Egypt |  | 26 | |
| 7317555678 | Kenya |  | 27 | |
| 7317555679 | South Sudan |  | 28 | |
| 7317555680 | Morocco |  | 29 | |
| 7317555681 | South Africa |  | 30 | |
| 7317555682 | Democratic Republic of Congo |  | 31 | |
| 7317555683 | Somalia |  | 32 | |
| 7317555684 | Ghana |  | 33 | |
| 7317555685 | Uganda |  | 34 |
