| A | B |
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| Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAST) | formed in 1975; an attempt by fifteen nations to join and develop the economies of member countries in order to increase regional stability |
| ethnic group | cultural community of people with common genealogy and ancestry, often share common religion, language, and traditions |
| exchange rate | the price that one country's currency is compared to another |
| extraction | taking out |
| extraterritoriality rights | when local laws do not apply to a citizen from another country |
| famine | widespread food shortage that causes malnutrition and starvation |
| genocide | systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, raical, political, or ethnic group |
| Great Leap Forward | economic policies aimed at making China equal to leading world powers in industry and agriculture |
| gross domestic product (GDP) | the total amount of goods and services that a country produces during a year |
| guerilla | soldier that uses hit-and-run tactics when fighting instead of traditional fighting tactics |
| haiku | Japanese poetry of three unrhymed lines and a specific number of syllables per line |
| hajj | Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Hamas | Militant Palestinian Islamic movement. The group is dedicated to the destructionof Israel and the creation of a Palestinian Islamic state |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | system of paths and trails that led from North Vietnam to South Vietnam via Laos and Cambodia |
