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| Thomas Jefferson | an American politician who believed in democracy and civil rights |
| jihad | Moslem holy war |
| Joan of Arc | illiterate peasant girl who was the emotional leader of the French against the English in 100 Years' War |
| Judaism | the religion of the Jews, taught by Moses and the Hebrew prophets |
| judicial system | system of courts whose duty is to interpret laws |
| karma | the belief that every deed in this life affects a person's fate in a future life |
| Kenneth Kaunda | organizer of African National Congress of Rhodesia; first president of Zambia |
| Khmer Rouge | Cambodian communist guerrillas who gained support after US and Vietnam invaded Cambodia |
| Ayatollah Khomeini | Muslim fundamentalist who forced the shah out of power in Iran and built a theocracy |
| Jomo Kenyatta | independence leader of Kenyan opposition to Britain's rule; first president of Kenya |
| kibbutz | a collective farm or settlement in Israel |
| Kingdom of Mali | African Empire whose leader converted the empire to Islam |
| Koran | holy book of Islam |
| Kush | African kingdom along the Nile that made advances in religion, trade, and technology |
| labor union | organization of workers formed to advance members' interest in wages and working conditions |
| latitude | distance north and south of the equator |
| laissez-faire | lack of government control--"hands-off" or "do-nothing" |
| Vladimir Lenin | Bolshevik revolutionary who led the communist revolution in Russia |
| liberal | one who wants change to occur gradually within constraints of the government |
| liberation theology | movement in Roman Catholic Church urges church to take more active role in social conditions |
| life expectancy | the age to which an individual is expected to live |
| literacy rate | the percentage of people in an area who can read and write |
| location | position of a place or site on the Earth's surface |
| John Locke | English philosopher who taught about natural rights not to be taken away by government |
| longitude | distance east or west of the Prime Meridian |
| Martin Luther | German religious leader who posted the "95 Theses" starting the Protestant Reformation |
