| A | B |
| Colonialism | Colony controlled by another country |
| Great Britain | controlled Egypt at turn of century |
| France | ruled Tunisia and Algeria at turn of century |
| Italy | ruled Libya at turn of the century |
| Anwar Sadat | Egyptian President |
| King Hassan II | Moroccan ruler with great political power |
| Ibo system | village council |
| oba and emir | traditional names of rulers in West Africa |
| Facing Mt. Kenya | book by Jomo Kenyatta |
| civil wars and uprisings | tear countries apart |
| Zaire | in 1990 ended a 20 year ban on multiple political parties |
| Ethiopia | never ruled by colonial powers |
| coup | sudden seizing or overthrowing government |
| Swaziland | monarchy ruled by King Mswati |
| second revolution | move from one party system to multi-party |
| Desmond TuTu | archbishop and apartheid fighter |
| Nelson Mandela | leader of African National Congress and first president of South Africa |
| sanctions | actions taken against a country by other countries to make a change |
| "father of the nation" | person who led an independence movement |
| Newly independent,one party system or parliamentary | three characteristics shared by most governments in South Africa |