Africana Studies Unit Glossary

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  1. 5. The branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those pf ethics, aesthetics or religion.
  2. 7. A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
  3. 9. An act or instance of discriminating or making a distinction.
  4. 11. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
  5. 12. The status of belonging to a particular nation, whether by birth or naturalization.
  6. 14. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust matter.
  7. 15. Extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.
  8. 16. The branch of astronomy that deals with the general structure and evolution of the universe.
  9. 18. An ethic group; a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
  10. 19. Centered on Africa or on African derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti.
  11. 20. A set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme.
  12. 22. Fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
  13. 23. A particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.
  14. 25. Stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
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  1. 1. An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
  2. 2. Centered on Europe and Europeans
  3. 3. Anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like, as when one likes a person but disapproves strongly of one of his or her habits.
  4. 4. An economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state owned means of wealth.
  5. 6. A branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
  6. 8. The dispersion of Africans from their homeland
  7. 10. The part of the Atlantic ocean between the west coast of Africa and The West Indies; the longest part of the journey formerly made by the slave ships.
  8. 13. A theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole/
  9. 17. A simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.
  10. 21. Hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
  11. 24. The body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.