Cold War
The Cold War was between which two countries?
The United States and the Soviet Union
What is Suffrage?
The right to vote
Who was an American Civil Rights Leader during the mid 1900's who used non-violent methods of protest?
Give his full name!
Martin Luther King Jr.
What does Apartheid mean in Afrikans?
Apartness
Fill in the blank: __________ makes our computers get smaller and faster over time
Microchips
What government system did the Soviet Union use and want to spread?
Communism
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
She was attacked and shot by the Taliban for wanting to go to school. She now has dedicated her life to helping children all over the world gain access to Education.
During the Indian Independence movement, Which empire were they trying to gain independence from?
Britian/British Empire
Who was the Leader of the Anti-Apartheid movement?
Nelson Mandela
What is a landfill?
A disposal site where trash can be buried.
What is Communism?
A political and economic system where there is no private ownership and the government has heavy control.
This woman fought for a woman's right to vote in the early 1900's. She is famous for her 7 month long imprisonment and hunger strikes.
Alice Paul
Who led the Indian Independence Movement and inspired MLK Jr.?
Mahatma Gandhi
The protesters were demanding what in Tiananmen Square?
More democratic ideas, more freedom of the Press, more representation, no more government corruption, and more government reform/change.
What are nonrenewable resources? + Give one Example!
Resources that will take MILLIONS of years to make more of, AKA, we will run out of them!
Examples: Fossil Fuels (coal, gas, oil) and nuclear energy
What is the Space Race?
The competition between The USSR and the U.S. to be the first to get to space! 🚀
This woman was a writer and an activist who wrote about how maybe women were unhappy because they were forced to be housewives, in her book, The Feminine Mystique.
Betty Friedan
What was the Salt March?
A boycott of British goods. Gandhi led thousands of people to the sea to collect their own salt rather than buy from the British.
Nelson Madela was imprisoned for how many years?
27
What effect has technology had on business?
Allows people to communicate over long distances and communication can now be digital (email, Google work spaces, Zooms).
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union placed a nuclear weapon in Cuba, just 90 miles away from Florida.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This convention was held in New York in 1848. Women met together to talk about Women's Rights and how to gain them.
What did the American Civil Rights Movement and the Indian Independence Movement have in common?
Nonviolent protest/action
Why do we know so little about the facts of the massacre at Tiananmen Square?
China is Communist and has very strict control about what is spoken about.
They deny that anything bad happened or say that the people deserved it.
What are renewable resources? + Give one example!
Resources that will never run out.
Solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal energy