World Wars
This empire, known as the "Sick Man of Europe," finally collapsed after World War I.
What is the Ottomans?
Country became the world's largest communist nation in 1949 under Mao Zedong.
What is China?
This Soviet leader led the USSR through World War II and the start of the Cold War.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Medicine was the first "wonder drug" antibiotic used to treat infections
What is Penicillin?
Word describes the 2000s era where apps like Facebook
What is Social Media?
Organization was created after WWII to help countries talk instead of fight.
What is the United Nations?
Alliance was formed by the U.S. and its friends to stop the spread of communism.
What is NATO?
This Cambodian leader was responsible for the Killing Fields in the 1970s.
Who is Pol Pot?
Disease was the first human virus to be completely wiped out by vaccines.
What is Small Pox?
This is the world's most common "second language" used for business and the internet.
What is English?
Describes the policy of giving in to a bully (like Hitler) to avoid a war.
What is Appeasement?
violent 1947 split of India and Pakistan that caused a massive migration.
What is the Partition?
He was the leader of the Fascist party in Italy and an ally of Hitler.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Revolution used new types of rice and wheat to feed billions of people.
What is the Green Revolution?
Group of oil producing countries can control the price of gas worldwide.
What is OPEC?
the tragic state sponsored murder of 6 million Jews during WWII.
Policy was Gorbachev’s plan to make the Soviet government more open and honest.
What is Glasnost?
This Iraqi leader invaded Kuwait in 1990, leading to the Persian Gulf War.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
Device allows people to carry a computer in their pocket and stay connected 24/7.
What is a smart phone?
This 1990s event saw the Wall fall and the USSR break apart, ending the Cold War.
What is the Collapse of the Soviet Union?
Harbor event in 1941 was the surprise attack that brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This 1990s conflict in Europe followed the breakup of Yugoslavia and led to NATO intervention.
What is the Balkan Wars?
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam who fought to unite his country.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Development in 1960 gave women more control over their own family planning.
What is Birth Control?
development in 1960 gave women more control over their own family planning.
What are the BRIC nations?