Short Answer
People
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20th Century Life
100

What was Martin Luther King Jr's dream?

a nation where people were judged by their character and not the color of their skin

100

He was elected president of South Africa in 1994

Nelson Mandela

100

Genocide of the Tutsi tribe happened here

Rwanda

100

EU

European Union

100

This group of people wanted to live communally and not follow "the man"

Hippies

200

What is the definition of "rural"

a place with fewer than 500 people per square mile

200

He set up a government and called it "Islamic socialism"

Muammar al-Qaddafi

200

Two regions (the West Bank and Gaza Strip) in this country have Arab majorities and have been locations of violence 

Israel

200

IMF

International Monetary Fund

200

This term refers to the rejection of absolute truth

postmodernism

300

What was the most significant invention of the 20th century?

the microchip or computer chip

300

"I have a dream"

Martin Luther King Jr

300

This nation suffered a famine that got the attention of the West and celebrities in 1984

Ethiopia

300

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

300

What year in the 1990's did the internet we know today come to be?

1995

400

What is one of the three reasons for the population growth in the 20th century?

large families, efficient food production, better sanitation 

400

This person invaded Kuwait in 1990 and seized its oil reserves

Saddam Hussein

400

What two countries attacked Israel in the Yom Kippur War?

Egypt and Syria

400

UK

United Kingdom

400

What were Chinese students protesting about in Tiananmen Square in 1998? 

For the government to allow for personal freedoms like the freedom of speech and assembly

500

What is the basis of "postmodernism"

no absolute truth

500

Who is the current president of the United States

Donald Trump

500

Who was charged with committing genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Serbia

500

WWW

World Wide Web

500

What was the purpose of the civil rights movement in the United States?

to end segregation

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