Africa
form of nonviolent protest where individuals intentionally break laws to challenge perceived injustices and advocate for social change
What is Civil Disobedience?
Leader of Anti-Colonialist movement of India, Hindu, and known for fasting movements
Who was Mohandas Ghandi?
Wrote the Little Red Book, first leader of the People's Republic of China
Who was Mao Ze Dong?
Person who Modernized and Westernized Turkey
Who was Kemal Attaturk?
Increasing interconnectedness of nations across various aspects like economics, culture, and politics
What is Globalization?
refers to a system of legalized racial segregation and discrimination that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994
What is Apartheid?
What was the Raj?
"Rebrand" of China, created heavily armed communist forces led by students
What was the Cultural Revolution?
UN decides to create Israel from land from this country, which has caused conflict for many years
What is Palestine?
Group led by Pol Pot in Cambodia that committed human rights violations to anyone who did not fit in the "ideal society"
Who were the Khmer Rouge?
South African activist known for showing the world the horrors of Apartheid
Who was Nelson Mandela?
began making their own cloth instead of relying on imported fabrics, primarily as a form of protest and resistance against British taxation and trade restrictions
What was the Homespun Movement?
Deng Xiaoping created this to make China compete with modern day countries in terms of industrial, and global powers
What were the 4 Modernizations?
Several different countries in the Middle East controlling the prices of oil being exported
What is OPEC?
Group that terrorized the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda in 1994 due to feelings of superiority imposed by European colonialism
Who are the Hutus?
Former leader of Kenya, known for rebelling against colonial powers
Who was Jomo Kenyatta?
a nonviolent civil disobedience campaign led to protest the British monopoly on salt production in India
What was the Salt March?
Enduring Issues Essay Topic: The 4 Modernizations led Students to understand different ideals to go against communist China, industries began to learn different methods of production, and McDonalds began to make their debut in China
What is Impacts of Westernization/Modernization?
Institution of Islamic law and Theocracy, everyone must follow the Koran or Perish
What is Sharia law?
Event in the early 2000s that was an effect of globalization of the different interconnected thoughts of a radicalistic group leading to the death of innocent civilians, and pledging the Middle East into years of conflict by outside forces
What was 9/11?
extraction of diamonds from conflict zones, with the mined diamonds then sold to finance wars, insurgencies, or other violent activities.
What are Blood Diamonds?
The splitting of India into two different sections: India and Pakistan
What was the Partition of India?
Incentive rewards for good and bad behavior, incentivized by the government to create social order
What is the Social Credit System?
Afghan political and militant movement to create a sense of order within the Middle East. Originally used scare tactics as the main coercion method.
What is the Taliban?
an international agreement signed in 1997 that committed industrialized countries and economies in transition to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
What were the Kyoto Protocols?