South Africa
Iran & Middle East
Cuba & Cold War
Rwanda & Genocide
China & Communism
Historical Voices
100

One major way nations pressured South Africa to end apartheid was through these economic actions.

What are trade and investment restrictions?

100

This natural resource made the Middle East especially valuable to Britain and the United States.

What is oil?

100

Under Fulgencio Batista, Cuba was this type government allied with the United States.

What is brutal dictatorship?

100

Belgian colonial officials intensified ethnic divisions by assigning every Rwandan to one of these groups.

What are ethnic groups?

100

Mao Zedong believed victory in the Chinese Civil War depended on support from this social class.

Who are peasants?

100

"The world must be made safe for democracy" was said by this American president during WWI.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200

Nelson Mandela created Umkhonto we Sizwe after this type of government action against peaceful protestors.

What is violent government repression?

200

Muhammad Reza Shah encouraged Iranians to adopt these customs during modernization efforts.

What are western customs?

200

This failed 1961 invasion involved Cuban exiles trained by the United States.

What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?

200

The Rwandan Genocide began after the assassination of this president.

Who is Juvenal Habyarimana?
200

Mao's 1958 campaign to rapidly industrialize China was called this.

What is the Great Leap Forward?

200

This Indian nationalist argued that British civilization was inferior to India's traditions.

Who is Mohandas Gandhi?

300

This South African religious leader described apartheid as "a cancer" destroying black family life.

Who is Desmond Tutu?

300

The Shah maintained power partly through this brutal organization used to silence opposition.

What is a secret police force?

300

After the Cuban Revolution, land ownership changed in this way.

What is land redistribution from the wealthy to the poor?

300

The Rwandan Patriotic Patriotic Front primarily fought to defend this group.

What are the Tutsi?

300

During reforms in the 1980s, China encouraged this type of business ownership.

What is private enterprise?

300

This British prime minister defended the Munich Agreement as a path to peace.

Who is Neville Chamberlain?

400

This organization fought for equal political and economic rights in South Africa.

What is the African National Congress?

400

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 transformed Iran by making this the basis of government.

What is Islam or Islamic law?

400

During this Cold War crisis, the United States forced the Soviet Union to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba.

What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

400

Colonial rule in Rwanda increased tensions between these two ethnic groups.

Who are the Hutu and Tutsi?

400

Chinese troops and tanks crushed pro-democracy protests during this 1989 event.

What is the Tiananmen Square Massacre?

400

This South African anti-apartheid leader declared he was prepared to die for equality.

Who is Nelson Mandela?

500

Apartheid legally enforced seperation and political domination by this racial group.

Who are the white Afrikaners or whites?

500

This religious leader argued that Islam provided guidance for every aspect of human life.

Who is Ayatollah Komeini?

500

This Cuban revolutionary leader promised better wages and education for the poor.

Who is Fidel Castro?

500

This Rwandan leader later became associated with the Rwandan Patriotic Front.

Who is Paul Kagame?

500

This Chinese communist leader emphasized mass mobilization and industrial production.

Who is mao Zedong?

500

This Chinese leader praised "the tremendous energy of the masses" during communist reforms.

Who is Mao Zedong?

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