Israel and other stuff
ETC
Those Soviets
vocabulary
people
100
the people who were displaced by the Jewish settlers once Israel was formed
Who are the Palestinians?
100
the communist leader of China
Who is Mao Zedong?
100
the man who took over after STalin was dead
Who is Khrushchev?
100
a social class system found primarily in India and associated with Hinduism
What is the caste system?
100
the first prime minister of India
Who is Nehru?
200
one who wants the Jews to return to the original homeland in the middle east; the area now known as Israel.
What is a Zionist?
200
the city in which Tiananmen Square massacre and protest took place in
What is Beijing?
200
the Soviet leader who denounced Stalin for killing loyal Soviet citizens
Who is Krushchev?
200
going to the edge of war; U.S. foreign policy during some of the cold war era.
What is brinkmanship?
200
the daughter of Nehru who took over as prime minister upon his death
Who is Indira Gandhi?
300
the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland, thousands of years ago
What is the diaspora?
300
the former name of the country of Ghana
What is the Gold Coast?
300
the leader who destalinized the Soviet Union
Who is Krushchev?
300
an open communication policy that was started by Soviet leader Gorbachev; led to more freedom of speech and of the press
What is glasnost?
300
the man imprisoned in South Africa who was head of the ANC and eventually, once released, became President of that country
Who is Nelson Mandela?
400
this symbolized the break up of the Soviet union
What is the fall of the wall in Berlin?
400
a lone man stands in front of army tanks protesting oppression of his government; they don't run over him
What is Tiananmen Square?
400
the other country that signed off with the Soviets, on the limited range test ban treaty
What is the USA?
400
the policy found in South Africa where the races where segregated. ( up until about 1990)
What is apartheid?
400
the world leader that told Gorbachev to "tear down that wall" referring to the Berlin Wall
Who is REAGAN?
500
the international organization that took up the matter of the Israel situation
What is the UN?
500
the fall of the wall of Berlin symbolized this
What is the beginning of democratization in Eastern Europe?
500
the immediate effect after this type of bomb was built was the build up of more very dangerous bombs like it.
What is the effect of the H-Bomb?
500
Strategic arms limitation treaty
What is SALT?
500
the Soviet leader who came up with glasnost and perestroika
Who is Gorbachev?
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