Which South African leader became president after being imprisoned for 27 years?
Nelson Mandela
100
Simon Bolivar, Toussaint L’Ouverture, and Bernardo O’Higgins were Latin American leaders of:
Independence movements
100
The deliberate and systematic killing of a national, racial, political, or cultural group, such as the Holocaust in WWII, is known as:
Genocide
100
What policy of separating races was formerly used in South Africa?
Apartheid
100
Name the historical period of time in which European empires journeyed to new places and spread their influence to Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
Age of Exploration or Age of Discovery
200
What method of resistance/protest did Gandhi use to achieve Indian independence?
Nonviolent resistance/civil disobedience
200
When Lenin led the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, he was influenced by which political idea?
Communism
200
Which human rights violation developed on a large scale after European countries began to explore regions in Latin America and Africa?
Slavery
200
This is term to describe a feeling of pride in your nation
What is nationalism?
200
The dominance of the Spanish language in Latin America and continued use of the English language in South Africa are examples of:
Cultural Diffusion
300
Which famous protest led by Gandhi was used to bring world attention to the injustices of British colonialism?
The Salt March
300
Who led the Chinese Communist Revolution of the late 1940's to establish the People's Republic of China?
Mao Zedong
300
In the 1980’s, global concern for Blacks in the Republic of South Africa led many other nations to:
Place economic sanctions on South Africa
300
This is the term to describe the process of adopting European culture
What is Westernization?
300
After World War II, which action was taken by many African territories against their colonial rulers?
Demanding independence/freedom
400
Which famous American civil rights leader was influenced by the nonviolent ideas and actions of Gandhi?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
400
The Communist ideas of which revolutionary political writer of the 1800's later influenced the Bolshevik and Chinese Revolutions?
Karl Marx
400
Today, human rights violations most often occur in nations where leaders have:
Absolute control
400
This is the term that describes a state of being where you are very aware and educated, and able to create beleifs
What is enlightened?
400
British control over South Africa, French control over Indochina, and Spanish control over Mexico are examples of:
Imperialism
500
Which Bolshevik Revolutionary gradually gained power in the years following Lenin's death and eventually went on to become the leader of the former Soviet Union (USSR)?
Joseph Stalin
500
The Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint L'Ouverture is significant because it established the first:
Independent country founded by former African slaves.
500
It can be argued that throughout history two major social groups/populations have suffered the most human rights violations. Name one of them.
The poor and women
500
This is term to describe the feelings of pride and common identity across peoples of Africa with a similar background
What is Pan-Africanism?
500
After 1880, European nations sought colonies in Africa primarily because the Europeans were searching for: