A tuber brought to African from South America, this plant although nutritionally marginal, feeds approximately one-third of the population of sub-Saharan Africa.
What is manioc?
100
His 2002 novel, "Snow," illustrates the conflict between secularism and radical Islam in contemporary Turkey.
Who is Orhan Pamuk?
100
Ancient Chinese belief system that stresses righteousness, propriety, and filial piety.
What is Confucianism?
100
Widow of assassinated popular politician who was elected president of the Philippines in the aftermath of the ouster of the Marcos regime.
Who is Corazon Aquino?
100
A booklet of aphorisms attributed to Mao and used to encourage revolutionary zeal and good behavior during the Cultural Revolution.
What is the "Little Red Book?"
200
The doubling of rice and wheat production in India from 1960 to 1980 by introducing disease-resistant seed grains.
What is the "Green Revolution?"
200
Author whose "Buru Quartet" traces in fictional form the struggles of the Indonesian people for freedom from colonial rule and the subsequent struggle with post-colonial autocratic regimes.
Who is Pramoedya Toer?
200
An interpretation of Islamic law that often greatly restricts the role of women in society.
What is "Shari'a?"
200
Progressive Chinese intellectual and author of, "The Sun Shines over the Sangan River," a favorable look at the CCP’s land reform program.
Who is Ding Ling?
200
Palestinian rock-throwing uprising against their Israeli occupiers in the 1980s and ‘90s.
What is the "intifada?"
300
Large-scale construction project completed by Soviet engineers in the 1950s that was designed to control the flow of water in the lower Nile River.
What is the Aswan Dam?
300
Script-writer whose, "Bitter Love," critiqued the excesses of the Cultural Revolution but who has more recently affirmed Mao’s final word on the arts.
Who is Bai Hua?
300
Punjabi practitioners of a belief system based on the combination of the best elements of Hinduism and Islam.
What are Sikhs?
300
Author of "Two Women in One," this Egyptian writer chronicles the long-standing struggles of women trying to find their place in a fundamentalist-influenced, male-dominated society.
Who is Nawal el-Saadawi?
300
Revolutionary group seeking their ethnic group’s dominance in Sri Lankan politics.
What is the Tamil Tigers?
400
Nigeria’s inconsistent and oft-criticized state power company.
What is NEPA?
400
Israeli novelist and member of Peace Now who actively supports a compromise peace with the Palestinians.
Who is Amos Oz?
400
Also known as “untouchables” these are the lowest members of India’s Hindu caste society.
What are "dalits?"
400
Outspoken critic of SLORC, the authoritarian Burmese military regime.
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
400
Widely practiced in the 1960s, this traditional Indian belief system held that independent women in society were of questionable moral character and that women should not receive a formal education.
What is "purdah?"
500
Massive dam project on the Yangtze River, this engineering marvel provides significant power, but also displaced millions of local inhabitants.
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
500
Nigerian novelist whose English language work, "Things Fall Apart," tells the story of a Nigerian nationalist who refuses to accept foreign rule in his country.
Who is Chinua Achebe?
500
A relatively recent Chinese religious movement that has been vigorously suppressed by the CCP as a potential threat to its authority.
What is Falun Gong?
500
Advocate of an African approach to feminism, her novel, "Changes: A Love Story," explores the evolving roles of men and women in contemporary African society.
Who is Ama Ata Aidoo?
500
Place of traditional education in a widowed grandmother’s house for the Luo people of Kenya.