A social and political revolution that occurred in China in the 1960's
What is cultural revolution
100
A class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals
What are Civil Rights
100
A state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact)
What was the Cold War
100
A South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?
Who was Nelson Mandela
100
The period of European history at the end of the Middle Ages marked by the rebirth of the human spirit and knowledge
What is the Renaissance
200
The July Revolution led by Fidel Castro against his leader Batista
What was the Cuban Revolution
200
Violating or taking away the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled
What are human rights violations
200
A competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces
What is an arms race
200
The 40th president of the United States, also one of the people who helped negotiated the nuclear arms agreement with the Soviet Union
Who was Ronald Reagan
200
The spoken preservation of a people's culture and ancestry through story telling used before the invention of writing and in parts of Ancient Africa
What is Oral History
300
A Soviet policy that was to work towards having people be able to have freedom of expression in political areas
What is glasnost
300
An American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
300
To contain, hold back, to stop the spread of communism
What is containment
300
He led a movement to overthrow the government, succeeded, and then tied himself to the Soviet Union and Communism and would later serve as prime minister of Cuba
Who was Fidel Castro
300
A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th Century
What is the scientific method
400
An organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of creating an independent State of Palestine
What is the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
400
The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation
What is genocide
400
A state with a dominant position in international relations and is characterized by its unparalleled ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale
What is a superpower (in the context of U.S. history)
400
The General Secretary of the Communist Party for the Soviets
What is Mikhail Gorbachev
400
The different ways, such as Communism and Democracy, that a country rules over their people
What is government systems
500
The name given to the followers of the Kampuchea Communist Party in Cambodia in the 1970's
What is Khmer Rouge
500
A system of racial segregation in South Africa
What is apartheid
500
A failed US invasion attempt of Cuba to get citizens to rise up and overthrow Castro
What was the bay of pigs
500
A Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
Who was Ho Chi Minh
500
These Civilizations consisted of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome that helped develop the western region and influence the known world with advancements in science, art, and technology