Cold War
EVENT: Conflict between the United States (a democratic nation) and the Soviet Union (a communist nation) after World War II.
Cold War
PERSON: Gained the support of Chinese peasants because this leader of the Chinese Communist Party promised land reform.
Mao Zedong
PERSON: The leader of the Indian nationalist movement to end British rule. Fought against unfair laws, which is called civil disobedience. Asked Indians to boycott (stop buying) British cloth and instead make their own clothes at home called the Homespun Movement
Gandhi
PLACE: Latin American countries involved with the U.S.' containment of communism
Argentina
Cuba
Chile
Nicaragua
POLICY: Individuals (NOT the government) own businesses and make economic decisions. Individuals (NOT the government) determine the price of goods based on supply and demand.
Capitalism
TERM: Imaginary line dividing democratic Western Europe from the communist countries of Eastern Europe
The Iron Curtain
EVENT: Mao’s attempt to modernize the industrial (factory) and agricultural (farm) production of China
The Great Leap Forward
IDEA/BELIEF: A belief that all African countries should be free of European control, and all Africans should unite together as one.
Pan Africanism
IDEA/BELIEF: The belief that governments should create societies that are based firmly on the rules of Islam. (Quran = Law) Two Middle East nations involves Iran and Afghanistan
Islamic Fundamentalism
EVENT: Refers to the use of technology to increase food supply (began in the 1950s). Methods included improved irrigation, machinery, fertilizer, pesticides, and better seeds and livestock
Green Revolution
PERSON: Soviet leader who helped bring an end to Communism in the Soviet Union with his policies
Mikhail Gorbachev
PERSON: This leader changed the economy of China from a command/communist economy (in which the government owns businesses) to a market/capitalist/free enterprise economy (in which individuals own businesses).
Deng Xiaoping
POLICY: This event was when laws were passed that separated whites from all other races in South Africa.
Apartheid
PLACE: After Peron’s removal from power, a military junta (committee) ruled this country, disappearing political opponents during a time known as “The Dirty War”.
Argentina
TERM: Refers to the increased connection of economies, governments, and societies around the world
Globalization
EVENT: Began when the US discovered that the Soviet Union was building missile bases in Cuba and pointing nuclear missiles at the United States.
Cuban Missile Crisis
EVENT: Chinese people peacefully demanded democratic reforms (changes)- They wanted more rights and a say in government. (Tank Man!)
Tiananmen Square Protests
EVENT: While Indians were protesting the limited rights of Indians established by the British, British troops fired back into the crowd, killing about 400 Indians. This event would be the SPARK of the Indian Independence Movement
The Amritsar Massacre
IDEA/BELIEF: Jewish nationalist movement. Wanted to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Led by Theodor Herzl.
Zionism
EVENT: Pro democracy protests that occurred across the Arab World (Arab speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa). Worked in some places (Tunisia), led to civil war and violence in others (Syria)
The Arab Spring
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
1. Military alliance of democratic countries (still exists today)
2. Military alliance of communist countries
1. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
2. Warsaw Pact
TIME: Years of Chinese Communist Party's existence
1949-present
PEOPLE:
1. Gained independence in Ghana from the British using passive resistance and boycotts.
2. Gained independence for Kenya, the violent Mau Mau fought against the British as well
1. Kwame Nkrumah
2. Jomo Kenyatta
EVENT: During the Cold War, Latin America became an area in which communism took hold. The United States had a goal of containing communism throughout the Cold War, and would actively support anti-communist dictators and groups.
Operation Condor
how many multiple choice? documents for the crq? how many documents do you need to write about for the enduring issue essay?
28 MULTIPLE CHOICE
2 CRQ (2 DOCUMENTS EACH CRQ)
1 ENDURING ISSUE ESSAY