Unit 8
This country was created during Indian independence due to religious mistrust and violence stoked by the "divide and rule" policy
What is Pakistan?
At this meeting, the allies discussed how to structure Europe after WWII. Tension between the allies helped start the cold war
What is the Yalta Conference?
This WWI era pandemic had many similarities to the covid 19 pandemic and killed more people than the war
What is the 1918 flu?
These miracles of modern biology have led to unprecedented crop yields while also giving rise to ethical concerns
What are GMOs?
This major event in religious history was started by Martin Luther
What is the protestant reformation?
He lead a campaign of peaceful non-cooperation against the British empire that included illegally collecting salt from the ocean
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This failed attempt at industrializing China was based on the soviet 5-year-plans
What is the Great Leap Forward?
This rigidly segregated system in South Africa was put in place by the Afrikaner National Party
What is Apartheid?
The attacks on September 11, 2001 were planned by this Saudi Arabian millionaire
Who is Osama Bin-Laden?
He invented the printing press in Europe
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
He was the leader of the African National Congress (ANC)
Who is Nelson Mandela?
He led a successful revolution against French colonial rule and was the leader of North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh
This deadly virus first emerged in the 80s but continues to be a major killer due to taboos about its transmission and lack of equitable access to medicine especially in sub-Saharan Africa
What is HIV/AIDS?
They invented the first airplane
Who are the Wright bothers?
This island nation had its monarchy overthrown by United Fruit company
What is Hawaii?
This nationalist party fought against the communists in the Chinese civil war
What is the Kuomintang?
Countries like India and Yugoslavia who tried to not take sides in the cold war were part of this movement
What is the non-aligned movement?
This organization is the successor to the League of Nations
What is the United Nations?
This "ism" found in industrialized societies centers social activity and even identity around the buying and using of products
What is consumerism?
This famous document was written by Simon Bolivar while in exile
What is the Jamaica Letter?
Wars like the Vietnam war and the Soviet-Afghan war gained this name because they received military support and/ or troops from the USSR and USA although neither country was officially at war
What are proxy wars?
This Gorbachev era policy allowed farmers to sell their excess food products for a profit
What is Perestroika?
She led the birth control movement in the United States
Who is Margaret Sanger?
This type of economy focuses more on invention and research than manufacturing
What is a knowledge economy?
This Bolivian mine is the world's largest silver deposit and was a major source of income for Spain during the colonial period
What is Potosi