China
Africa
The Middle East & Cambodia
Human Rights Violations
Mystery
100
Which group won the Chinese Civil War: the Nationalist Party (KMT) or the Communist Party (CCP)?
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
100
Which group was targeted in the Rwandan Genocide: the Hutus or the Tutsis?
The Tutsis
100
Which leader westernized/modernized their country: Ayatollah Khomeini or Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk = TURKEY
100
Augusto Pinochet committed human rights violations in which country?
Chile
100
What is capitalism?
An economic system where businesses, land, and resources are privately owned. SHOW ME THE MONEY!! $$$
200
What was Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution?
A movement created by Mao Zedong after the GLF that worked to increase people’s loyalty to communism and his authority by eliminating both foreign and traditional Chinese influences. The Cultural Rev targeted teachers, students, and destroyed non-Mao things.
200
What is Apartheid and where did it take place?
Apartheid = a racist system of segregation created by the white minority-controlled government in South Africa; “apartness” in Afrikaans;
200
Name one claim that Israel has for the land in the Middle East/Jerusalem.
1. Jews believe the land was promised to them by God.
2. Jews wanted their own country to protect themselves from persecution after the Holocaust.
3. Britain promised the land to the Jews during WWI in the Balfour Declaration.
200
Which group protested against the abduction, torture, and murder of innocent people in Argentina during the 1980s to 1990s?
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
200
What is OPEC?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
300
Name ONE of Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations for China.
1) Science
2) Agriculture
3) Industry
4) Defense
300
Name ONE of the two reasons why decolonization happened in Africa & Asia after WWII.
1. Nationalist movements by native Africans & Asians led to independence movements and fights for self-rule (autonomy).
2. The financial and human cost of WWII reduced the ability of imperialist nations to hold onto their empires.
300
Which group was considered "pure" by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian Genocide and why?
Children due to their lack of knowledge of "pre-Year Zero" Cambodia.
300
What was the name of Jorge Videla's campaign against political opponents in Argentina?
The "Dirty War"
300
Who is my favorite baseball player?
Aaron Judge
400
What is a commune?
A shared, collective farm created by Mao Zedong during the Great Leap Forward. Mao put everyone on a shared farm to help create a communist society in China, but it failed greatly and led to 20+ million deaths from famine.
400
Why was there ethnic tension between Hindus and Muslims after the partition of India and Pakistan?
Minority Indian Muslims were scared that once Indian independence was achieved, they would be controlled by the Hindu majority.
Muslim leaders demanded portions of India be given over to Muslims for the formation of Pakistan. They have been fighting over land (Kashmir) for decades.
400
What was the Balfour Declaration?
Balfour Declaration = promised the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, written by Britain during WWI to promise the land to Jews.
400
What was Pol Pot's goal in the Cambodian Genocide?
Year Zero = Pol Pot wanted a clean slate for Cambodia’s future, declaring that everything that existed before “Year Zero” was to be eradicated, eliminated, and killed. Foreign influences were also removed.
400
What is communism?
A society where businesses, land, and resources are shared with everyone and owned by the government (socialist). Society is classless.
COMMUNISM = COMMUNAL !!!
500
What kind of economy does China have today and why is China a world economic superpower?
Mixed economy- elements of capitalism and socialism.
#1 manufacturer, #2 economy based on GDP, largest workforce in the world, etc...
500
What is Pan-Africanism?
Pan-Africanism: A movement to unite the diverse peoples of Africa against European domination and promote the prosperity of African nations.
500
What kind of government did Ayatollah Khomeini create in Iran after the Shah fled Iran?
A theocracy = a government controlled by religious figures.
500
What is ethnic cleansing and who used ethnic cleansing tactics against non-Serbs in the Bosnian War?
Ethnic Cleansing = the mass displacement or killing of members of a specific ethnic or religious group.
Slobodan Milosevic & Serbia
500
What is the International Monetary Fund?
An organization that establishes guidelines for nations that are asking for loans & trade. The IMF also guides international economic cooperation.