Important Terms
The deliberate mass murder of a particular racial, political, or cultural group.
What is Genocide
Indian leader who advocated for independence in India. Name means "Great Soul"
Who is Gandhi?
March that went down the Indian coast protesting the British salt industry.
What is the Salt March?
The modern day Ottoman Empire
What is Turkey?
Rejected the use of U.S. military forces in Latin America on principle
What is the Good Neighbor Policy?
Refusal to obey laws that are considered to be unjust
What is Civil Disobedience?
Turkish leader who changed the alphabet in Turkey and adopted more western customs into Turkey
Who was President Kemal?
March that was over 6000 miles in China and resulted in the death of roughly 81,000 troops
What is the Long March?
The mass murder and deportation of over a million Armenians
What was the Armenian Genocide?
Beef and wheat
What were the two largest exports from Argentina?
The unique cultural identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols.
What is Nationalism?
Who was Abdulhamid II?
Country that broke off of India during the Indian Independence Movement.
What is Pakistan?
Killing or forcibly removing a particular group of people from their land
What is ethnic cleansing?
President in Brazil who started an 8-hour work day and a minimum wage
Who is Getulio Vargas?
A form of government in which a small group of people exercise control
What is an Oligarchy?
Leader of the Communist Party in China from 1949-1976
Who is Mao Zedong?
The shifting of wealth from a rich minority to a poor majority.
What is Redistribution of Wealth?
This war was the main reason no other major world powers stepped in and tried to stop the Armenian Genocide
What is World War I?
Famous Mexican artist who painted "Man at the Crossroads" an incorporated European style into his art
Who is Diego Rivera?
A political theory advocating a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
What is Communism?
Mexican President who gave 44 million acres of land to peasants and removed U.S. oil industries from Mexico
Who is Lazaro Cardenas?
In the Japanese economy, a large financial and industrial corporation
What is Zaibatsu economy?
The name of the oil company that was owned by the United States in Saudi Arabia
What is the Arabian-American Oil Company?
Political party in Argentina formed by the middle class in 1890
What is the Radical Party?