Middle East
Name of Palestinian leader that attempted to have peace between Palestine and Israel
Yasir Arafat
Italian explorer and trader that traveled, interacted with, and traded with Asian countries
Marco Polo
Name for the mixing of cultures
Cultural diffusion
Group that advocated for people of the minority religion in India
American policy of allowing trade from Chine and other Asian countries
Open Door Policy
Negotiations lead by American President Jimmy Carter to bring peace between Egypt and Israel
Fabric that was highly sought after for trade from Asia
Silk
An area in which another country has influence in, but without having full control
Sphere of Influence
Method the British used to separate the lands that made up the colony of India between Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims
Partition
Russian name given to their highest leaders
Czar or Tsar
Radical fighters in Afganistan of which Osama Bin Laden was a member
Mujahadeen
Name given to roads utilized by people trading between Asia and the Middle East, Africa, and Europe
Silk Roads
The act of a country or portion of land being absorbed by another
Annexation
Name given to India when it was under British rule
Soviet leader communist leader that killed millions of his own people that disagreed with him in the Great Purge
Joseph Stalin
Radical group that took control of Afghanistan after the Soviet Union left
Taliban
Name given to the landform that India is located on
Subcontinent
Exertion of full control into one person or a small group within a country, without any checks on power or input by citizens
Totalitarianism
Sum of one's actions that determine what you will be reincarnated into
Karma
Idea that if one country fell to communism, they would continue to fall
Act of one country exerting undue or full control over another country or region
Colonialism
Powerful Mongol Leader
Genghis Khan
Method of peaceful protest that does not involve violence
Civil Disobedience
Sepoy
First communist Soviet Leader