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Who's the Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms after the death of Mao Zedong? He's also the one who decide to murder peaceful protesters in the Tiananmen Square in 1998.
Deng Xiaoping
What's the name of the organization which it administers the rules governing trade between its 144 members? Helps producers, importers, and exporters conduct their business and ensure that trade flows smoothly.
World Trade Organization
What's the name of a sometimes physical but also ideological conflict between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats and proxy wars.
Cold War
Wars between Great Britain and China (two separate wars: 1839-1842 and 1856-1860), began as a conflict over the opium trade as GB illegally imported opium to China in hopes of forcing trade; ended with the Treaty of Nanjing which opened 5 Chinese ports to foreign merchants and created European "spheres of influence" in China
Opium Wars
(1910-1920 CE) Armed rebellion in which the Mexican people fought for political and social reform, especially against neocolonialism; resulted in ouster of Porfirio Diaz from power; opposition forces led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.
Mexican Revolution
Who's the leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance? He opposed British rule in India and wanted a united India for both Muslims and Hindus.
Mohandas Gandhi
What's the name of an alliance of capitalist nations made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country? This alliance included US, England, France, Canada, and Western European countries
NATO
A group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc of the Cold War.
Non-Alignment Movement
Independent but less developed nations controlled by private business interests rather than by other governments.
Economic Imperialism
Following seven weeks of protests by Chinese citizens in Beijing who opposed the authoritarian rule of their government, the People's Liberation Army of China rolled in to Tiananmen Square with tanks and armed soldiers and began an assault on the protestors. The complete death toll is unknown.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Who's the U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader? He opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations.
Martin Luther King Jr.
A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism.
British East India Company
A war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly.
Proxy War
Idea that Europeans had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those "less civilized".
White Man's Burden
The killing of more than 500,000 ethnic Tutsis by rival Hutu militias in Rwanda in 1994. The conflict between the dominant Tutsis and the majority Hutus had gone on for centuries, but the suddenness and savagery of the massacres caught the United Nations off-guard.
Rwandan Genocide
1950s and 60s; nationalist communist leader of North Vietnam; fought against French colonization of Vietnam, used guerrilla warfare to fight anti-communist, American-funded attacks under the Truman Doctrine; strategy drew out war and made it unwinnable for the US
Ho Chi Minh
Agreement that created a free-trade area among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Mao Zedong's economic and social plan used in China from 1958 to 1961; the goal of this plan is to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a modern industrial society but resulted in famine and the deaths of more than 45 million people
Great Leap Forward
Type of colonialism in which foreign settlers move to and permanently reside in their non-native land in order to strengthen the dominance of a colonial power.
Settler Colony
1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils" and all foreign influence in China. The rebellion was ended by British troops; led to decreased power and influence of the Qing Dynasty.
Boxer Rebellion
Who's the South African nationalist Leader of the African National Congress (ANC)? He's arrested for opposing white S. African rule and apartheid and are released from prison to become the South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994. He used nonviolent means of protest.
Nelson Mandela
What's the name of a network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out the attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001
Al Qaeda
After gaining independence from Great Britain in 1947, India was separated into two countries Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus; led to conflict as well as population displacement and resettlement
Partition of India
Areas in China where a foreign nations controlled economic developments such as trade, railroad construction, and mining; established after China lost the Opium Wars
Spheres of Influence
Began in 1857 as a revolt of Sepoys (native Indian soldiers) of the British East India Company army; was ended by British military and resulted in full British control of India and loss of British East India Company's power
Indian Revolt of 1857