Latin America
Middle East
East Asia
South/Southeast Asia
Africa
100
Name a Latin American country that the United States intervened in during the cold war.
What is Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua
100
Conflict between secularism and religion led to revolution in this Middle Eastern Country.
What is Iran?
100
Leading an army of rural peasants, he launched a communist revolution.
Who is Mao Zedong?
100
This man is best known for his use of non violent passive resistance to achieve independence for India
Who is Ghandi.
100
Countries from this continent began to demand independence from their colonial rulers following world war II.
What is Africa
200
The Latin American Nation controlled by Fidel Castro during the Cold War.
What is Cuba?
200
The wealth produced by this resource has gone to powerful elites while others remain in poverty in the middle east.
What is oil?
200
The name of this 15 year plan that was supposed to increase industrial productivity and modernize the country of China.
What is the Great Leap Forward?
200
This man, with a really difficult name, played a key role along with Gandhi in India's independence movement.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru
200
In South Africa, The ruling minority instituted a policy of racial discrimination. This period was known as.
What is Apartheid.
300
Economic problem in many Latin American Nations following world war 2. It has to do with income.
What is income inequality, or a wide gap between the rich and the poor.
300
Conflicting claims to territory presents a major obstacle to settling this millenia old Middle Eastern Conflict. Religious differences also play a role.
What is Arab-Israeli Conflict.
300
Since World War 2, the United States has greatly strengthened its ties with this East Asian Country. They were enemies during WWII.
What is Japan.
300
This is the most serious ongoing challenge in India.
What is widespread poverty.
300
His imprisonment led to worldwide condemnation of South Africa's government's policies.
Who is Nelson Mandela.
400
Salvadore Allende rose to power in in this Latin American Nation.
What is Chile?
400
This was the response by the United States to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
What is Invasion of Afghanistan.
400
The growth of democracy in the East Asian country is in stark contrast to its neighbor in the north, which remains closed off to the world.
What is South Korea.
400
A power struggle between communist and noncommunist governments led to a war in this Southeast Asian country.
What is Vietnam.
400
Ethnic rivalries in African nations have led to what unfortunate consequence?
What is civil conflict, genocide, the rise of dictators
500
Promoting regional cooperation and democracy is the goal of this group.
What is OAS. Organization of American States.
500
The 4 major groups that used terrorism at the end of the 20th century.
What is Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah
500
Recently, China has allowed for more economic__________ to compete with other capitalist nations.
What is freedoms or reforms.