ch. 34-36 Flashcards
This Afghanistan group imposed Islamic Law throughout its country.
Taliban
This revolution during the 1960s was and continuing resulted in more food worldwide.
green
First leader of modern India after 1947.
Nehru
The sport of _____ was celebrated in Communist China and ultimately would spark an easing and normalizing of relations with the United States
pingpong
This was the key factor in the Chechnyian War in 19999.
terrorism
Soviet term meaning openness that led to democratic reforms during the 1990s in the Soviet Union
glasnost
This was a biological agent used to attack the United States by terrorists in September 2001.
Anthrax
South African system of racial discrimination and segregation was called this.
Aparthied
This global linking of computers in the 1990s led to an economic, scientific, and cultural revolution.
internet
The ______ Union became a giant economic superpower during the 1980s and continues to today.
European
The West Bank and Gaza form the two parts of these people.
Palestinians
In 1990, Germany achieved this.
reunification
Free ______ is one goal of democracy
elections
This trade agreement is vital to the Mexican government and economy.
NAFTA
This region of India is disputed between India and Pakistan
Kashmir
Term used to describe the separation of Hindu Indians and Muslim Indians by the summer of 1947.
partition
This type of government was widespread in African and Latin America during the 1900s.
Dictatorship
This south Asian island country has a decades long war between Buddhist Singhalese and Hindu Tamils.
Sir Lanka
Last leader of the Soviet Union
Gorbechev
He was the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for many years in the 1980s-1990s
Arafat
This is an international terrorist group.
Al Qaeda
Banking center in Southeast Asia
Singapore
What is the white gold of the Central Asian Soviet Republics?
cotton
Indian leader who attempted to unify the Hindus and Muslims.
Gandhi
A war in _____ between Argentina and Great Britain brought economic and political chaos to South America
Falklands
During the civil war in Yugoslavia, _____ was the term that resulted in geocide against many Muslim Slavs
Ethnic Cleansing
Philippine corrupt dictator during the 1970s.
Marcos
This was an African idea that connected culture, heritage, and values of black Africans.
Negritude
This is the multinational group that controls much of the petroleum and oil supplies
OPEC
This was the Soviet space ship in the 1970s
Soyuz
