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the phillipines
relating to the Philippines
burma
a native of inhabitant burma
viet war
The Vietnam War (1955–75) was a Cold War conflict pitting the U.S. and the remnants of the French colonial government in South Vietnam against the indigenous but communist Vietnamese independence movement, the Viet Minh, following the latter’s expulsion of the French in 1954.
geneva accords
The Geneva Agreements of 1954 (also, “Geneva Accords”) arranged a settlement which brought about an end to the First Indochina War. The agreement was reached at the end of the Geneva Conference. A ceasefire was signed and France agreed to withdraw its troops from the region.
tet offensive
The Tet Offensive (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân 1968, or Tổng tiến công và nổi dậy Tết Mậu Thân) was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People’s Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the …
ho chi minh
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1890?–1969, North Vietnamese political leader: president of North Vietnam 1954–69.
paris peace accords
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. … It ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam.
LOAS
a god in the voodoo cult of Haiti.
cambodia
a native or inhabitant of Cambodia, or a person of Cambodian descent
muggabi
a person who is attacked by a mugger; the victim of a mugging.
belgian congo
The Belgian Congo (French: Congo Belge, Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century.
israe
Suez Canal crisis definition. A major international incident that arose in 1956 from the decision by Gamal A. Nasser of Egypt to nationalize the Suez Canal, which long had been controlled by Great Britain.
palestine
a former British mandate (1923–48) comprising part of this country, divided between Israel, Jordan, and Egypt in 1948: the Jordanian and Egyptian parts were occupied by Israel in 1967
suez crisis
Suez Canal crisis definition. A major international incident that arose in 1956 from the decision by Gamal A. Nasser of Egypt to nationalize the Suez Canal, which long had been controlled by Great Britain.
ayatolah khomeini
higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning
six day war
The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, “The Setback” or حرب ۱۹٦۷, Ḥarb 1967, “War of 1967”), also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known …
yasir
Means “to be rich”, derived from Arabic يسر (yasira) “to become easy”. This was the name of an early Islamic martyr. It was also borne by Yasir Arafat (1929-2004), a leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Related Names. VARIANTS: Yaser, Yasser (Arabic)
camp david accords
noun. 1. a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt issuing from talks at Camp David between Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin, and the host, U.S. President Carter: signed in 1979. Examples from the Web for Camp David Accords.
nehru gandhi
a dramatic change in the paradigm of a scientific community, or a change from one scientific paradigm to another.
OPEC
OPEC is defined as an abbreviation for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which is a union of oil producing countries that regulate the amount of oil each country is able to produce. An example of OPEC members are Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq.
kwame nkruwah
higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
ghana
a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of British Togoland: member of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1957. 91,843 sq. mi. (237,873 sq. km).
Capital: Accra.
kenya
a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km).
panarabism
the principle or advocacy of political alliance or union of all the Arab states.
jomo kenyatta
a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km).
maumau
The Mau Mau Uprising, also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, Mau Mau Revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a military conflict that took place in British Kenya between 1952 and 1960.
quang duc
Thích Quảng Đức (Vietnamese: [tʰǐc kʷâːŋ ɗɨ̌k]; 1897—11 June 1963, born Lâm Văn Túc), was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quang Duc was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngô Đình Diệm.
zaibatsu
a large Japanese business conglomerate
SCAP
SCAP - Computer Definition. (Security Content Automation Protocol) A set of standards for sharing security data developed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). First defined in April 2009 in NIST Interagency Report 7511, SCAP includes the following.
khmer rouge
A communist guerrilla organization which opposed the Cambodian government in the 1960s and waged a civil war from 1970, taking power in 1975.
religious fundamentalism
Religious fundamentalism refers to the belief of an individual or a group of individuals in the absolute authority of a sacred religious text or teachings of a particular religious leader, prophet,and/ or God .Mar 2, 2017
state capitalism
a political system in which the state has control of production and the use of capital.
indian national congress
From its foundation on 28 December 1885 by 65 individuals with the active help by A.O Hume, a retired British officer, until the time of independence of India on 15 August 1947, the Indian National Congress was considered to be the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, and central and defining …
muslim league
The All-India Muslim League (popularised as Muslim League) was a political party established during the early years of the 20th century in the British Indian Empire.
dali lama
the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism and, until the establishment of Chinese communist rule, the spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet.
singapore
an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
hong kong
a British crown colony comprising Hong Kong island (29 sq. mi.; 75 sq. km), Kowloon peninsula, nearby islands, and the adjacent mainland in SE China (New Territories) reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. 404 sq. mi. (1046 sq. km).
west bank
an area in the Middle East, between the W bank of the Jordan River and the E frontier of Israel: occupied in 1967 and subsequently claimed by Israel; formerly held by Jordan
nehru gandhi
higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
mohammad mossadeq
noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise:
iranian revolution
The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution;) refers to events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United States, and its eventual replacement with an Islamic Republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah …
saddam hussein
Also, Hosein, Husain. (al-Husayn) a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
2.
Saddam [sah-dahm] (Show IPA), (at-Takriti) 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.
iran contra affair
A scandal in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, which came to light when it was revealed that in the mid-1980s the United States secretly arranged arms sales to Iran in return for promises of Iranian assistance in securing the release of Americans held hostage in Lebanon.
PLO
A political and military organization formed in 1964 to unite various Palestinian Arab groups and ultimately to bring about an independent state of Palestine. It was led by Yasser Arafat from 1968 until 2004.
kibbutz
look on and offer unwelcome advice, especially at a card game.
balfour decalration
The Balfour Declaration was a single paragraph in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
bhutto
Benazir [ben-uh-zeer] (Show IPA), 1953–2007, prime minister of Pakistan 1988–90 and 1993–96.
2.
Zulfikar Ali [zool-fi-kahr] (Show IPA), 1928–79, Pakistani political leader: president 1971–73 and prime minister 1973–77.
taliban
The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān “students”), alternatively spelled Taleban, which recently changed their name and identity to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently waging war (an insurgency, or jihad) within that country.
38th parallel
the 38th parallel. BrE. the line on the map that marks the border between North Korea and South Korea, established in 1945 after World War II. When US troops crossed it during the Korean War in 1950 this caused the Chinese to enter the war. It was again used as the border when peace was signed in 1953.
korean war
Korean War definition. A war, also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). The war began in 1950, when North Korea invaded South Korea.
