Unit 6 Flashcards
Partition of India
The division of India into Pakistan that caused immense violence between Muslim and Hindu communities.
Global Uprisings of 1968
Student led protests against political institutions and policies all around the world. Started at a soccer tournament in Mexico where students clashed with police.
Deng Xiaoping
Leader of China who instilled more capitalist reforms after Mao’s death.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egyption socialist who nationalized certain industries and the Suez Canal.
Algeria’s War for Independence
Independence of the French colony of Algeria led by National Liberation Front through Guerrilla Warfare. Independence was granted through a referendum by Charles De Gaulle by passing the French National Assembly.
IRA
A militant terrorist organization in Ireland who used guerrilla tactics against the British to become an independent nation.
Genocide (include Holocaust, Armenian, Cambodian, and Rwandan)
Ethnic and political cleansing of populations around the world.
1918 Influenza Pandemic
The flu that spread as a result of soldiers returning home after WWI
Muslim League
A league of muslim nations that sought muslim unity in the middle east.
Vietnam War
A proxy war to prevent the spread of communism in Asia that was a complete failure.
World Cup Soccer
A modern cultural/sporting event where national teams compete against each other every 4 years.
Great Depression
Economic collapse of North American and European states due to the effects of WW1. The triangle of debt (US, France, Germany) was cut at the United States in a stock market crash.
The World Trade Organization
A body representing 149 nations in charge of negotiating global commerce and promoting free trade.
Military industrial complex (give example)
A coalition of research, military, and private defense in the US instituted by Dwight Eisenhower meant to fight Communism.
Cold War
A conflict between two ideologies in struggle for dominance.
Green Revolution
A revolution in farming techniques that included new crop variations. The purpose was to feed possible communist countries to bring them to the allied side.
Great Leap Forward
An attempt by China to collectivise all business and industrialize the economy. It failed because of overestimation of crop output.
NAFTA (North Atlantic Free Trade Organization)
An organization created to stimulate free trade and bolster the global economy in the North America.
Negritude Movement
An African literary movement under the French language.
NATO and Warsaw Pact
Alliances between capitalist countries and communist countries to achieve greater influence.
US Civil Rights Act of 1965
A US law that overcame barriars blacks had encountered in voting.
Indian National Congress
Elite institution within India of educated indians who seek to gain greater inclusion in the British government as well as to further Indian interests.
Nuclear power
What two sides fought for to stay ahead of each other in the cold war.
Total War
The mobilization of an entire country for military conflict.
Tiananmen Square Protest
A democratic movement/protest that was brutally crushed in China.
Nelson Mandela
A South African who fought apartheid.
Alzheimer’s disease
A disease that reduces bodily function and occurs in aging populations.
UN Declaration of Human Rights
A international policy that reflected equality and freedom among the human race.
Kwame Nkrumah
The first leader of independent Ghana. First proposed the African Union.
Vaccines and antibiotics (include examples and cause/effect)
Major developments in medicine that lead to penicillin saving millions of lives.
Asian Tigers
Countries following Japan’s lead in capitolism leading to millions of people comming out of poverty.
International Monetary Fund
A response to the Great Depression to regulate the global economy.
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations created out of fear of the spreading communism after the Vietnam War.
Metropoles (include examples)
A mother country to a colony. These include France, Britain, and the Netherlands.
Five Year Plans
Chinese method of de privatization and leading China towards communis.
Caste and Reservation in the Indian Constitution of 1950
The abolishment of the untouchable class in India. It attempted to reintegrate the untouchables into society.
Bollywood
An Indian cinema corporation created before the Partition of India. Became immensely popular after the split.
Pan-Africanism
The ideology that all african nations should be united.
The International Criminal Court
Established by the UN to punish war crimes.
Mexican Revolution
Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata sought to overthrow the dictator Porfirio Diaz.
Diseases of poverty (include malaria, tuberculosis, and cholera)
Diseases that affect people living in poor living conditions and in close quarters.
Martin Luther King JR.
An influential proponent of african american rights in the US.
Pan-Arabism
The movement to unite arab countries across cultures and nationalities in the middle east.
The New Deal
Roosevelt’s responce to the Great Depresion in the US.
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the local Vietnamese communist movement. He was about to ally with the US, but was inspired by Soviet communism.
Mau Mau Rebellion
Terror group in Kenya who fought and protested the British which gained support causing a civil war leading to independence in Kenya.
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
A proxy war where a communist regime was established in the middle east.
The World Bank
An international organization meant to further capitalism.
The United Nations
Established as a successor to the League of Nations in order to solve international conflicts.
Mohandas Gandhi
An Indian leader of nonviolent protest of British rule in India. Inspired other activists like MLK Jr. and Nelson Mandela.
