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| 13371767679 | Carmen Miranda | Portuguese-born singer and actress whose alluring and flamboyant image made her internationally famous | 0 | |
| 13371767680 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Indian Muslim politician, who was the founder and first governor-general (1947-48) of Pakistan | 1 | |
| 13371768756 | Mahatma Gandhi | Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against British rule of India. As such, he came to be considered of the father of his country. He is internationally esteemed for his doctrine of nonviolent protest (satyagraha) to achieve political and social progress | 2 | |
| 13372000361 | Bal Gangadhar | Scholar, mathematician, philosopher, and ardent nationalist who helped the foundation for India's independence by building his own defiance of British rule into a nationalist movement | 3 | |
| 13372000362 | Mao Zedong | Principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman who led his country's communist revolution. He was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1935 until his death, and he was chairman (chief of state) of the People's Republic of China from 1949-1959 and the chairman of his party also until his death | 4 | |
| 13372001251 | Jiang Jieshi | Soldier and statesmen, head of the Nationalist government in China from 1928-1949, and subsequently head of the Chinese Nationalist government in exile on Taiwan | 5 | |
| 13372001252 | Sun Yatsen | Leader of Chinese Nationalist Party, known as the father of modern China. Influential in overthrowing the Qing (Mucha) dynasty (1911/1912), he served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China (1911-1912) and later as de facto ruler (1923-1925) | 6 | |
| 13372002805 | Jomo Kenyatta | African statesman and nationalist, the first prime minister (1963-64) and then the first president (1964-78) of independent Kenya | 7 | |
| 13372002806 | Marcus Garvey | Charismatic black leader who organized the first important American black nationalist movement (1919-26), based in New York City's Harlem | 8 | |
| 13372004102 | Jose Carlos Mariategui | Political leader and essayist who was the first Peruvian intellectual to apply the Marxist model of historical materialism to Peruvian problems | 9 | |
| 13372005089 | Victor Raul Haya de la Torre | Peruvian political theorist and activist who founded (1924) and led APRA, a political party that became the vehicle for radical dissent in Peru | 10 | |
| 13372008217 | Diego Rivera | Mexican painter whose bold large-scale murals stimulated a revival of fresco painting in Latin America | 11 | |
| 13372008218 | Getulio Dornellas Vargas | President of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), who brought social and economic changes that helped modernize the country. Although denounced by some as an unprincipled dictator, Vargas was revered by his followers as the "Father of the Poor," for his battle against big business and large landowners. His greatest accomplishment was to guide Brazil as it weathered the far-reaching consequences of the Great Depression and the accompanying polarization between communism and fascism during his long tenure in office | 12 | |
| 13372009101 | Augusto Cesar Sandino | 1893-1934. Nationalist and liberal general of Nicaragua who fundamentally opposed U.S. intervention. He was murdered in 1934 by Anastacio Somoza Garcia's forces | 13 | |
| 13372009102 | Anastacio Somoza Garcia | 1896-1956. Brutal leader of the U.S.-trained Guarda Nacional in Nicaragua who became president and dictator in 1934 | 14 | |
| 13372011000 | Indian National Congress | Founded in 1885. This organization, which enlisted the support of many prominent Hindus and Muslims, at first stressed collaboration with the British to bring self-rule to India, but after the Great War the congress pursued that goal in opposition to the British | 15 | |
| 13372011919 | Ahimsa | Jain term for the principle of nonviolence to other living things or their souls | 16 | |
| 13372012597 | India Act | 1935 British Act that transferred to India the institutions of a self governing state | 17 | |
| 13372013875 | Satyagraha | "Truth and firmness", a term associated with Ghandi's policy of passive resistance | 18 | |
| 13372013876 | Chinese Communist Party | Political party with China. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the CCP has been in sole country of that country's government | 19 | |
| 13372015523 | Long March | Historic trek by the Chinese communists, which resulted in the relocation of the communist revolutionary base from southeastern to northwestern China and in the emergence of Mao Zedong as the undisputed party leader | 20 | |
| 13372015540 | Guomingdang | Nationalist political party founded on democratic principles by Sun Yat-sen in 1912. After 1925, the party was headed by Chiang Kai-shek, who turned it into an increasingly authoritarian movement | 21 | |
| 13372017572 | Pan-Africa | The ideal that Africans should unite and Africa should not be ruled by Europeans, it should be run by Africans; unity of all Africans to embrace their culture and advocated an appreciation of African cultures, better education, and racial equality | 22 | |
| 13372017573 | Mukden Incident | Seizure of the Manchurian city of Mukden (now Shenyang, Liaoning province, China) by Japanese troops in 1931, which was followed by the Japanese invasion of all of Manchuria (now Northeast China) and the establishment of the Japanese-dominated state of Manchukuo (Manzhouguo) in the area. | 23 | |
| 13372020538 | Neocolonialism | Control of less-developed countries by developed countries through indirect means. The term neocolonialism was first used after World War II to refer to the continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries, but its meaning soon broadened to apply, more generally, to places where the power of developed countries was used to produce a colonial-like exploitation—for instance, in Latin America, where direct foreign rule had ended in the early 19th century | 24 | |
| 13372020539 | Popular American Revolutionary Alliance | Political party founded by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1924), which dominated Peruvian politics for decades. Largely synonymous with the so-called Aprista movement, it was dedicated to Latin American unity, the nationalization of foreign-owned enterprises, and an end to the exploitation of Indians | 25 | |
| 13372021693 | Good Neighbor Policy | Popular name for the Latin American policy pursued by the administration of the U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Suggested by the president's commitment "to the policy of the good neighbor" (first inaugural address, March 4, 1933), the approach marked a departure from traditional American interventionism | 26 | |
| 13372021694 | Dollar Diplomacy | Foreign policy created by U.S. Pres. William Howard Taft (served 1909-13) and his secretary of state, Philander C. Knox, to ensure the financial stability of a region while protecting and extending U.S. commercial and financial interests there | 27 | |
| 13372029227 | Yankee Imperialism | Likewise, by replacing European investments with U.S. investments, the United States would face fewer tests of the Monroe Doctrine or its 1904 Roosevelt corollary, which justified direct intervention in Latin America nations deemed unstable by United States. This new vision of U.S. expansion abroad, dubbed "dollar diplomacy" by critics, encapsulated the gist of what those in Latin America perceived as "Yankee imperialism." | 28 | |
| 13372029228 | United Fruit Company | A company in Cuba and Nicaragua that was the first to be free of dollar diplomacy yet provided 90% of the fruits in the U.S | 29 |
