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6718578835Red GuardBrigades active during Cultural Revolution supported Mao Zedong's policies0
6718580226Gang of FourJiang Qing and her allies opposed pragmatists after death of Mao Zedong1
6718582527Tayson RebellionPeasant revolution-southern Vietnam during 1770s; toppled Nguyen and Trinh dynasties2
6718583826Nguyen Anh (Gia Long)with French support, unified Vietnam under Nguyen dynasty(1802) capital at Hue3
6718587452Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDD)Middle-class revolutionary organization during (1920s) committed to violent overthrow of French colonialism; crushed by the French4
6718589474Communist Party of VietnamPrimary nationalist party after defeat of the VNQDD in 1929; led from 1920s by Ho Chi Minh5
6718591999Ho Chi MinhShifted revolution based on peasantry(1930s), presided over defeat of France(1954) and unsuccessful US intervention in Vietnam6
6718593165Viet MinhCommunist Vietnamese movement; fought Japanese (World War II) and French afterwards7
6718594538Viet CongCommunist guerrilla movement in southern Vietnam during Vietnamese War8
6718596048Mikhail Gorbachevleader USSR (1985-1991); inaugurated major Reforms led to disintegration of communist regime9
6718598625GlasnostTerm meaning openness (Gorbachev) policy opening opportunity to criticize government10
6718600378PerestroikaEconomic restructuring (Gorbachev) policy economic rebuilding of USSR- allowed more private ownership and decentralized economic control11
6718602402GlobalizationIncreasing interconnectedness of all parts of world; opposed many environmental and social justice groups12
6718605640Multinational corporationsBusiness organizations with connections across political borders13
6718620043Western FrontWar line between Belgium/Switzerland (World War I) featured trench warfare & massive casualties among combatants14
6718621100Eastern Frontwar zone from Baltic to Balkans where Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Russians, and Balkan nations fought15
6718623655Archduke Franz FerdinandAustro-Hungarian heir to throne assassinated at Sarajevo(1914) precipitated World War I16
6718625970Nicholas IIRussian tsar (r. 1894-1917); executed in 191817
6718627486GallipoliWorld War I battle (1915) unsuccessful attempt in defense of Dardanelles18
6718630918Italian FrontWar line between Italy and Austria-Hungary; also produced trench warfare19
6718631649Armenian genocideLaunched by Young Turk leaders(1915) claimed up to one million lives20
6718633314Submarine warfareMajor part German naval effort against Allies (World War I) employed against US precipitated American participation in war21
6718643580ArmisticeNovember 11, 1918 agreement by Germans to suspend hostilities22
6718644577Georges ClemenceauFrench premier desiring harsher peace terms for Germans23
6718645854David Lloyd GeorgeBritish prime minister-attempted to mediate at peace conference between Clemenceau and Wilson24
6718646954Woodrow WilsonAmerican president who called for self-determination and the League of Nations25
6718655401Treaty of VersaillesPunished Germany w/ loss of territory and payment of reparations; did not satisfy any of signatories (ended World War I)26
6718657715League of NationsInternational organization of nations created after World War I; (designed to preserve world peace; US never joined)27
6718659642Indian National CongressPolitical party grew from regional associations of Western-educated Indians(1885) dominated by elites; principal party throughout colonial period and after independence28
6718665375Rowlatt ActPlaced severe restrictions on Indian civil rights; undercut impact of Montagu-Chelmsford reforms(1919)29
6718668941M. K. GandhiWestern-educated Indian lawyer and nationalist politician (many attributes of an Indian holy man) stressed nonviolent tactics and headed movement for Indian independence30
6718672745Satyagraha"truth force"; Gandhi's policy of nonviolent opposition to British rule31
6718674513Mustafa Kemal, AtaturkPresident of Turkey (1923-1938); responsible for westernization of Turkey32
6718676675EffendiProsperous business and professional urban Egyptian families; generally favored independence33
6718679436Dinshawai incident1906 fracas between British soldiers and Egyptian villagers resulted in accidental death; Egyptian protest led to harsh repression timulated nationalist sentiment34
6718683755MandatesGovernments entrusted to victorious European World War I nations over colonies of the defeated powers35
6718684654Balfour DeclarationBritish promise of support for establishment of Jewish settlement in Palestine(1917)36
6718688656ZionismEuropean Jewish movement (1860s and 1870s) argued that Jews return to their Holy Land; eventually identified with settlement in Palestine37
6718696851Theodor HertzlFormed World Zionist Organization(1897) unsympathetic to Arabs, promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine forming Jewish state(Austrian)38
6718707162Alfred DreyfusFrench Jew- falsely accused of treason(1894) acquitted 1906; his false conviction fueled Zionism39
6718714497Wafd PartyEgyptian nationalist party founded after World War I; led by Sa'd Zaghlul; participated in negotiations led to limited Egyptian independence(1922)40

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