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| 13483887074 | 1918 Influenza Pandemic | changed from a epidemic and spread over an entire world killing around 20 million in many areas around the world | 0 | |
| 13483890664 | 1968 global uprisings | 1 | ||
| 13483903649 | African National Congress | South African political party established in 1912 by elite Africans who sought to win full acceptance in colonial society; it only gradually became a popular movement that came to control the government in 1994. | 2 | |
| 13483912978 | All-Indian Muslim League (1906) | 3 | ||
| 13483918452 | Al Qaeda | Islamist terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S. A radical Islamic group organized by Osama bin Laden in the 1990s to engage in terrorist activitities. | 4 | |
| 13483922848 | Anti-Apartheid Movement | The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), originally known as the Boycott Movement, was a British organisation that was at the centre of the international movement opposing South Africa's system of apartheid and supporting South Africa's non-whites. | 5 | |
| 13483970117 | Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | a trade alliance that promotes trade and economic integration among member nations in Southeast Asia | 6 | |
| 13483975218 | Biafra | Eastern Nigerian region inhabited mostly by the Ibo people; in 1967 attempted unsuccessfully to secede from Nigeria; defeated and reintegrated in 1970. | 7 | |
| 13483975313 | Bollywood | Indian version of Hollywood (film industry), centered in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) | 8 | |
| 13483981029 | Camp Davis Accords (1978) | A peace settlement between Egypt and Israel; the two leaders negotiated these accords which provided a framework for a peace settlement between their countries. Negotiated by President Jimmy Carter. | 9 | |
| 13483994687 | Che Guevara | (1928-1967) Argentinean revolutionary leader; he was an aide to Fidel Castro during the Cuban revolution. | 10 | |
| 13483999214 | Cholera | an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food | 11 | |
| 13484001464 | earth day | International day of celebration and awareness of global environmental issues launched by conservationists on April 22, 1970 | 12 | |
| 13484015271 | Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) | armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization | 13 | |
| 13484019358 | European Union | An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. | 14 | |
| 13484025260 | Fascism | A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition | 15 | |
| 13484028857 | Five Year Plan | Stalin's economic policy to rebuild the Soviet economy after WWI. tried to improve heavy industry and improve farm output, but resulted in famine | 16 | |
| 13484034779 | Free market policies | Associated with 'smaller government', minimal government intervention, incentives to work and allowing markets to function freely. | 17 | |
| 13484034907 | Genocide | the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. | 18 | |
| 13484040424 | Great depression | (HH) , starting with collapse of the US stock market in 1929, period of worldwide economic stagnation and depression. Heavy borrowing by European nations from USA during WW1 contributed to instability in European economies. Sharp declines in income and production as buying and selling slowed down. Widespread unemployment, countries raised tariffs to protect their industries. America stopped investing in Europe. Lead to loss of confidence that economies were self adjusting, HH was blamed for it | 19 | |
| 13484059373 | Great Leap Forward (1958) | - Mao Zedong launched a program - urged people to make a superhuman effort to increase farm and industrial output and created communes - rural communes set up "backyard" industries to produce steel - program failed b/c "backyards" produced low-quality - communes had slow food output, bad weather, and a famine | 20 | |
| 13484068733 | Green Belt Movement | A nongovernmental organization created to protect trees in and around Nairobi, Kenya, led by Nobel Prize-winning environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai | 21 | |
| 13484078730 | Greenpeace | An environmental organization founded in 1970 and dedicated to the preservation of earth's natural resources. | 22 | |
| 13484086604 | Ho Chi Minh | 1950s and 60s; communist leader of North Vietnam; used geurilla warfare to fight anti-comunist, American-funded attacks under the Truman Doctrine; brilliant strategy drew out war and made it unwinnable | 23 | |
| 13484100897 | Indian Constitution of 1950 | 24 | ||
| 13484130888 | International Criminal Court | A permanent tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity.A court of last resort for human rights cases that possesses jurisdiction only if the accused is a national of a state party, the crime took place on the territory of a state party, or the UN Security Council has referred the case to the prosecutor | 25 | |
| 13484134547 | International Monetary Fund | International institution set up to maintain order in the international monetary system. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies. | 26 | |
| 13484161560 | IRA | 27 | ||
| 13484182220 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian statesman. He succeeded Mohandas K. Gandhi as leader of the Indian National Congress. He negotiated the end of British colonial rule in India and became India's first prime minister (1947-1964). | 28 | |
| 13484210956 | Julius Nyerere | First President of Tanzania who advocated an African form of socialism. Stated only hard work will end poverty. | 29 | |
| 13484230804 | Long March (1934-1935) | The 6,000-mile (9,600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists, led by Mao Zedong, were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek. The four thousand survivors of the march formed the nucleus of a revived Communist movement that defeated the Guomindang after World War II. | 30 | |
| 13484237879 | Malaria | This disease is commonly associated with poverty and is spread by mosquitos. Each year 1-3 million people mostly in sub-saharan Africa die of this diesase and hundreds of millions are infected. | 31 | |
| 13484247588 | Martin Luther King Jr. | U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Nobel Peace Prize (1964) | 32 | |
| 13484253676 | Mau Mau Rebellion | the murder of 1,700 Africans and about 100 European missionaries by native Kenyan tribes who resented British intrusion | 33 | |
| 13484260899 | May Fourth Movement (1919) | Students led protests against the acceptance at Versailles of Japanese gains in China during World War I led to demonstrations and the beginning of a movement to create a liberal democracy. | 34 | |
| 13484280002 | Metropoles | Large cities in the home country | 35 | |
| 13484293636 | multinational corporation | An organization that manufactures and markets products in many different countries and has multinational stock ownership and multinational management | 36 | |
| 13484302612 | Muslim League | Founded in 1906 to better support demands of Muslims for separate electorates and legislative seats in Hindu-dominated India; represented division within Indian nationalist movement | 37 | |
| 13484309082 | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | Turkish nationalist leader who became the first president of modern Turkey in the 1920's and set about to modernize and Westernize Turkey, including making it more secular | 38 | |
| 13484314802 | NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) | An agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico | 39 | |
| 13484319915 | Negritude Movement | A movement in which writers and artists of African descent expressed pride in their African heritage. A movement to celebrate culture and values. | 40 | |
| 13484340606 | New Deal | The historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented to help get out of the Great Depression. Removed America from the Gold Standard. Goal was relief Recovery and reform. | 41 | |
| 13484438533 | Olympics | An ancient Greek festival in honor of the god Zeus, which took place every four years and featured competitions in athletics and poetry. | 42 | |
| 13484470805 | petroleum | liquid fossil fuel that came from the sea originally; oil | 43 | |
| 13484475350 | Prague Spring | In 1968, Czechoslovakia, under Alexander Dubcek, began a program of reform. Dubcek promised civil liberties, democratic political reforms, and a more independent political system. The Soviet Union invaded the country and put down the short-lived period of freedom. | 44 | |
| 13484510495 | Proxy War | A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate | 45 | |
| 13484528589 | Quebecois | Quebec's French-speaking inhabitants | 46 | |
| 13484971504 | Reggae | A style of music that developed in Jamaica in the 1960s and is rooted in African, Caribbean, and American music, often dealing with social problems and religion. | 47 | |
| 13484994260 | salt march | Gandhi led a march over 240 miles to protest the British monopoly on salt in India | 48 | |
| 13484994261 | six days war | 1967 clash between Israel and the Arab world; Israel was victorious | 49 | |
| 13484997169 | Solidarity | Polish trade union created in 1980 to protest working conditions and political repression. It began the nationalist opposition to communist rule that led in 1989 to the fall of communism in eastern Europe. | 50 | |
| 13485006178 | Great Leap Forward | Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People's Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years. | 51 | |
| 13485026832 | Tiananmen Square | Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989. The demonstration was crushed by Chinese military with great loss of life. | 52 | |
| 13485031997 | Total War | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort | 53 | |
| 13485042560 | totalitarian state | country where a single party controls the government and every aspect of the lives of the people | 54 | |
| 13485054596 | Tuberculosis | An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues of the body, especially the lungs | 55 | |
| 13485071900 | US Civil Rights Act of 1965 | social movements in the U.S. where they want to end segregation and discrimination against blacks and it helps secure and protect the rights of citizens and citizenship within the laws | 56 | |
| 13485083750 | Warsaw Pact | An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO. reaty signed in 1945 that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania | 57 | |
| 13485087913 | World Bank | A specialized agency of the United Nations that makes loans to countries for economic development, trade promotion, and debt consolidation. Its formal name is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. | 58 | |
| 13485104777 | World Cup Soccer | A soccer tournament held every four years in which nations compete to determine the world champion. | 59 | |
| 13485116507 | World Trade Organization | Administers the rules governing trade between its 144 members. Helps producers, importers, and exporters conduct their business and ensure that trade flows smoothly. | 60 |
