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4125300020Broke from war, Colonies Helped in war, Evil Imperialism caused warsWhy decolonization happened0
4125301851Cotton, Indentured Servants, No Civil RightsExamples of poor treatment of India1
4125302849South AfricaWhere indentured servants from India were sent2
4125304619Indian National Congressgroup formed by Hindu nationalist leaders of India in the late 1800's to gain greater democracy and eventual self-rule3
4125305573Muslim LeagueIndian organization formed by muslims in 1906 to protect their interests against British Rule4
4125306228Religous DivideWhy India has always had so much trouble uniting5
4125306969Indian Assembly LawDiscriminatory law which stated that indians couldn't gather in groups larger than 506
4125310549Amritsar Massacrekilling by British troops of nearly 400 Indians gathered to protest the Rowlatt Acts7
4125314035Rowlatt ActsLaws that allowed the British government in India to jail protesters without trial for as long as two years8
4125317953Satyagrahathe form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms9
4125319200Tightened ControlHow British responded to Indian help in WWI10
4146956731Cold WarA conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years11
4146958161NATOAlliance of the allied powers against the Soviets and communism spread12
4146962262Warsaw PactAn alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to NATO13
4146964182Truman DoctrineStated that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by Communism14
4146968334Marshall PlanA United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe15
4146974733Prevented PovertyHow Marshall plan contributed to containment of communism16
4146976646ContainmentAmerican policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world17
4146979855BrinksmanshipIdea to push nations like the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war without actually going to war18
4146986154NATO, Truman Doctrine, Marshall PlanExamples of United State containment of communism under truman19
4146987526Government IdeologyWhat cold war started over20
4146992879Buffer StatesCynical reason for Stalin forming Warsaw Pact21
4147003419EisenhowerAmerican president behind brinkmanship22
4147005756KhrushchevCommunist leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin; hardline man but believed in beating United States economically, not militarily23
4147016371KoreanFirst 'hot war' demonstrating United States containing communist spread24
4226985675Ali JinnahLeader of the Muslim League, wanted an independent "Pakistan" (land of the pure)25
4226989069Jawaharlal NehruIndian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; became first Indian prime minister26
4226994450India, Pakistan, BangladeshThree nations india partitioned into27
4227004989Resources, Buffer StatesReasons Stalin wanted to spread communism28
4227020109SputnikThe world's first space satellite. This meant the Soviet Union had a missile powerful enough to reach the US29
4227026130Indochinaa French colony comprised of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam30
4227029541Japan then France then USANations which Vietnamese fought against in order31
4227035358Domino TheoryA theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.32
4227037331DiemLeader of South Vietnam, 1954-1963; supported by United States, but not by Vietnamese Buddhist majority; assassinated in 196333
4227039767Thich Quang Duca Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection34
4227044413JohnsonUS president who intensified involvement in war35
4227046271Color TV, Peaceful monkWhy Quang Duc's burning caught lots of attention36
4227053363Draft, TV, countercultureWhy USA left Vietname37
4227056184Vietnamizationthe gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and their replacement with South Vietnamese forces38
4227057916NixonUS president who withdrew nation from war through policy of Vietnamization39
4227060356No Fighting WillWhy veitnamization failed40
4227067116landlocked, agricultural, communistReasons Laos was and is still impoverished41
4227077406Pol PotLeader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, who terrorized the people of Cambodia throughout the 1970's42
4227079685Khmer Rougecommunist party in Cambodia that imposed a reign of terror on Cambodian citizens43
4227084196Proxy WarA war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate44
4227095202Mexico, BrazilTwo latin american nations democratic during cold war45
4227099450Illegal immigrants, drugs, mobs, military controlProblems facing Mexican democracy46
4227115831Anastasio SomozaTook over as dictator of Nicaragua in 1933 with the aid of the United States47
4227120164United Fruit CompanyEvidence Somoza was bad leader of Nicaragua48
4227121728Sandinistarevolution in Nicaragua in which the dictatorship was overthrown and a communist government was installed49
4227127292SandinistasCommunist Nicaraguan rebels who overthrow the Somoza dictatorship in 1979; backed by USSR50
4227129095ContrasUS backed side of war in Nicaragua51
4227135340Nicaragua, ChileExamples of Proxy war52
4227139506Fulgencio BatistaDictator of Cuba, Friendly to U.S.; promoted business with America53
4227143606Che GuevaraArgentinean revolutionary leader; he was an aide to Fidel Castro during the Cuban revolution.54
4227145788Fidel, RaulCasto bros!55
4227151017PeronistPeriod in Argentinian history where Peron family ruled56
4227156158Juan PeronPopulist who ruled Argentina; elected democratically at first but turned to fascism; had help of wife Eva before her death57
4227162444populista supporter of the rights and power of the common people58
4227170270Friedrich Hayekeconomic freedom is central; classic liberal behind Austrian economics59
4227177295Power, HayekWhy Peron turned to fascism60
4227182591Salvador Allendea Marxist who was president of Chile; overthrown by CIA61
4227186494Nicaragua, ChileExamples of nations tarnished by US supported, anti-communist dictators62
4227189248Augusto PinochetA dictator in Chile who came to power by a military takeover backed by CIA63
4227200190Export Economy, Not industrialContinuity in Africa64
4227204145Imperialism InstabilityWhy Africa could not industrialize during twentieth century65
4227209086IndependenceChange in Africa66
4233830787Non-Aligned MovementThe group of nations that didn't side with either the US or the USSR during the Cold War67
4233833761Kwame Nkrumahfounder of Ghana's independence movement and Ghana's first president; wanted to unite Africa68
4233837014Pan Africanismemphasized the unity of Africans and people of African descent around the world69
4233839320Cultural divideProblem with pan africanism which prevented its success70
4233842396CommunistNkrumah's government philosophy71
4233844637Negritudea movement to celebrate African culture, heritage, and values72
4233847638Communist, Ghana, Negritude, Pan AfricanismWhat Nkrumah is remembered for73
4233849964Korean WarReason behind formation of non-alignment movement74
4233861184Military coups, disease, Ethnic conflict, new democratic instabilityProblems plaguing 20th century africa75
4233869068ApartheidA social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites in SA76
4233874279F. W. Klerkthe White South African president who ended apartheid and freed mandella77
4233880345SomaliaAnarchist African country plauged by military coups78
4233886924Darfura region in western Sudan where ethnic conflict threatened to lead to genocide of local non-muslim Africans79
4233892740KhartoumMuslim area of Sudan whose people frequently conflict with Darfur80
4233899225Military Dictator, Ethnic conflictWhat Sudan is known for81
4233904964South SudanAfrican nation known for its locally influenced version of Christianity82
4233910361Ethnic conflicts, EbolaWhat libera and Sierra lione are known for83
4233916813IboA member of a people of southeastern Nigeria, rebels84
4233920831Abuja CapitalHow did Nigera try to unite its ethnically different north and south85
4233926727Ibo, Hausa, Fulani, YorubaTribes of nigera which frequently do not get along86
4233933132HIV, AIDS, EbolaDiseases plauging modern africa87
4233936320PandemicTerm to describe HIV/AIDS outbreak88

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