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| 6456496291 | Who were the Tutsi? | - wealthier, educated class in Rwanda - 15% of the population - under Belgian rule, governed the Hutu | 0 | |
| 6456499558 | Who were the Hutu? | - 85% of population - economically and socially disadvantages | 1 | |
| 6456505883 | Why did the Hutu revolt? What was the result of the revolt? | - when independence came, the Hutu revolted against the Tutsi leaving thousands dead bc they were tired of being under Tutsi rule - a one party republic was established under the leadership of a Hutu general | 2 | |
| 6456508542 | What sparked the 100 days of genocide? | - the Hutu general who led the republic was killed after his plane was shot down - Hutu blamed the Tutsi | 3 | |
| 6456511591 | How many Tutsi were killed in the 100 days of genocide? | 1 million | 4 | |
| 6456513608 | What ended the 100 days of genocide? | - Tutsi took back control of the government through the Rwandan Patriotic Front with the support of the Ugandan army | 5 | |
| 6456525057 | What happened to the Hutus when the Tutsi reclaimed the government? | - 2 million Hutu refugees fled to Zaire (Congo) where many died from disease | 6 | |
| 6456527992 | What was the communist party in Cambodia? Who led it? | - Khmer Rouge - Pol Pot | 7 | |
| 6456527993 | What did Pol Pot do as leader? | - nationalized farming and turned peasants into slave laborers - cities (sources of capitalism) evacuated - education eliminated - educated/privileged class was killed | 8 | |
| 6456537774 | What were the 'killing fields'? | mass graves for the Cambodians killed under Pol Pot's rule that were used to hide the evidence of the mass genocide | 9 | |
| 6456539283 | How much of the Cambodian population was killed? | 25% | 10 | |
| 6456539729 | How was the genocide put to an end? | Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978 to stop border attacks by the Khmer Rouge - Pol Pot was removed from power | 11 | |
| 6456545349 | What genocide was occurring in Bosnia? | 1992-1995 - Serbian leader Milosevic invaded Bosnia to free Christian Serbians living there - His goal was "ethnic cleansing" of Bosnian Muslims - put Muslims in concentration camps - 100,000 Muslims killed | 12 | |
| 6456555435 | What ended the Bosnian genocide? | 1995 - UN airstrikes attacked Bosnian Serbs - this led to a peace agreement | 13 | |
| 6456560775 | Describe the escalation of racial segregation in S Africa. | (Don't have to know dates just know the order) - Blacks (80% of population) were completely excluded from government - 1923: residential segregation established - 1926: blacks were banned from certain jobs that whites wanted - 1948: Apartheid established - late 1950s: areas of the country were set aside for Blacks (the worst parts of Africa; 15% of the land) | 14 | |
| 6545013176 | Who was Nelson Mandela? What was his mission? | - leader of African National Congress Mission: abolish apartheid peacefully | 15 | |
| 6545077568 | What is the Africa Union? | political and economic union of 54 nations | 16 | |
| 6545083609 | What is Boko Haram? | islamic terrorist group in Nigeria that believe education is sinful | 17 | |
| 6545100943 | What was the Balfour Declaration? | explicitly states that Jewish people in Palestine have a right to a homeland but they cannot displace palestinians as a result | 18 | |
| 6545159516 | Explain the immigration of Jews to Palestine, leading up to the establishment of Israel? | - Britain gained control of Palestine as a mandate from League of Nations - Jews emigrated from Russia - Jews emigrated to escape Nazis during WWII | 19 | |
| 6545220136 | What was the Arab-Israeli War? | Arabs from 6 nations attacked Israel but within months the Israelis controlled most of Palestine except the W Bank | 20 | |
| 6545230213 | What was the result of the 6 days war? | Israelis took more land (W Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip) | 21 | |
| 6545239950 | What was the Camp David Accords? | Israel pulled out of the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt recognized Israel's right to exist | 22 | |
| 6545276288 | Who are the PLO? What is their goal? | Palestinian Liberation Organization - to reclaim the Palestinian's land and establish a Palestinian state | 23 | |
| 6546132651 | Who is the leader of the PLO? | Yasser Arafat | 24 | |
| 6546135772 | Who is the Prime Minister of Palestine? | Ariel Sharon | 25 | |
| 6546242034 | What is the 'Roadmap to Peace'? | plan made by UN that forced Israeli settlers to vacate the Gaza strip | 26 | |
| 6546266487 | What body governs Palestine? How is it divided? | Palestinian Authority - divided between Hamas and Fatah | 27 | |
| 6546268726 | What is Hamas? | Islamic Resistance Movement (terrorist organization) | 28 | |
| 6546285164 | Who is Israel's current Prime Minister? | Benjamin Netanyahu | 29 | |
| 6546290413 | What is Hezbollah? Who supports them? | Militant Shia group backed by Syria and Iran | 30 | |
| 6546296220 | Under who's leadership does Iran begin to westernize? | Shah Reza | 31 | |
| 6546298943 | What sparked the Iranian Revolution? | In the 1960s, there was: - an education and land reform - women could vote and dress how they wanted This angered Islamic fundamentalists who wanted the Qur'an to be the law of the land | 32 | |
| 6546307114 | What happened as a result of the Iranian Revolution? Who led Iran? | - Iran become a theocracy led by Ayatollah Khomeini - westernization is reversed | 33 | |
| 6546314852 | What was the Iran-Iraq War? | Iraq invaded Iran over border disputes | 34 | |
| 6546318185 | Who is the current leader of Iran? | Hassan Rouhani | 35 | |
| 6546319857 | What sparked the Persian Gulf War? | Iraq under Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait for oil | 36 | |
| 6550619919 | What was the result of the Persian Gulf War? | Iraq was subject to UN monitoring and Kuwait was liberated | 37 | |
| 6550628763 | Why did the US and Great Britain invade Iraq? | they wanted to oust Hussein from power bc they thought he was in possession of 'weapons of mass destruction' | 38 | |
| 6550635989 | What happened as a result of US forces leaving Iraq in 2011? | ISIS emerged | 39 | |
| 6550651224 | Which political body served as Afghanistan's government after the USSR left? | the Taliban - Islamic fundamentalist group **protected Osama Bin Laden | 40 | |
| 6550707086 | What is the terrorist organization in Afghanistan? | Al Qaeda | 41 | |
| 6550705561 | What are the 3 reasons Al Qaeda hates the US? | 1) US supports Israel 2) the U.S. has troops in Saudi Arabia (we are outsiders that are desecrating their holy sites) 3) US is the primary agent of globalization (we are contaminating their culture) | 42 | |
| 6550719303 | What sparked the war on terror? | Al Qaeda's terrorist attacks on 9/11 4 planes hijacked: - 2 into WTC - 1 into Pentagon - 1 into a field in PA | 43 | |
| 6552998899 | What was the last obstacle to global interaction? | cold war | 44 | |
| 6553004344 | What do the international monetary fund/world bank do? | give financial assistance to 3rd world countries | 45 | |
| 6553012298 | What is GATT? What did it turn into? | General agreement on Tariffs and Trade - reduce tariff barriers to international trade - turns into World Trade Organization | 46 | |
| 6553020263 | What is the G6 summit? | Group of 6 countries - forum for industrialized democracies - US, Britain, France, W Germany, Italy and Japan | 47 | |
| 6553036965 | What are some goals of the G6? | - political responsibilities of democracy - exchange views on the world economy - inflation and energy crisis - unemployment - growth of world trade - international cooperation | 48 | |
| 6554129501 | What is Chechnya? | Russian republic that tried to establish independence but was suppressed by President Boris Yeltsin | 49 | |
| 6554139755 | Who was Yeltsin's successor? | Vladamir Putin | 50 | |
| 6554142675 | What is Russia's economy based on? | oil and gas (very strong economy) | 51 | |
| 6554147124 | What happened to the Soviet Satellites after they were released from the Soviet Regime? What are they? | Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland They join NATO | 52 | |
| 6554151431 | What has happened to Cuba's economy? | It collapsed bc the USSR could no longer buy its sugar crop or provide subsidies | 53 | |
| 6554154819 | How has the US alienated nations? | we are too arrogant | 54 | |
| 6554159854 | Who was Timothy McVeigh? | Terrorist responsible for the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City | 55 | |
| 6554164609 | What is the IRA? | Irish Republican Army - terrorist group formed to fight for freedom for Irish people to rule Ireland - in 2005 they agreed to just share power over Ireland with the British | 56 | |
| 6554181706 | What is Guantanamo Bay? | - United States naval base in Cuba - used as a prison that holds hundreds of combatants - employs torture methods - we bring them to Guantanamo Bay bc if we bring them to the US they are entitled to constitutional rights | 57 | |
| 6554210270 | What did Deng Xiaoping bring to China? | economic liberalism and revival in education and literacy | 58 | |
| 6554212482 | Who is China's current leader? | Xi Jinping | 59 | |
| 6554213824 | When did China join the WTO? | Nov 2001 | 60 | |
| 6554219148 | What percent of China's population lives under the poverty line? What accounts for most of the division between the rich and poor? | 13% mostly location based; rural inland vs. urban coasts | 61 | |
| 6554224382 | What is the Three Gorges Dam? | largest hydroelectric project in the world | 62 | |
| 6554228204 | What happened at Tiananmen Square? | A pro-democracy rally by students was brutally suppressed by the Communist Chinese government | 63 | |
| 6554231264 | What is the Falun Gong? | religious movement consisting of taoism, buddhism, and martial arts that was banned by the Chinese government bc they feared they could take over the government | 64 | |
| 6554302731 | When did the AIDS epidemic appear? How many people worldwide have died of AIDS? | 1981 30 million | 65 | |
| 6554307812 | What is globalization? | the growing global economic, cultural, and political integration and interaction | 66 | |
| 6554326321 | What is the civil war occurring in Chad? | - Sunni Islamic Law is being imposed on people who are not Muslim - 50% of pop is Sunni Muslim but 25% are Christian and the rest are other religions - fighting ever since | 67 | |
| 6554334796 | What is the conflict occurring in Sudan? | Islamic law is being imposed on the Southern Black people of indigenous religions by the Northern Sunnis - civil war is result | 68 | |
| 6554772872 | Where is Darfur? | A region in the west of Sudan in Africa. |  | 69 |
| 6554778980 | What is the conflict occurring in Darfur? Why can't the UN intervene? | Muslims are at war with the central government: the Janjaweed - UN can't intervene bc China supports the central government bc they need oil from them | 70 | |
| 6554982688 | What is the G8? | Discuss trade, global warming and terrorism • Group of 8: Canada (1977) & Russia (1997 | 71 | |
| 6554982689 | What is the G20? | Group of 20: World Leaders • Industrialized and developing nations | 72 |
