162455475 | Bangladesh | Founded as an independent nation in 1972; formerly East Pakistan. | 0 | |
162455476 | Population bomb | 1.Thought up by paul Ehrlich 2. rapidly increasing human populaiton would bring widespread famine and civil strife | 1 | |
162455477 | Parasitic cities | ... | 2 | |
162455478 | Indira Gandhi | Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister. She was also prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977. Was assassinated by her Sikh body Guards. | 3 | |
162455479 | Corazon Aquino | (1933-) Philippine politician and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992; she struggled to restore political stability, return to democracy, and rebuild the nation's economy. | 4 | |
162455480 | 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). | 5 | |
162455481 | Religious Revivalism | Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of that faith and to influence state policy; often called religious fundamentalism; but in the case of Islam, Muslims prefer the term revivalism. | 6 | |
162455482 | Primary Products | agricultural goods and raw materials (such as minerals) before they are processed into more refined inputs or finished goods. | 7 | |
162455483 | neocolonial economy | Economy that results from continued dominance of the first- and second-world nations of the world's economy; ability of the first- and second-world nations to maintain economic colonialism without political colonialism. | 8 | |
162455484 | charismatic populists | ... | 9 | |
162455485 | Gamal Abdul Nasser | Egypt's dictator, Abdul Gamal Nasser, a former army officer who had led the coup that overthrew King Farouk, nationalized the Suez Canal in 1956, and was attacked by British, French and Israeli forces. The U.S. intervened on behalf of Egypt. Damaged Britain and France's standing as world powers. | 10 | |
162455486 | Muslim brotherhood | a fundamentalist Muslim group that believes that Egypt should be governed solely by Islamic law in order to be true to the principles of Islam | 11 | |
162455487 | Anwar Sadat | Former President of Egypt (1st Arab leader to recognize and make peace with Israel) He was assassinated Oct. 6 1981 for making peace with Israel. | 12 | |
162455488 | Hosni Mubarak | Egypt's current president. Took over for Anwar Sadat after his assassination in 1981. | 13 | |
162455489 | Green Revolution | the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity | 14 | |
162455490 | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini | Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic republic. | 15 | |
162455491 | Apartheid | Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas. | 16 | |
162455492 | African homelands | ... | 17 | |
162455493 | African National Congress | An organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for black inhabitants of South Africa. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, it changed its name in 1923. Eventually brought equality (809) | 18 | |
162455494 | Nelson Mandela | Born 1918. 11th President of South Africa. Spent 27 years in prison after conviction of charges while he helped spearhead the stuggle against apartheid. Received Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. | 19 | |
162455495 | F. W. deKlerk | President of South Africa in 1989. Began to dismantle white-only rule and the official structures of the Apartheid. Shared Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela. | 20 |
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