352046705 | Amritsar Massacre | To protest the Rowlatt Act, Indians gathered in Amritsar, where British troops fired on the crowd killing several hundred. This sparked further protests. | 0 | |
352046706 | Muslim League | Organization formed by muslims in 1906 to protect their interests against British Rule. | 1 | |
352046707 | Indian National Congress | Was established in 1885 to increase the rights of Indians under colonial rule. | 2 | |
352046708 | African Union | A group of peacekeeping soldiers form various African nations mandated to report violations of cease- fire agreements, atrocities and killings occurring in Sudan in Dafur. | 3 | |
352046709 | Zimbabwe | A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia. | 4 | |
352046710 | Tutsi | A member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi. | 5 | |
352046711 | Hutu | A member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi. | 6 | |
352046712 | Juvenal Habyarimana | Hutu president whose plane was shot done and caused the wave of violence in the next three months. | 7 | |
352046713 | Apartheid | A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites. | 8 | |
352046714 | 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. | 9 | |
352046715 | Balfour Declaration | British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for Jews help in WWI. | 10 | |
352046716 | Arab-Israeli War | 1948 conflict between Israel and five neighbors. | 11 | |
352046717 | Six Days' War | The war where 3 countries attacked Isreal at once (Jordan, Egypt, and Syria). | 12 | |
352046718 | West Bank | An area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river. | 13 | |
352046719 | Golan Heights | A fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria. | 14 | |
352046720 | Gaza Strip | A coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt. | 15 | |
352046721 | Palestine Liberation Organization | A political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine. | 16 | |
352046722 | Hezbollah | A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran. | 17 | |
352046723 | Ayatollah | A high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well. | 18 | |
352046724 | Hamas | A militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon. | 19 | |
352046725 | Nur Muhammad Taraki | Afghan Politician and statesman during the cold war. | 20 | |
352046726 | Saddam Hussein | Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran. | 21 | |
352046727 | Persian Gulf War | A war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders. | 22 | |
352046728 | Osama bin Laden | Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957). | 23 | |
352046729 | Taliban | A fundamentalist Islamic militia. | 24 | |
352046730 | World Trade Center | Twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City. | 25 | |
352046731 | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada. | 26 | |
352046732 | European Union | An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. | 27 | |
352046733 | Special Economic Zones | Specific area within a country in which tax incentives and less stringent environmental regulations are implemented to attract foreign business and investment. | 28 | |
352046734 | GATT | A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas. | 29 |
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