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10114456301Ural mountainsA mountain range that is on both sides of russia boundary0
10114457221Boyarsnoble land owning class that stood at top of the social pyramid1
10114459797MongolsPeople from central Asia who had tight control over the city-states and kingdoms that made up of Russia2
10114463763Pale of settlementCreated by catherine. Restricted district that Jews in Russia were required to live in3
10114465953pogramsVicious anti-Jewish attacks that were supported by the government in Russia4
10114467831Gunpowder EmpiresOttoman, safavid, mughal: Empires5
10114471588SikhismMonotheistic religion that developed from Hinduism which was founded in the 15th century6
10114472754Taj mahalMagnificent architecture accomplish built by Shah Johan which was a tomb for his wife in mughal india7
10114477799Congress of berlinMeant to recognize the balkans after the brief Russo Turkish war8
10114481471Muiji EraUnder this rule Japan ended its self imposed isolation and began the industrialication process9
10114485223kuomintangChinese nationalist party that rules in china in the 20th century formed by sun yay sen10
10114489106Boxer rebellionA violent antiforeigner campaign that occurred from 1889 to 199111
10114493552commodore matthew pemyAmerican who pressured Japan in the form of a naval squad in 1853. Japan opened itself to Western technology but avoided influence12
10114495540James WattCreator of the steam engine in 176513
10114496368Eli WhitneyBest known for developing the cotton gin in 1798 but also create a system of interchangeable parts14
10114498773Tenementapartment building that held working families often owned by factory owners often located in the slims15
10114504981Karl MarxA German scholar and writer who disliked capitalism and develop ideas which influences communism. Father of communism.16
10114507305Laissez-fairephilosophy Popular in the late 19th century which opposed nearly all government regulations that limited business a doctrine opposing government interference17
10114514104sepoysIndian soldiers under British or other European orders18
10114515171Leopold the 2ndThe 2nd king of the Belgians known for the founding and exploitation of the Congo free state as a private venture19
10114519300Gavrillo PrincipA serbian Nationalist who was a part of the black hand. Who assassinated archduke francis ferdinand20
10114525798treaty of brest-litovsksigned with Germany which ended russias involvement in the war21
1011452619414 pointsA document that outlined Woodrow Wilson's princin22
10114529375Armenian GenocideA mass killing of Christian Armenians after uprising against the ottoman empire. Around 1 million Armenians died23
10114534117Mao Tsc-tungLed the Chinese Communist Party who was inspired by the Communist Revolution in Russia. Long march24
10114553988Francisco FrancoLeader of the nationalist and dictator of Spain for decades25
10114557672John Maynard keynesBritish economist who rejected the laissez- faire ideas. He believed that government action could improve the economy. Said government should use deficit spending26
10114565892Neville chamberlainPrime minister who gave Miller everything he wanted27
10114568543Kristallnacht1983 nights of the broken glass where Jewish property was destroyed on a grand scale28
10114571149Erwin RommelGerman general that controlled lots of north Africa known as desert fox29
10114572357winston churchillPrime minister of Great Britain during World War II who opposed appeasement30
10114573616Ho Chi minhCommunist leader of North vietnam Who used guerilla warfare To fight anti-Communist american funded attacks31
10114576674ContainmentUS foreign policy adopted by Truman in late 1940s which tried to stop communism by creating alliances to help weaken countries to resist Soviet advances32
10114580653Marshall planplan to rebuild Europe after World War II33
10114583344DétentThe steady relaxation between the US and the USSR34
10114586007Cultural revolutionan upraising in China led by red guards with the goal of establishing a society of peasants and workers were equal35
10114591055Domino theoryThe idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby communist control will also fall36
10114592705Great leap forwardChina second five-year plan under the leadership of moa Which airred to speed up economic development while developing a completely socialist society37
10114595213Pol PotLeader of Cambodia who is responsible of 2 million deaths of his own people38
10114596553anwar sadatsigned the camp David Accord's which made Egypt The first Arab nation to recognize Israel39
10114602514Gamal Abdel NasserArab leaders who set out to modernize Egypt to end the western domination who nationalized the suez canal which led to wars against the state40
10114606541KashmirWars have been fought for this mountain range between India and Pakistan41
10114607582Khmer RogueA group of communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 197542
10114609060Balfour DeclarationBritish documents that promise Jesus land in Palestine43
10114611836Camp David AccordsA peace treaty between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agree to recognize Israel44
10114613197Asian tigersTaiwan India Japan China and South Korea45
10114615314Ethnic cleansingExtermination of people or nation happened in Bosnia46
10114616497Jonás salkDoctor Who invented polio vaccine in 195347
10114617092RwandaWhere the mutus killed tutsis : genocide48
10114622358Tianamen squareA protest against communist government because the people wanted democratic rights. Tanks Rolled in China49
10114624918ApartheidSouth Africa his system to separate whites and blacks50
10114632513Shariah LawIslamic law which became part of the Islamic tradition which deals with all aspects of life51

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