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| 65763247 | Satyagraha | is a philosophy and practice of nonviolent resistance developed by Gandhi- non violent methods | 0 | |
| 65763248 | Sikh | a member of a nonviolent group whose beliefs blend elements of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Sufism | 1 | |
| 65763249 | Indira Gandhi | daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984) | 2 | |
| 65763250 | Swadeshi Campaign | "Of one's own country." A Hindi word used as a slogan in the Indian boycott of foreign goods, part of the protest against Brititan's partition of Bengal in 1905. | 3 | |
| 65763251 | Mikhail Gorbechev | Soviet leader whose willing to rethink Soviet policy (glasnost) led to stunning changes | 4 | |
| 65763252 | Glasnost | Policy of openness initiated by Gorbachev in the 1980s that provided increased opportunities for freedom of speech, association and the press in the Soviet Union. | 5 | |
| 65763253 | Perestroika | a policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society | 6 | |
| 65763254 | Boris Yeltsin | President of the Russian Republic in 1991. Helped end the USSR and force Gorbachev to resign. | 7 | |
| 65763255 | Vladimir Putin | Russian President 2000-2008; powerful conservative force, very anti-American; remains Prime Minister | 8 | |
| 65763256 | al-Qaeda | Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. Attacked civilian and military targets in various countries, most notably, the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. in 2001 | 9 | |
| 65763257 | Vatican II | 1962-65. Open the windows and doors of the church and let modernity flow in. Acknowledged mistakes in the past and the relationship with Jews. Addressed the problem of atheism and how to bring people back to church. | 10 | |
| 65763258 | World Trade Organization | this international body organizes negotiations about trade rules and provides help to countries trying to develop their economies | 11 | |
| 65763259 | Human Genome Project | An international collaborative effort to map and sequence the DNA of the entire human genome. | 12 | |
| 65763260 | Economic Union | A group of countries committed to removing trade barriers, adopting a common currency, harmonizing tax rates, and pursuing a common external trade policy | 13 | |
| 65763261 | Slobodan Milosevic | President of Serbia from 1989 to 1997 and of Yugoslavia 1997 to 2000. A key figure in the ethnic conflicts in the Balkans in the 1900's. | 14 | |
| 65763262 | Ethnic Cleansing | the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of ethnic minorities by a dominant majority group | 15 | |
| 65763263 | Apartheid | a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites | 16 | |
| 65763264 | African National Congress | an organization dedicated to obtaining equal voting and civil rights for the black inhabitants of South Africa. | 17 | |
| 65763265 | Nelson Mandela | South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918) | 18 | |
| 65763266 | Hutu/ Tutsi | a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi | 19 | |
| 65763267 | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada | 20 | |
| 65763268 | Deng Xiaoping | Chinese Communist leader after Mao; Allows elements of capitalism, increases interactions with foreign countries | 21 | |
| 65763269 | Tinanmen Square | Protests led mainly by students and intellectuals; protests were sparked by the death of a pro-democracy and anti-corruption official, Hu Yaobang. | 22 | |
| 65763270 | Khmer Rouge | Communist Guerillas who, led by Pol Pot, took over Cambodia and unleashed a reign of terror | 23 | |
| 65763271 | Balfour Declaration | Statement issued by Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour in 1917 favoring the establishment of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine. | 24 | |
| 65763272 | Anwar Sadat | Egyptian leader signed the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty | 25 |
