AP World: Chapter 33 Flashcards

151107312	banana republics	Term given to governments supported or created by the United States in Central America; believed to be either corrupt or subservient to U.S. interests	0
151107313	Fulgencio Batista	Dictator of Cuba from 1934-1944; returned to presidency in 1952; ousted from government by revolution led by Fidel Castro	1
151107314	Fidel Castro	Cuban revolutionary; overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1958; initiated series of socialist reforms; came to depend almost exclusively on Soviet Union	2
151107315	Falkland Islands	Islands in South America that the British claimed after World War 2; Argentina wanted the islands, a war broke out over the islands, resulted in many deaths	3
151107316	Good Neighbor Policy	Established by Franklin D. Roosevelt for dealing with Latin America in 1933; intended to halt direct intervention in Latin American politics	4
151107317	Che Guevara	Argentine revolutionary; aided Fidel Castro in overthrow of Fulgencio Batista regime in Cuba; died while directing guerrilla movement in Bolivia in 1967	5
151107318	Manuel Noriega	Panama leader who was overthrown in a 1989 US invasion; tried and imprisoned for drug trafficking	6
151107319	Juan Peron	Military leader in Argentina who became dominant political figure after military coup in 1943; used position as Minister of Labor to appeal to working groups and the poor; became president in 1946; forced into exile in 1955; returned and won presidency in 1973	7
151107320	Party of the Institutionalized Revolution	PRI; dominant political party in Mexico; developed during the 1920s and 1930s; incorporated labor, peasant, military, and middle-class sectors; controlled other political organizations in Mexico	8
151107321	Sandinasta party	Nicaraguan socialist movement named after Augusto Sandino; successfully carried out a socialist revolution in Nicaragua during the 1980s	9
151107322	third world	Also known as developing nations; nations outside the capitalist industrial nations of the first world and the industrialized communist nations of the second world; generally less economically powerful, but with varied economies	10
151107323	U.N. Declaration of Human Rights	A declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled	11
151107324	United Fruit Company	Most important foreign economic concern in Guatemala during the 20th century; attempted land reform aimed at United Fruit caused U.S. intervention in Guatemalan politics leading to ouster of reform government in 1954	12
151107325	Zapatistas	Guerrilla movement named in honor of Emiliano Zapata; originated in 1994 in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas; government responded with a combination of repression and negotiation	13