Whap Ch. 34 Terms Flashcards

358248786	Bangladesh	formerly East Pakistan; after a civil war became independent in 1972.	0
358248787	Saddam Hussein	military dictator of Iraq; fought a 10-year war with Iran; invaded Kuwait in 1990; defeated by an American-led coalition in the Gulf War of 1991.	1
358248788	primary products	food or industrial crops with a high demand in industrialized economies; their prices tend to fluctuate widely.	2
358248789	neocolonialism	continued dominance of new nations by their former rulers.	3
358248790	Green Revolution	agricultural revolution that increased production through improved seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation; helped to support rising Asian populations.	4
358248791	Muslim Brotherhood	Egyptian religious and nationalist movement founded by Hasan al-Banna in 1928; became an example for later fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world.	5
358248792	Anwar Sadat	successor of Nasser as Egypt's ruler; dismantled Nasser's costly and failed programs; signed peace with Israel in 1973.	6
358248793	Ayatollah Khomeini	religious leader of Iran following the 1979 revolution; worked for fundamentalist Islamic religious reform and elimination of Western influences.	7
358248794	apartheid	Afrikaner policy of racial segregation in South Africa designed to create full economic, social, and political exploitation of African majority.	8
358248795	homelands	areas in South Africa for residence of "tribal" African peoples; overpopulated and povertystricken.	9
358248796	African National Congress (ANC)	South African political organization founded in 1912 to defend African interests; became the ruling political party after the 1994 elections.	10
358248797	Nelson Mandela	ANC leader imprisoned by Afrikaner regime; released in 1990 and elected as president of South Africa in 1994	11