AP World History Review Spring 2018 - PEOPLE Flashcards
Terms : Hide Images [1]
10076191422 | Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister during WW2, coined the phrase "Iron Curtain" | 0 | |
10076191423 | Mao Zedong | A Chinese Communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the Peoples Republic of China | 1 | |
10076191424 | Mahatma Gandhi | An Indian activist who led the independence movement against British rule. He was non-violent | 2 | |
10076191425 | Jomo Kenyatta | A Kenyan anti-colonial activist | 3 | |
10076191426 | Joseph Stalin | The Communist leader of the Soviet Union from mid-1920s - 1953 | 4 | |
10076191427 | Simon Bolivar | He led the Venezuelan revolt against Spanish Colonization | 5 | |
10076191428 | Janissaries | Elite infantry units forming the Ottoman sultans household troops, bodyguards, and first modern standing army in Europe | 6 | |
10076191429 | Zheng He | Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral and court eunuch during the early Ming Dynasty | 7 | |
10076191430 | James Watt | A Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer who improved the steam engine | 8 | |
10076191431 | Francois Toussaint L'Ouverture | The best known leader of the Haitian Revolution | 9 | |
10076191432 | Napoleon | A French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution | 10 |