Unit 8 Terms and Definitions

A Saudi Arabia fundamental Islamic Terrorist group financed by Osama bin Laden and responsible for the 9/11 attack on the United States

An East African Traditional Islamic Terrorist group

A military dictator so brutal he was known as the "Butcher of Uganda"

1936 treaty that allowed more Egyptian autonomy.

A codified system of racial segregation

A group of Arabian nations who worked together

Weapons and ammunition

Took over as Prime Minister of England after Churchill left. WW2 ended under his leadership

A form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting. Elections are insignificant, press is operated by the government.

The right or condition of self-government, especially in a particular sphere.

Statement of British support for the establishment in Palestine of a "national home" for the Jewish people.

First female prime minister of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Indonesia hosted a conference for representatives of Africa and Asia who wanted to stay out of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War

Spanish terrorist group that wanted independence for the Basque region in norther Spain.

When President Kennedy agreed to support the Cuban exiles who opposed Castro's communist government in Cuba and invaded Cuba.

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

Allies flew supplies into Western zones after the Soviets blocked supplies from getting into the West Berlin

Soviet set up blockade between East and West Berlin to prevent the West from moving supplies into the area by land.

East German and Soviet government created a wall with guards to keep people in East Germany

First female prime minister of Pakistan (1988)

Great Britain, the United States, and Soviet Union during WW2 were known as this

A West African Fundamentalist Islamic Terrorist

Doctrine that stated that the Soviet Union and its allies would intervene if an action by one member threatened other socialist countries.

Banned forced racial segregation of schools in the United States

A peace agreement between Prime Minister Begin of Israel and President Sadat of Egypt

Economic assets, such as farms and factories, were mostly owned privately. Private interest determined economic decisions.

Arranged laws or rules into a systematic code.

A conflict does not involve direct military confrontation between 2 or more rival states

The act or process of organizing a people, industry, enterprise, etc., according to collectivism, an economic system in which control, especially of the means of production, is shared cooperatively or centralized.

Large agricultural communities where ethe state held the land, not private owners.

Economic assets were owned by the government. Emphasizing equality and fairness.

Also known as the Eastern Bloc, is the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia under the control and influence of the Soviet Union and its ideology.

Not letting communism spread father

Soviets plan to help rebuild Easter Europe

In response to the Bay of Pigs, the Soviets sent arms (including nuclear missiles) and military advisors to Castro. U.S. Responds by blocking the nuclear missiles. Closest time the two superpowers were to using nuclear missiles on each other.

Mao's attempt to reinvigorate China's commitment to communism

French President in 1958, who helped plan for Algeria's independence.

A political system where the people chose their elected leaders through free elections relying on independent press to provide accurate information about the government

the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

with total power

The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously held.

If one country in the region became communist, other countries would soon follow.

A political scandal that divided the Third French republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. A Jewish French Officer (Dreyfus) was falsely accused and imprisoned for life for sharing French secrets to the Germans.

Relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

34th President of the United States. Served as Supreme Commander during WW2. Was concerned about the U.S. Soviet tensions

The Palestinians who controlled the West Bank

West Germany

United States and its allies

Dictator of Spain 1939-1975. Anti-communist, overthrew the popularly elected government, executed, imprisoned, and sent to labor camps hundreds of thousands of dissenters.

A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

Led a nonviolent march, boycotts, and fasts to oppose British colonial rule in India

First female leader of India

East Germany

First sub-Sahara African country to gain independence in the 20th Century

The policy of opening up Soviet society and political process by granting greater freedoms

Russia and Soviet politician and leader who worked with Ronald Reagan to end the Cold War

Land Reform in China under the Communist Regime. Peasant lands were organized into communes

The Palestinian faction who controlled Gaza

A direct telegraph/teleprinter link between the U.S. and Soviet leaders' offices.

More powerful than the atomic bomb

A missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometers primarily designed for nuclear weapon delivery. The Soviet Union created the first which was capable of delivering a nuclear warhead into U.S. territory.

Irish Catholics who fought for their independence from English rule

Describes the split between Eastern and Western Europe

Middle East Fundamental Islamic Terrorist Group

36th President of the United States. Escalated the war in Vietnam when he officially sent troops over.

a border region in the mountainous north between India and Pakistan

Where one of the largest and most heated protests against the country's involvement in the war in Vietnam. Members of the National Guard and students were killed. (5/4/1970)

A communist guerrilla organization under the leadership of Pol Pot, who overthrew the right-wing government of Cambodia.

Mass graves of victims

African American civil rights leader in the United States, who believed in peaceful protests

When Communist North Korea invaded Free South Korea in an attempt to reunite the country

Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis who sent nuclear missiles to Cuba

A form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership

Relating to or denoting a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and fee enterprise.

A socialist lawyer who lead the black resistance against apartheid in South Africa

The plan by the United States that provided financial aid to Western European Countries after the war.

a large city of a former colonial ruler

Informal alliance between the government and large defense contractors.

The communist leader of North Vietnam

Advocated a separate nation for Indian Muslims

A doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.

Helped to establish the Republic of Egypt and became the first president of Egypt

Led the Algerian movement for independence from France

Countries from Asia and Africa that wanted to stay out of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War

Western Nations pledged mutual support and cooperation within the alliance against conflict and wars

Called on nuclear powers to prevent the spread of military nuclear technology and materials to non-nuclear countries.

Outlawed testing nuclear weapons above ground, underwater, and in space.

First female president of the United Republic of Tanzania

An organization that was founded in 1963 to support Pan-Africanism

An Independent Muslim country in India that was formed in 1947

The Palestinians and Arab states that rejected the Camp David Accord Peace Treaty formed this organization that was led by Yasser Arafat. They wanted the return of occupied lands and the creation of an independent nation of Palestine.

The plan to return all freed women and men back to their homes Africa

Attempts to restructure the Soviet economy to allow elements of fee enterprise in, favored by Gorbachev

The final meeting among the Big 3 in Germany on July of 1945 to plan postwar peace. Proved to be unproductive because the leaders could not come up with a solution, they could all agree on that would settle territories in Europe

A period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czech. Socialist Rep.

A major power helps to bring about a conflict between other nations but does not always fight directly

Political and social change in Quebec, Canada. The Liberal Party gaining power and reforming economic policies that led to further desires for separation from the rest of British-controlled Canada

Groups of revolutionary students who seize government officials, teachers, and others and sent them to the countryside for re-education under Mao's rule

40th President of the United States. Who took part in ending the Cold War and Communist Soviet Union

Those who protested Chinese Government change were sent to learn the proper way to think and behave