A | B |
nationalization | government takeover of national resources |
apartheid | a system of racial segregation imposed on South Africans by whites |
Balfour Declaration | expressed British support for a Jewish nation in Palestine |
Pan-Arabism | emphasized the common heritage of the people of the Arab Middle East |
civil disobedience | refusal to obey unjust laws |
Hirohito | emperor of Japan from 1926-1989 |
Mustafa Kemel Ataturk | modernized and westernized the country of Turkey |
Mohandas Gandhi | influential figure in India's struggle for independence |
dhoti | simple white garment |
Mao Zedong | leader of the Chinese Communists |
soldaderas | women soldiers |
Reza Khan | rushed ti modernize Iran |
African National Congress ANC | political party organized by educated Africans |
Jiang Jieshi | Leader of the Guomindang, or Nationalist Party in China |