| A | B |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | his death on June 28, 1914 led to the beginning of World War I |
| Chamberlain | British Prime Minister who gave in to Hitler [Munich Pact 1938] |
| Emiliano Zapata | took part in the Mexican Revolution .. hero of the poor Mexican peasant farmers |
| Hitler | leader of Nazi Germany - Holocaust - Fascism |
| Jiang Jieshu .. Chiang Kai shek | leader of "Nationalist" China & Guomindang .... fought against Mao Zedong for control of China ... 1920s - 1947 |
| Juan Peron | nationalist dictator of Argentina - 1940s |
| Lenin | Father of Bolshevik/Communist Revolution in Soviet Union |
| Mao Zedong | Father of Communist China |
| Mohandas Gandhi | believed in passive resistance/nonviolence to get rid of British from India |
| Mussolini | leader of Fascist Italy - 1930s & 1940s |
| Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | he modernized/westernized Turkey in 1920 - secularized the government |
| Pancho Villa | took part in the Mexican Revolution (1910) .. fought against Mexican dictators .. often crossed the US - Mexican Border ... seen by some as a bandit |
| Porfirio Diaz | President of Mexico .. late 19th century .. established strong centralized state .. however Mexican peasants suffered while the government strengthened/industrialized the Mexican economy |
| Stalin | Soviet dictator [1930s, 1940s ->1954] RUTHLESS - purges, industrialized USSR ' 5 Year Plans" |
| Sun Yixian (Yat-sen) | 1st leader of China after the Death of the last Manchu ruler (emperor/empress) ... 3 Principles ... nationalism, democracy & livelihood |
| Tsar Nicholas II | last Russian monarch |
| Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister who stood up to Hitler in WWII |