| A | B |
| Liliuokalani | ruler of the Hawaiian Islands who was overthrown by planters from the United States |
| Australia | a British penal colony during the 1700's |
| metis | people of mixed Native American and French Canadian descent |
| Benito Juarez | helped open an era of liberal reform in Mexico known as La Reforma |
| zaibatsu | powerful Japanese buisness familieswho ruled over industrial empires |
| Diet | Japanese legislature |
| caudillos | strong local leaders in Latin America who challenged central governments for power |
| dominion | a self-governing nation |
| Maori | indigenous people of New Zeland |
| Mongkut | set Siam on the road to Modernizations |