| A | B |
| Bangladesh | area where extreme contrasts of topography and culture led to violence and the secession |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | India's first prime minister |
| religious revivalism | an approach to religious belief and practice that stresses the literal interpretation of texts sacred to the religion in question and the application of their precepets to all aspects of social life |
| primary products | food or industrial crops for which there is a high demand in industrialized economies |
| necolonial economy | industrialized nations that continued dominacne of the world economy |
| Gamal Abdul Nasser | leader of Egypt; enacted land reforms and used state resources to reduce unemployment |
| Muslim Brotherhood | Egyptian nationalist movement founded by Hasan al-Banna |
| Free Oficers movement | military nationalist movement in Egypt; often allied with the Muslim Brotherhood |
| Green Revolution | introduction of improved seed strains, fertilizers, and irrigation as a means of producing higher yields in crops |
| homelands | under apartheid, areas in South Africa designated for ethno-linguistic groups in the black population |
| African National Congress | black political organization within South Africa; pressed to end polocies of apartheid |
| Nelson Mandela | the first black president of South Africa |