| A | B |
| apartheid | separation of one race or people from another |
| Dutch | Original settlers of South Africa |
| 1990 | The year Nelson Mandela was released from prison |
| Mbeki | President of South Africa that followed Mandela |
| Gold and minerals | Important South African resources |
| Islam | Some people believe this conflicts with Taliban law |
| Protestants | Ruling minority in Northern Ireland |
| Catholics | Majority in Northern Ireland with less power and rights |
| Hinduism | Primary religion in India |
| IRA | Catholic paramilitaries |
| Pearl Harbor | Attacked by Japanese at beginning of WWII |
| Expansionism | Taking territories to increase power and wealth of a nation |
| Imperialism | Another word for expansionism |
| Castro | Communist dictator of Cuba |
| Gerry Conlon | Falsely accused of being in IRA and imprioned |
| Capital Punishment | Death penalty for a crime |
| 75 | Number of people wrongfully convicted of murder in this century |
| North Korea | Communist dictatorship |
| 8th Amendment | Made "cruel and unusual punishment" unconstitutional |
| South Korea | Capitalist democracy |
| Europe | Lay in ruins after WWII |
| Nationalism | What Hitler appealed to to win over Germans |
| 6 million | Number of Jews killed in Holocaust |
| 2/3 | Ratio of European Jews wiped out |
| Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill | Big Three world leaders after WWII |
| Capitalism and communism | Resulted in "Iron Curtain" |
| Truman Doctrine | Determined to end communism |
| Japan | Had control over Korea until the end of WWII |
| Taoism | Religion that relies on balance, harmony, nature |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Statement if basic human rights by the UN |
| Africa | Has some of the poorest people in the world |