| A | B |
|---|
| Nationalism | extreme pride in one's country |
| Imperialism | colonization of one country by another |
| Exploit | To use selfishly & negatively |
| Capitolism | the US government practices... |
| Communism | The Cuban Government practices... |
| Capital | Money for businesses or gov't |
| Apartheid | The legal seperation of the races (South Africa) |
| culture | The beliefs & practices that identify a group |
| Cultural Diffusion | The exchange of ideas and practices between cultures |
| Diversity | variety, different backrounds together |
| Archipelago | group of islands |
| Caudillo | Latin America leaders who seized power (dictatorship) |
| Civil disobedience | non violently disobeying an unjust law |
| Conquistador | Spanish Conquerors |
| Coup D' Etat | violent overthrowing of a leader |
| dynasty | ancient "government" system that defined the rights & lives of those living under it |
| Encomienda | The right to demand taxes or labor from native peoples in Spanish colonies |
| Bushido | The Japanese samari code of behavior |
| Feudalism | System in Japan , local lords rule land, but bound with loyalty to higher ups |
| Genocide | the killing of one group of people |
| Gross National Product | the amount of money a nation makes per year |
| Inflation | too much money, therefore lowering the value of a dollar |
| interdependence | dependence on other nations economically |
| isolation | policy of avoiding foreign investments & contacts |
| Dharma | the lifestyle that Hindus are expected to follow |
| Karma | the belief that every action affects the next life |
| Patriarchal | a male dominated society |
| Mercantilism | the belief that colonies exist solely for the benefit of the mother country |
| Mestizo | people of mixed european & native American ancestory |
| Monotheism | belief in one god |
| Polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| Monsoon | seasonal winds in South Asia |
| Nonalignment | policy of not choosing sides in the cold war |
| Nomad | a wandering person without a stable home |
| Extended Family | several generations in one household |
| Pan Africanism | movement for a united Africa |
| Passive Resistance | nonviolent protests |
| Per capita income | the amount of money one family in a nation makes on average in a year |
| Propaganda | spread of ideas to promote a cause or hurt an opposing cause |
| Reincarnation | the Hindu belief that souls ae reborn in various forms |
| Social mobility | easy to move from social class to class |
| Socialism | system in which the gov't owns, operates, and controls major industries and businesses |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| third world | underdeveloped nations |
| totalitarian | the government controls every aspect of the citizen's lifes |
| Tribalism | a stronger feeling of loyalty to the tribe than to the nation |
| urbanization | the moving of peoples to cities from farms |
| Economic Sanctions | cutting off trade with one country to pressure it to change it's policies |
| Embargo | complete halt to trade |
| Boycott | refusal to buy goods or services |
| Charles Darwin | natural selection, theory of evolution |
| Louis Leaky | Anthropologist who discovered the "Lucy" skeloton |
| Mansa Musa | emporer of Mali who brought Islam there |
| Cecil Rhodes | British imperialist in Zimbabwae |
| Kwame Nkrumah | independence leader in Ghana |
| jomo Kenyatta | independence leader in Kenya |
| Desmond Tutu | Bishop of the Anglish church in South africa, civil rights leader |
| nelson Mandela | fought for end of Apartheid, became president after getting out of Jail |
| F.W. de Klerck | frees Mandela, former president of S. Africa, white |
| Mobutu Seso Seko | A military strongman in Zaire |
| Mohandas Gahndi | wanted peaceful reform for India, led Salt March and boycotts |
| Jawaharal Nehru | first prime minister of India |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Muslim leader in India |
| Indira Gahndi | Nehru's daughter, prime minister, killed by her Sihk body guards |
| Rajiv Gahndi | son of Indira, prime minister, assasinated |
| Ho Chi Minh | an indepenence leader in Vietnam, pro communist |
| Pol Pot | leader of the Khmer Rouge, led ethnic clensing in Cambodia |
| Ferdinand Marcos | dictator in the philippenes |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader in China |
| Commodore Mathew Perry | opened Japan to trade |
| Emperor Meiji | modernized Japan |
| Emperor Hirohito | emperor during world warII |
| Hernando cortes | Conquered the Aztecs |
| Francisco pizzaro | Conquered the Incas |
| Toussaint L' Ouveture | Strict ruler of Haiti |
| Simon Boliviar | Latin American Independence leader (venezuela, columbia, ecudor and peru) |
| Jose de San Martin | liberated chile |
| Fidel Castro | Communist leader of Cuba |
| Tiennamen Square | lack of Chinese civil rights creates student protest |
