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Unit 17 - 10th
Unit 17: Modern Times (required)
Term | Definition |
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al Qaeda | Islamic fundamentalist group led by Osama bin Laden who is responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US |
apartheid | laws passed by South Africa that separated black and white citizens |
Arab-Israel conflict (cause, result) | conflict that began after Israel was created, Israel successfully defeated attacking Muslim nations, but the violence has continued |
deforestation | cutting down of trees, ex: Amazon Basin |
desertification | spreading of the desert, ex: Sahel |
ethnic cleansing | killing of an ethnic group, ex: Bosnian Civil War |
European Union (EU) | organization created in 1993 by European nations to increase free trade |
Four Modernizations (leader, result) | policy began by Deg Xiaoping that allowed some capitalism in China |
free trade | countries trade with each other without penalty |
globalization | countries' economies are connected, ex: McDonald's in China |
global warming | rise of the Earth's temperatures over time |
Green Revolution (cause, result) | new seeds, pesticides, and equipment (tractors) were introduced to developing countries and have increased farm production |
immigration | movement of people from one country to another |
interdependence | countries relying on each other for goods, resources, knowledge, labor |
Jomo Kenyatta | nationalist leader of Kenya who led an independence movement from Britain |
Kashmir | area in the Himalaya Mountains that India and Pakistan have fought over |
literacy | ability to read |
Middle East | are of the world that is mainly Muslim and has much of the worlds oil |
Nelson Mandela | leader of the African National Congress (ANC) that led the fight against apartheid in South Africa |
nuclear proliferation | spread of nuclear weapons |
1 Child Policy | policy in China to slow overpopulation |
OPEC | organization of oil holding countries that look to control oil production and prices |
Osama bin Laden | leader of the terrorist organization, al Qaeda whose goal was to destroy the US and Israel |
overpopulation | having too many people |
Rwanda Civil War (opposing groups, result) | conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda that saw 1000's killed in a genocide and millions to losing their homes |
Saddam Hussein | dictator of Iraq who used chemical weapons in a genocide of Kurdish Iraqi citizens |
terrorism | using violence, especially against civilians, to achieve a goal |
Tiananmen Square Massacre (cause, result) | students protesting for democracy in China were killed when the government sent in troops |
United Nations (UN) | organization created after World War Two to prevent another world war, it has the power to send in military peacekeepers to solve conflicts |
weapons of mass destruction (WMD's) | biological, nuclear, and chemical weapons |