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history figures pt1
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gandhi | lead a peaceful Indian independence, promoted civil rights and frrdom |
| Hitler | Leader of Nazi Germany, genocide on Jews |
| Stalin | Leader of Soviet Union, spreaded Communism |
| Mao Zedong | founder of the People's Republic of China, used Communist ideas |
| Pol Pot | Cambodian Communist revolutionist, killed many people with his policys |
| Robespierre | French lawyer and politician, leader of French Revolution |
| Napoleon | Emperor of France 1804-1814, brought nationalism to France |
| Locke | English philosopher during the Enlightenment,ideas of classical liberalism |
| Montesquieu | French writer, known for his theory of separation of powers |
| Rousseau | French writer, his political philosophy influenced the French Revolution |
| Copernicus | Renaissance mathematician and astronomer, made the heliocentric model- sun the center of the universe |
| Jomo Kenyatta | Kenyan nationalist, first leader of Kenya |
| Mandela | African nationalist, helped gain human rights in South Africa and limit poverty |
| Otto Von Bismarck | Leader of Germany, unified Germany |
| Garibaldi | Italian General, helped unify Italy |
| Adam Smith | Scottish moral philosopher, made the law of self-interest, competition and supply and demand (goes with Capitalism) |
| Marx | German philosopher, came up with the idea of communism |
| Gorbachev | last leader of the Soviet Union, open to new ideas |
| Kemal Ataturk | Turkish army officer, founder of the Republic of Turkey |