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history figures pt1
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Term | Definition |
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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 |