AP World People Review

Latin American revolutionary responsible for the ousting of Spain from much of South America (northern part) during the 19th century. He is considered to be the most important figure in the fight for LatAm independence

leader of the oviet union from 1985 to 1991. his policies of Perestroika dn Glasnost, which aimed at revitalizing the Soviet union contributed to the downfall of communism

gorbachev

theologian and religious reformer who started the reformation with this 95 these which protested church corruption, namely the sale of indulgences

martin luthor

prime minister of sardinia, a large italian state. he formed alliances with other foreign power to help end austrias and Spain's control. known as the father of the unification of italy

king of France between 1774-1792. he was overthrown during the French revolution and later beheaded

Louis XVI

leader of the Soviet union from 1953-1964. he was critical of Stalin's policies and attempted to reverse some of them. he is responsible for placing nuclear missiles in Cuba which resulted in the cuban missile crisis

nikita khrushchev

an enlightened despot who ruled over Russia. she is responsible for many positive changes in russia, as well as securing the country a warm water port

Catherine the Great

saudi arabian multimilionaire and leader of the terrorist organization al-qaeda. he is responsible for rnumerous terrorist attacks on the united states' including 9/11

Osama bin Laden

president of uganda from 1971-1979. his brutal regime resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of people, as well as the near total ruin of uganda. he was overthrown and exiled to Saudi Arabia in 1979

Idi Amin

king of uper Egypt, united the two kingdoms of upper and lower egypt

Menes

spanish conquistador who was responsible or the conquest of the incan empire

Francisco Pizarro

king of prussia from 1740-1786. enlightened despot who enlargened prussia by gaining land from austria when Maria theresa became empress

fredrick II

president of the US during ww1. one of the formulators do the treaty of Versailles. also proposed a regulating body of nations to avoid future conflicts through diplomacy in his 14 pts speech

woodrow wilson

cuban president from 1940-1944 and 1952-1959. responsible for some reforms in the country before leaving office for the first time. later, he overthrew the legit govt and ruled as dictator until he was forced from office by Fidel castro

batista

german political philosopher and writer. coauthor with Friedrich Engels of the communist manifesto which described the new philosophy of scientific socialism, which is the basis for modern communism

karl marx

empreor of Japan from 1926-1989. last japanese emperor to be considered divine. led Japan thru WWII

hirohito

russian peasant and self-proclaimedholy man. he was friends with the ruling romanov family, and sometimes advisor to czarina Alexandra. his advice was one of the factors leading to the Russian revolution

rasputin

popularly known as the “desert fox”. was an influential German military leader in WWII

Erwin rommel

leader of the communist part in china that overthrew Jiang jieshi and the nationalists. established china as the peoples republic of china and ruled from 1949-1976

mao zedong

english philosopher and poltical threorist. he wrote two treaties on govt which explained that al men have natural rights, which are life, liberty, and property, and that the purpose of govt was to protect these rights

john locke

english writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. she wrote the vindication of the rights of women

mary wollstonecraft

chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who loved during the Eastern Zhou period. He is traditionally credited as the author of the art of war, an influential work of military strategy that has affected both w and e asian philoshophy

Sun Tzu

czar of Russia. was overthrown during the Russian revolution of 1917. later, he and his family were killed by the revolutions leadership

Nicholas II

known as the sun king, he was an absolute monarch that controlled France completely one of the greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at versailles

louis XIV

italian historian, statesman, and political philosopher of the renaissance. his greatest work is the prince, a book of political advice to rulers in which he describes the methods that a prince should use to acquire and maintain political power

machiavelli

quen of england and ireland between 1558-1603. she was anabsolute monarch and is considered to be wone of the most successfulrulers ofall time

Elizabeth I

a black south african leader who protested the policy of apartheid and spent over 30 years in prison before becoming the first black presiden of South africa

mandela

moroccan traveller, explorer, and scholar. over a period of 30years and visited buch of afRica, mid east, asia, and iberian peninsula. he documented all of his findings

ibn buttuta

dictator ruler of Iran from 1941-1979. he was supported by the USthrough mos tof ht eocld war due to his anti communist stance. overthrown during the Iranian revolution in 1979

Mohammad reza shah pahlavi

persident of russia. was elected before the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. served until 1999. instrumental in keeping a count d'etat from occurring which would have returned hard line commuinsts to power in russia

Boris Yeltsin