World History Chapter 27

Saddam Hussein

dictator of Iraq;

George H.W. Bush

President during the Persian Gulf War

General Colin Powell

overall commander of Operation Desert Storm

General Norman Schwarzkopf

leader of ground troops in combat

Kuwait

What country did Saddam Hussein invade

Oil

What did Saddam Hussein want from Kuwait

Terrioism

the threat of or violent actions used to put fear into a group of people to control them; usually done for political or religious purposes

Al-Qaeda

led by Osama Bin Laden (leader of 9/11 attacks)

Taliban

the government” in Afghanistan

“March 19, 2003

bombing of Iraq began

George W. Bush

president who declared war on terror;

“Axis of Evil”

president Bush’s label for Iraq, Iran, and North Korea

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

became president of Iran in 2005

Tony Blair

prime minster of Great Britain who supported U.S. war on terroism

Pervev Musharraf

presdient of Pakistan who supported the U.S.

Benazir Bhutto

Pakistan’s 1st female Prime Minister

Kashmir

region that is a great source of conflict between Pakistan and India

Maastricht Treaty

a plan to form a Eu. Central Bank with a single currency for all members of the EEC

Tony Blair

longest ruling Labour Prime Minsister; supported America in War against terroism

The Chunnel

united France and England under the English Channel

September 11, 2001

What day did Islamic terriostis launch an attack on NYC and Washington DC

Bush Doctrine

What warned that nations harboring terriosts would be treated as enemies of the U.S

Nuclear weapons

What weapons did Iraw, Iran, and North Korea have

2001

What year did America invade Afghanistan

2003

What year did America invade Iraq

Saddam Hussein

Who was captured in Iraq and executed

European Union

What organization did the EEC grew into

Helmut Kohl

longest-ruling leader in Germany’s postwar history

“Managed Capitalism”

A coalition of private industries and government

Dayton Peace Accords

cease-fire agreed upon by Bosnian Serbs to end hostility in Bosnia

Boris Yeltsin

“President” of Russia; used his power to put down his opposition in Russia and Chechnya

Vladimir Putin

Ruled Russia from 2000-2008

Dmitry Medvedev

Ruled Russia from 2008-2012

Deng Xiaoping

“the Four Modernizations”

Angela Merkel

Who became the 1st female chancellor in Germany’s history

Slobodon Milosevic

Who was accused of multiple war crimes and ethnic clensing

Kosovo

Who rebelled against Sebria

China

What is one of the largest economies in the world today

Kim Jong II

Succeeded Kim II-Sung

Kim Jong Un

successor of Kim Jong II; current leader of North Korea

SWAPO

government of Namibia

Ruth Perry

1st woman head of state in Africa

Nelson Mandela

head of the ANC (African National Congress.)

Kim II-Sung

Who ruled North Korea after WW2

North Korea

What is the only Communist dynasty

2006

What year did Fidel Castro step down

Raul Castro

Who replaced Fidel Castro as president

Columbia

known for violence incited by drug lords and guerillas

Daniel Ortega

leader of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua

NAFTA

eliminated trade barriers between Canada, America, and Mexico

Canada

2nd largest country

Pierre Trudeau

liberal leader of Canada

Kim Campbell

Canada’s 1st female Prime Minister

Stephen Harper

Conservative leader and new Prime Minsiter of Canada

George H.W. Bush

president after Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton

democratic president after H.W. Bush

Jean Bertrand Artistide

dictator of Halti

Madeline Albright

first female secretary of state in America

George W. Bush

elected president and led the way in the war on terror

Barack Obama

1st black president of the U.S.

APEC

accounts for 45% of the world’s trade

Guatemala

What country had the longest war against guerillas

1982

What year did Canada achieve independence from Great Britain

WTO

What coordinates world trade policies

Douglas MacArthur

military governor of Japan; helped with WW2 recovery

Lee Teng-hui

1st democratically elected president of China

Kim Young Sam

1st civilian president of South Korea

Ferdinand E. Marcos

president of the Philippines until he was forced to flee

Indonesia

“The Spice Islands”

Sukarno

Indonesia’s 1st president

Suharto

replaced Sukarno and sought assistance from the West

Muang Thai

“Land of the Free”

Australia

1st nation to place itself under U.N. jurisdiction

Singh

Prime Minister of India who focused on bettering India’s domestic condition and standing worldwide

What day did the Philippines gain independence

July 4, 1946

East Indies

What is Indonesia also known as

Dutch

What kind of colony was Indonesia

Thailand

What is the only South East Asian country to never have been ruled by a Western power

Thailand

What is one of the most prosperous nations in Asia

Union of Myanma

What was Burma renamed as

Kurds

An ethnic group of nomadic Muslims

Intifada

Palestine occupied territories in Israel

Oslo Accords

“Land for Peace”

Benjamin Netanyahu

conservative Prime Minister of Israel

Hebron Accords

peace between Israel and Palestine

Operation Defensive Shield

IDF pursuit of Yassir Arafat

Operation Determined Path

Israeli reoccupation of territory previously ceded to Palestine

Road Map for Peace

2 state system for Israel and Palestine

Katrina

hurricane that struck the U.S. in 2005; one of the greatest natural disasters America has ever experienced

ARPANET

linking together military and university computers

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification chips; tracking system associated with GPS technology

International Space Station (ISS)

largest and most intricate global project undertaken

Yang Liwei

1st Chinese Taikonaut in space

Intelligent Design

belief that order in the universe is not the result of random combinations but the design of an intelligent being

Irreducible Complexity

the idea that some biological systems are irreducibly complex (Michael Behe)

Euthanasia

the killing of the weak or infirmed;

Planned Parenthood

What group advocated for popularized abortion

Holland

Where was Euthanasia 1st legalized

Bioethics

The study of moral implications and applications of biological research

Metanrative

idea of God-given absolute standard of ethics