AP World History: Final Exam

Historical vocabulary flashcards identifying key figures listed for the AP World History Final Exam review.

Osama Bin Laden

Founder of the militant organization al-Qaeda.

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space.

Mikhail Gorbachev

The final leader of the Soviet Union who introduced the reforms of glasnost and perestroika.

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon.

Martin Luther King Jr.

A prominent leader of the American Civil Rights Movement who advocated for racial equality through nonviolence.

Pol Pot

Leader of the Khmer Rouge who presided over the Cambodian genocide.

Margaret Thatcher

The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, known for her conservative economic policies.

Nelson Mandela

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as the country's first black president.

Indira Gandhi

The first female Prime Minister of India.

Jonas Salk

Medical researcher who developed the first successful inactivated polio vaccine.

Kwame Nkrumah

Leader who oversaw Ghana's independence from British colonial rule and promoted Pan-Africanism.

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese leader who implemented significant market-economy reforms following the death of Mao Zedong.

Golda Meir

The fourth Prime Minister of Israel and the first female to hold the position.

Mao Zedong

Leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution and founder of the People's Republic of China.

Francisco Franco

General and dictator who ruled Spain following the Spanish Civil War.

Dwight Eisenhower

Supreme Allied Commander during World War II and the 34th President of the United States.

Hồ Chí Minh

Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader who served as the President of North Vietnam.

Jawaharlal Nehru

A key figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of independent India.

Chiang Kai Shek

Nationalist politician and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China.

Benito Mussolini

The fascist dictator of Italy who led the country during World War II.

Ataturk

The founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey who implemented secular and modernizing reforms.

F. D. Roosevelt

The 32nd President of the United States who led the nation through the Great Depression and most of World War II.

Margaret Sanger

Birth control activist and founder of organizations that became Planned Parenthood.

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union who transformed the country into an industrial and military superpower.

Guglielmo Marconi

Inventor and engineer known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission.

Winston Churchill

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who led the nation toward victory in World War II.

Vladimir Lenin

Leader of the Bolsheviks and the first head of the Soviet state.

Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of the Indian independence movement who utilized nonviolent civil disobedience against British rule.

Ida B. Wells

An investigative journalist and activist who was a leader in the civil rights and anti-lynching movements.

Karl Marx

Philosopher and economist who developed the fundamental theories of communism.