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2 Zionist Movement A massive migration of Jews back to biblical homelands (Israel/Jerusalem) Idea of Theodor Hertzl in book Der Judenstaat Started in the early 1900s Gains steam after Holocaust out of fear of more persecution 1948- U.N. approves the country of Israel for Jews out of sympathy for Holocaust (USA will help them defend it) Problem: land had to be taken from Lebanon, Syrian, Jordan, and Palestinians
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4 Terrorist Groups Use fear and intimidation to achieve their goalsPLO- Palestinian Liberation Org. Terrorize Israel to get Palestinian state Get land back from Jews who settled in West Bank and Gaza
5 IRA- Irish Republican ArmyCatholic Terrorist group in Northern Ireland Terrorize Britsh Govt. and Protestants so that N. Ireland will be released from British control and added back to Ireland
6 Ayatolla Khomeni Overthrows President Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1979 (Democracy) Established a strict Islamic State (still today) People are governed by Islamic law. Wanted to cut ties w/West. Felt modernization was corrupting country Known as the Iranian Revolution
7 Jomo Kenyatta Nationalist leader in Africa post WWIIBecame first President of Kenya Led Mau Mau tribal farmers to overthrow the British (known as Mau Mau Uprisings)
8 Green Revolution Attempt by scientific community to grow food in poor 3rd world countries Preserve the environment Cut down on Co2 emissions, CFCs
9 Animism Belief that there are spirits in all living thingsNative Americans, African Tribes, Hindus
10 Polytheistic MonotheisticPolytheistic – belief in more than one god Ex: Hinduism, Buddhism Monotheism - belief in one god Ex: Judaism, Islam, Christianity
11 Slobodan Milosovic Dictator of SerbiaCommitted Genocide or Ethnic cleansing in this former Yugoslavian state Murdered anyone who was not Serbian ethnicity Especially hated Croatian Muslims 1992 UN stepped in and removed him from power with military strikes
12 Lech Walesa Leader of “Solidarity” (togetherness) movement in PolandSolidarity Party members defeated Communists in first Dem elections 1990 He became their 1st Prez. Ended Soviet control
13 Zheng He Ist and only Chinese explorer China didn’t think it was worth the $$ to explore
14 Irish Potato Famine Diseased potatoes force massive migration to USA
15 Tianamen Square Massacre1989 Student protesters are murdered in Beijing for speaking out against communist govt Deng Xiaoping is dictator
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17 Ghana and Mali African kingdoms who traded gold and saltMansa Musa brought Islam to Africa, made a pilgrimage to Mecca
18 Invasion of Iraq (Desert Storm)1990 George Bush Sr. Goal was to liberate (free) country of Kuwait that was taken over by Saddam Hussein U.S. led successful invasionand freed Kuwait Many criticized Bush saying we did it only to protect our oil interests in the middle east
19 Operation Iraqi Freedom2003-current George Bush jr. Response to 9/11 attacks on U.S. Believed Saddam was aiding Al Qeada and other terrorist groups Also developing chemical, biological and nuclear weapons Weapons not found, Saddam captured and executed U.S. still struggling to set up Democratic government in face of terrorists
20 Economic Systems All societies, civilizations, tribes, countries, etc. Have to answer 3 basic economic questions: What to Produce? How to Produce it? Who will receive it? The trouble is people have unlimited wants along with a limited amount of resources-we call this Scarcity
21 Types of Economic SystemsTraditional Example: Tribes Do things like their ancestors Men and women have distinct roles Labor intensive; made by hand Strong family relationship
22 2. Command Example: Soviet Union, North KoreaGovernment plans everything Controls the factors of production Little freedom of choice for people Government provides for peoples’ needs Everyone has a job
23 3. Free Market / CapitalismAdam Smith, Wealth of Nations Example: U.S., France, Great Britain People have freedom make economic decisions Prices are determined by the law of supply and demand No guarantees: you could be rich one day and poor the next unemployment
24 Essay Advice Be sure to answer all aspects of the taskUse paragraph format w/ intro and conclusion Write as much as you can! Tie into similar events and people. Don’t use incorrect info. DBQs – make sure you include the required number of documents. Add them to back up info you are presenting
25 You can reference them by saying “in Document 1…” or by Author or by placing Document number in parenthesis (Doc 5) in the essay Don’t just summarize each document. You have to answer their question! Kick butt on scaffolding questions, be specific on answers, you can copy word for word out of documents if possible (easy points)