Contemporary Era Review - AP World History

What is the term coined by Winston Churchill for the division of Western and Soviet "spheres"

What innovation has made it possible for people to live longer?

British Conservative leader who began the longest-running prime ministership in history

What is apartheid?

Which country had difficult bloody war in their colony during decolonization?

In the Contemporary period, what are the four fastest growing economies? Think BRIC

This iconic image is known as what?

International organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules over global trade

The following image displays the spark of WWI

What was the turning point on the Western Front that helped the Allies win the war?

During the Cold War, NATO played an important role. What does the acronym stand for?

Which of the following was a policy associated with Mikhail Gorbachev?

Who is this important figure from South Africa?

Events held every four years in Ancient Greece to showcase the physical excellence of humans?

UN agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments

What region currently has the most rapid population increase?

What plan did Stalin introduce to industrialize the Soviet Union?

What were these women called in the 1920s?

What region to Japan want during the second Sino-Japanese war?

Movement within the Catholic church to understand Christianity from the perspective of the poor

What is the term for the Jewish nationalism that promoted Jewish migration to the Holy Land

Who is this important Vietnamese figure?

What was the Suez Canal crisis of 1956?

Who is this important Indian figure?

Chinese society was known by early Marxist's as what?

How did the global nature of culture affect sports?

What was a similarity between the goals of Mao Zedong and Emiliano Zapata in these revolutions?

Fascist Italy was led by a charismatic dictator

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was significant in WWI because