Leaders, Groups, Countries & Dates Flashcards

1
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  • Chile
  • assassinated in 1973
A

Salvatore Allende

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  • Syria
  • 1971-2000
A

Hafez al-Assad

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3
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  • succeeded Kruschev
  • invaded Afghanistan 1979
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Leonard Brezhnev

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4
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  • Spanish general & dictator
  • led loyalist & ruled from 1930-1975
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Francisco Franco

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5
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  • Irish political leader
  • 18th century
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Edmund Burke

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6
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  • fled to Taiwan & became the ruling party
  • lost to Mao
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Kuomintang (led by Chiang Kai-Shek)

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7
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  • founded after WW1
  • under Treaty of Versailles
  • forerunner of United Nations
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League of Nations

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8
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  • Dutch spy who worked for French & Germans in WW1
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Mata Hari

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9
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  • Muslim dynasty that ruled India in 16th & 17th centuries
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Moguls

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10
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Defeated Napoleon fleet at Battle of Trafalgar

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Lord Nelson

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  • Argentine political figure
  • wife of President Juan Peron
  • Evita based on her
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Eva Peron

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12
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Norwegian that betrayed his country for Nazis

A

Quisling

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13
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Longest ruling king in European history

A

Louis 14th

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14
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First female prime minister of India

A

Indira Ghandi

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15
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Philippine President that barely won & fled to Hawaii

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Ferdinand Marcos

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16
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First Dominican Friar of Grand Inquisition

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Tomas Torquemada

17
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Famous Scottish reformation leader

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John Knox

18
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Ethiopian leader deposed in 1974

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Haile Selassie