Stuff Ya Gotta Know 9: Modern World Issues

He was the founding father of Communist China and ruled it from 1949 until 1976. 

• Mao
• Stalin
• Ghandi
• Nelson Mandela

Supporters credit him with driving imperialism out, modernizing his nation and building it into a world power. 

• Mao
• Ghandi
• Putin
• Taiwan

Opponents accuse him of being a dictator who killed 40-70 million people and destroying religion/cultural.

• Mao
• Mandela
• Jackie Chan
• Ghandi

Free enterprise

• Socialism
• Capitalism
• Communism
• Terrorism

An economic system in which things are privately owned and operated and therefore private individuals profit or fail according to their abilities. 

• Capitalism
• Communism
• Socialism
• AIDS

The United States is an example of a nation that subscribes to this belief set. 

• Terrorism
• Global Warming
• Capitalism
• Atheism

Tends to be associated with democracy and freedom.

• Capitalism
• Communism
• Terrorism
• Socialism

Famous for the protests that took place here in Beijing China 1989. 

• Tiananmen Square
• Forbidden City
• Taiwan
• Berlin Wall

The Chinese Army was deployed to clear the area and many were killed. The most famous image of the protest is one of a man standing in front of several tanks.

• Tiananmen Square
• Berlin Wall
• Israel
• Taiwan

A state of political and military tension between the Western world, led by the USA and NATO, and the communist world, led by the Soviet Union and the smaller nations it controlled. 

• Cold War
• WWII
• WWI
• Iraq Wr