| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Harry Truman | 33rd president, first to recognize Israel as a country |
| JFK | "Ask not what your country can do for yiu but what you can do for your country |
| Jimmy Carter | Hosted Camp David Peace Accords |
| George H. W. Bush | President during Persian Gulf War |
| Saddam Hussein | Former Dictator of Iraq, launched attack on Kuwait |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Peaceful liberator of India in 1948 |
| Nelson Mandela | President of South Africa in 1994 |
| Shah of Iran | USA's tool in Iran until the 70's |
| Khomeni | Took power from Shah, had him exiled |
| Ganges | Fed by the Himalayas, source of Hinduism |
| Himalayas | Tallest mountain range in the world |
| India | Biggest democracy in the world |
| Pakistan | Home of K2 and the Hindu-Kush |
| Bangladesh | Not unlike New Orleans, biggest population density ever |
| Mecca | Islam's holiest city |
| Saudi Arabia | Biggest oil reserves ever |
| Baghdad | Capital of Iraq |
| Tehran | Capital of Iran |
| Jerusalem | Capital of Israel |
| South Africa | 18% of this country has HIV/AIDS |
| Caste System | Untouchable to Brahman, in India |
| Apartheid | South African segregation |
| Israel | Country of Jews |
| OPEC | An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum |
| Tsunami | Freak Wave |
| Afrikaners | Dutch, Africans |
| Schwarzkopf | Stormin' Norman, Desert Storm |
| Theocracy | Religon run gov. |
| Mohammed | Chosen prophet of Allah |
| Holocaust | Ethnic cleansing of all Jews |
| Indus | " " River Valley |
| Afganistan | Home of the Taliban |
| Cape Town | One of South Africa's caps., " " Town |
| Kaaba | Big, black, cube |
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