Famous World Leaders

Sun Yat-sen's politics was linked with the end of the Qing dynasty and the founding of the republic. For exams connect him with the beginning of modern China.

The Four Modernizations were linked with agriculture industry defence and science technology. For exams connect them with China's economic reforms.

Nasser rose after the end of King Farouk's monarchy. For exams connect him with Egyptian nationalism and the Suez Crisis.

Infitah is linked with Sadat's open-door economic policy. For exams connect Sadat with both economic and peace policies.

Lee Kuan Yew was the leader of the People's Action Party. For exams connect him with Singapore's founding leadership.

The Korean War was linked with control and division of the Korean Peninsula. For exams connect Kim Il Sung with North Korea.

Kennedy and Khrushchev were the main leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis. For exams remember it as one of the most dangerous moments of the Cold War.

Reaganomics was linked with tax cuts and free-market thinking. For exams connect Reagan with both Cold War and economic policy.

Arafat served as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. For exams connect him with Palestinian nationalism and the Oslo process.

Benazir Bhutto first became prime minister in the 1980s. For exams remember her as the first woman prime minister of a Muslim-majority country.

Both leaders helped create a negotiated path to end apartheid. For exams connect it with politics of reconciliation after conflict.

Lincoln linked preservation of the Union with the anti slavery cause. For exams do not treat the Civil War as only a regional dispute.

Washington strengthened the tradition of keeping power under institutions. For exams connect him with republican restraint.

Churchill's leadership was important in World War II but his imperial views are also criticized. For exams write both achievement and criticism.

The Continental System increased tension in trade and European cooperation. For exams also remember Napoleon's limitations.

Satyagraha linked moral legitimacy with mass participation. For exams connect Gandhi with mass politics and non violence.

King highlighted the gap between democratic ideals and social reality. For exams connect him with the non violent rights movement.

The Long March symbolically strengthened Mao's leadership and revolutionary discipline. For exams connect it with memory of the Chinese Revolution.

The New Economic Policy was a practical response to economic crisis after the revolution. For exams connect Lenin with both ideology and practice.

Abolition of the Caliphate was a major step in Ataturk's secular nation building. For exams connect it with modern Turkey.