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| The region south of the Sahara Desert in Africa; includes some of the world’s richest deposits of minerals, yet still remains one of the largest regions of undeveloped natural resources in the world. |
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| A Polish astronomer who proved that the Ptolemaic system was inaccurate, he proposed the theory that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system. |
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| A noted British statesman who led Britain throughout most of World War II and along with Roosevelt planned many allied campaigns. He predicted an iron curtain that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West. |
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| This female scientist proved that radio-activity, when properly applied, was an effective treatment of some diseases. |
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| A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially. This led to the creation of a number of European empires which extended around the world. |
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| This ancient scholar calculated the circumference of the earth, described it as a sphere, and predicted that ships could sail from Greece to India. |
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| This scientist received more than 1,300 patents for a range of items including the automatic telegraph machine, the phonograph, improvements to the light bulb, a modernized telephone and motion picture equipment. |
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| This man invented the first commercially successful steamboat in the United States. |
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| This 20th Century scientist revolutionized the way scientists thought about space, time and matter, the most notable being his theory of relativity. |
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| This dictator was the leader of the Nazi Party. He believed that strong leadership was required to save Germanic society, which was at risk due to Jewish, socialist, democratic, and liberal forces. |
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| This scientist proved Copernicus’ theory that the sun was the center of the solar system and developed the modern experimental method. |
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| Founder of the Russian Communist Party, this man led the November Revolution in 1917 which established a revolutionary soviet government based on a union of workers, peasants, and soldiers. |
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| A philosopher from India, this man was a spiritual and moral leader favoring India’s independence from Great Britain. He practiced passive resistance, civil disobedience and boycotts to generate social and political change. |
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| This scientist was an English mathematician and physicist who devised principles to explain universal gravitation, that all matter attracts other matter. |
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| This man became the leader of the Chinese Communist Party and remained its leader until his death. He declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and supported the Chinese peasantry throughout his life. |
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| A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. |
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| Mother Teresa of Calcutta |
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| This woman was a Roman Catholic nun who served the poor in India, set a world standard for humanitarian aid. She earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. |
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| This man was the leading spokesman of passive resistance to apartheid in the 1980’s. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his attempts to replace apartheid with a racially equal South African society. |
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| Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) |
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| The first non-Italian pope elected by the cardinals since the 16th century, this Polish pope favored cooperation among all faiths. |
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| A Greek philosopher and mathematician, this man was credited with the discovery that numbers are useful for more than counting physical things. |
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| A Scottish engineer who created the steam engine that worked faster and more efficiently than earlier engines, this man continued improving the engine, inventing a new type of governor to control steam pressure and attaching a flywheel. |
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| After World War I, this United States president sought to reduce the risk of war by writing the Fourteen Points that influenced the creation of the League of Nations |
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