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Glossary: Global History & Geography for 14-15 Yr olds USA) (Thomas Caswell)

Kipling, Rudyard

(1865-1936) British writer and poet. His poem The White Mans Burden became a popular justification for European imperialism.

Koch, Robert

(1843-1910) German physician who, in the 1880s, discovered that bacteria caused tuberculosis.

Kong Fu Zi

See Confucius

Korean Bridge

The term given to process in which cultural diffusion occurred between China and Japan though Korean contact with both civilizations.

Korean War

A war between North Korean, which was supported by both the Soviet Union and communist China, and South Korea, which was supported by the United States and the United Nations. The war occurred between 1950 and 1953 and ended in an armistice and original borders.

Kristallnacht

On November 9th, 1938, Nazis in German looted, and burned Jewish stores and Synagogues, often beating Jews in the street. Over 90 Jews were killed during Kristallnacht. Also called Night of Broken Glass.

Kublai Khan

(1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.

Kuomintang

Nationalist Party in China led by Jiang Jieshi, which began a war against the Communist Party led by Mao Zedong. Both fought for control of China, with Mao and the Communists ultimately winning in 1949.

Kurds

Ethnic group that lives in parts of Iraq and Turkey. They often suffer persecution in both countries, and are currently under the protection of the United Nations in Iraq.