Decolonization in India and Vietnam
Which country controlled India during colonization/imperialism?
Great Britain/United Kingdom
Which leader is associated with the independence movement in South Africa and what is he known for?
Nelson Mandela, he ended apartheid
Who was the main leader of Communist China?
Mao Zedong
Who is known as the father of the Turks?
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
a rigid system of white supremacy that forces segregation and economic/political oppression of a group of people based on their race, ethnicity, color, etc. Most often referring to South Africa
What is apartheid?
Which leader is associated with the independence movement in India and what is he known for?
Mohandas Gandhi; civil disobedience/peaceful protesting/nonviolence
What country did Algeria fight to gain independence from?
France
What was the event that modernized Communist China?
What is the Great Leap Forward?
Ataturk instituted these to modernize, secularize, and westernize Turkey
What are reforms?
To free or be forced to give up control of a colonized people or area
What is decolonization?
The partition involved India being split into two: What was the country split into?
India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Muslim)
What is apartheid and where did it take place?
system of racial segregation by law in South Africa
Who was the leader of China that introduced capitalism back to China?
Who was Deng Xiaoping?
The Iranian people removed this leader and replaced him with Ayatollah Khomeini and started the Islamic Republic. Bonus points for the na.e
Who was the Shah?
(Bonus: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi)
In India, this movement meant self-rule/liberation
What is Swaraj?
What was the Amritsar Massacre?
killing of Indian independence activists and civilians
What historical figure is associated with Kenya's independence movement?
Jomo Kenyatta
This event in 1989 is seen as a major human rights violation and is the reason why China is still controlled by the communist party.
What is the Tianamen Square Massacre?
This is the Islamic code of law that Iran follows today
What is Sharia Law?
the right for a nation to choose their own government and rule it without outside control, a favorite of Woodrow Wilson back in WWI
What is self-determination?
This was the main leader of Vietnam who rebelled against the French and turned Vietnam to communism
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
Which African country was the first to decolonize with positive action? (Hint: "we must unite now or perish")
Ghana, led by Kwame Nkrumah
This event in China happened when students began to turn on educated people like teachers, scholars, and doctors because they read Mao Zedong's Little Red Book
What is the Cultural Revolution?
What is the most unequal country in the world today?
South Africa
If you are an Indian, a Vietnamese, or a Kenyan and you support having your own country, what are you?
A nationalist!