Decolonization In India
Famous Figures
Decolonization In Africa
Decolonization In The Middle East
Dealer's Choice
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Name the European power that controlled India.
Great Britain
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List 3 facts about Gandhi
He was the leader of the INC, He led the independence movement of India, he was assassinated by a Hindu extremist, he believed in non-violence
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What is the name of the legal segregation system in South Africa?
Apartheid
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"The Six Day War" "The Balfour Declaration" "The Yom Kippur War" The are all associated with which conflict in the Middle East?
Arab- Israeli conflict
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What is non-alignment?
When countries choose to not engage in an alliance with a major power bloc EX: US or USSR during the Cold War.
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List 3 tactics used to gain Independence from Great Britain
Civil disobedience, passive resistance, non-violent protests, Salt March, Homespun Movement, boycotts
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List 3 facts about Nelson Mandela.
He was leader of the ANC, He was imprisoned for 27 years, He fought against apartheid, he was the first freely elected president of South Africa
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How are the independence movements of Ghana and Kenya different?
Ghana followed non-violence and methods taught by Gandhi. Kenya was a violent revolt inspired by Mandela
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During the Iranian Revolution, How did Iranian's society change?
It went from modern/westernization to Islamic fundamentalism
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List 3 Leaders that tired to modernize their nations during decolonization
Ataturk Nasser Shah Pahlavi
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What happened to India as a direct result of it gaining its freedom from Great Britain?
India was partitioned into India and Pakistan
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What do Jomo Kenyatta, Kemal Ataturk and Simon Bolivar all have in common?
They were leaders of Nationalist movements
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Which group was in power under the laws of Apartheid in South Africa?
Afrikaners(Boers)
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The belief that a Jewish State or homeland should be established is called.....
Zionism
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What is nationalism? How is decolonization linked to nationalism?
The belief that a people with a shared culture or ethnicity should have their own state or nations. Independence movements are nationalist movements.
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What does it mean to partition? What were two results of the partition of India?
Mass migration, division and violence between Hindus and Muslims, creation of East and West Pakistan.
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How did Kemal Ataturk change Turkish society?
Modernized/ Westernized/Secularized it
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What issues still face Africa after decolonization.
political instability, Economic crisis, Resource Curse
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How did Gamal Nassar change Egyptian society?
Nationalized the Suez Canal/ Modernized society
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What major massacres inspired Gandhi and Mandela to fight for freedom against oppression in their countries.
Gandhi- Amritsar Mandela- Sharpeville
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What happens to East Pakistan in 1971?
It becomes the independent state of Bangladesh
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Who is the Ayatollah Khomeini?
The Islamic fundamentalist leader of Iran after the Iranian Revolution?
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What is Pan Africanism
movement to unify all Africans
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What is Pan Arabism
a movement to unify all Arabs into one state
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What is self-determination?
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
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