This leader modernized and westernized Turkey.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
This leader fought for Indian independence.
Mahatma or Mohandas Gandhi
Leader of Ghana during Decolonization.
Kwame Nkrumah
This country experienced a genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge.
Cambodia
Communism took over this country in 1949.
China
Turkey is located in this continent.
Asia / West Asia
India gained independence from this nation.
Great Britain
Leader of Kenya during Decolonization.
Jomo Kenyatta
This country experienced a revolution in 1979.
Iran
Communist leader of China from 1943-1976.
Mao Zedong
Turkey was once this empire.
Ottoman Empire
Great Britain taxed this item in India.
Salt
Leader of South Africa during Decolonization.
Nelson Mandela
The leader of the Iranian Revolution.
Ayatollah Khomeini
Communist leader of China from 1976-1989.
Deng Xiaoping
Name one reform (law) that Ataturk changed.
Clothing
Literature
Secular Laws
Co-ed schools
Political Power for Women
British India was divided into India and this other country.
Pakistan or Bangladesh
Racial segregation existed in this country.
South Africa
Name one change (or law) in Iran as a result of the Iranian Revolution.
Women had less rights
Iran became a dictatorship / theocracy
Human Rights were suppressed
Name one aspect of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations.
Agriculture
Industry
Science and Technology
Military
VOCABULARY
to make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
Modernization
VOCABULARY
Name one idea Gandhi used to protest against the British.
Passive Resistance
Non-violence
Civil Disobedience
Boycott
VOCABULARY
a policy that separated races and segregated whites and blacks
Apartheid
VOCABULARY
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of a god
Theocracy
VOCABULARY
an economic and social plan used by Mao Zedong to transform China from a farming country into an industrial one.
Great Leap Forward