India
Who was the leader that led the Decolonization movement in India?
Mohandas Ghandi
What was the name of Mao Zedong's five year plan?
The Great Leap Forward
Who led the movement against Apartheid in South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata were a part of the revolution in this country.
Mexico
Name five modern countries that were once apart of the Ottoman Empire
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Oman.
What were the three movements Ghandi led against the British in India?
Non-Cooperation Movement, Quit India Movement, and Salt March.
What was the treaty signed between the Chinese and British after the Opium Wars?
Treaty of Nanjing
What was the conference that carved up the continent of Africa?
The Berlin Conference
Salvador Allende, the first socialist leader, was elected president of this country.
Chile
Name the three interest groups in the Middle East
European Imperalists, Zionist, Arab Nationalists
What is the spark that caused the Sepoy Rebellion?
Disrespect to the religions the Sepoys practiced, specifically the Hindus and Muslims. The Sepoys had to bite off cartridges that had pig and cow fat.
Who were the Boxers during the Boxer Rebellion?
The Boxers were a group of Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoists who were radically opposed to any change in Asian culture. Members practiced a form of shadowboxing and believed that followers of the cult were invulnerable.
What was the only African country that resisted European Imperalism?
Ethiopia
José de San Martín is nicknamed "The Liberator," because he helped decolonize these three countries.
Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
What is the Israeli claim to the land of Palestine, and what is the Palestinian claim to Palestine?
Israel claims ownership over the land because it's their biblical and historic homeland. Palestine claims ownership over the land because many Palestinians have been living in the land for generations.
What was the name of the massacre that took place in India in 1919?
Amritsar Massacre
What was the spark of the Cultural Revolution in China?
Mao feared China was becoming too capitalist. He feared China was developing along the lines of the Soviet models. He wanted to make China fully communist!
What was the name of the massacre in South Africa against those protesting Apartheid that sparked global outrage?
Sharpeville Massacre (1960) and The Soweto Uprising (1976).
Name the conquistador responsible for defeating the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes.
Which group was responsible for the Armenian Genocide?
The Young Turks
What was the name of Ghandi's leading philosophy and what was it?
Satyagraha, which was the pursuit of truth, and non-violent resistance.
What was the Long March?
Led by Mao Zedong, the long march was a 6,000 mile march of the Chinese Communists who were retreating from nationalists forces.
Who were the two African leaders that led the movements of Decolonization in Kenya, and Ghana.
Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, and Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya.
Where did the "Dirty War" take place?
Argentina.
Who took power during the Turkish War For Independence?
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk