India
Africa
China
Middle East
Miscellaneous
100
Before the British colonized India, which empire ruled India?
The Mughal Empire
100
This policy or system is a form of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race in South Africa that lasted until the early 1990s.
Apartheid
100
Name of drug that the British traded into China that China eventually made illegal
Opium
100
This is the Jewish nationalist ideology that supports Israel as a state/homeland for Jewish people.
Zionism
100
Who was Nelson Mandela?
Anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
200
What was the name of the company that was first sent to India to exploit the resources and run India
British East India Company
200
This South African organization desired to create a united Africa and actively opposed apartheid policies.
African National Congress (ANC)
200
The Chinese Civil War was fought between _________ & ____________.
Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Kuomintang (KMT, or Chinese Nationalist Party)
200
Before the start of WWI, three influential groups with interests in the future of the Middle East were...
- European Imperialists
- Zionists
- Arab-Nationalist
200
Who were Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah?
Kenyatta- Anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister and president.
Nkrumah- was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957
300
What is the Sepoy Rebellion?
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company.
300
law that required nonwhites in South Africa to carry documents authorizing their presence in restricted areas
Pass Laws
300
An uprising against foreigners that occurred in China by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China.
Boxer Rebellion
300
"The Six Day War" and "The Balfour Declaration" are all associated with which conflict in the Middle East?
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
300
During the Iranian Revolution, How did Iranian's society change?
It went from modern/westernization to Islamic fundamentalism
400
What method did Gandhi use to fight against British rule?
Civil disobedience- strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice
400
The two epic wars fought between the defendants of Dutch settlers and the British over British annexation/control of the region.
Boer Wars
400
What was the Great Leap Forward?
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chairman Mao Zedong launched the campaign to reconstruct the country from an agrarian economy into a communist society through the formation of people's communes.
400
What is Pan Arabism?
a movement to unify all Arabs into one state
400
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.
500
What was the turning point of India's independence from the British?
Partition of India- Separating India into two nations (Pakistan-Muslims & India-Hindus)
Mass migration of people.
500
This political cartoon is associated with which event?
The Berlin Conference
500
Several European countries grabbed areas of China for exclusive trading rights, and the areas were known as...
spheres of influence
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500
What was the Balfour Declaration?
Statement of British support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish.
British support for Zionism
500
List 2 leaders that tired to modernize their nations during decolonization
Kemal Ataturk and Mohammed Reza Pahlavi