South Asia
Two nations emerged after gaining independence from British rule.
What are India and Pakistan?
The cause of the “scramble for Africa”
Did Europe want new markets and raw materials?
The President of Egypt during the decolonization period
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
This Southeast Asian country gained independence in 1948
What is Burma?
What did the Statute of Westminster (1931) do for the British dominions?
It gave dominions more freedom
The Modern name for Ceylon
What is present-day Sri Lanka?
He helped inspire multiple countries in Africa and Asia to protest colonialism.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This country experienced a major revolt.
What is the Iraqi Revolt of 1920?
Singapore became an independent country this year.
When is 1965?
How much money did the US lend Britain during WWII?
$3.75 billion
The originally planned date that the Prime Minister acknowledged as India's Independence Day.
Was it on June 30, 1948?
Zimbabwe’s name before independence.
Where is Southern Rhodesia?
This 1956 crisis demonstrated that Britain faced limits on its ability to intervene militarily.
What is the Suez Crisis?
This former British territory was handed over to China on July 1, 1997
What is Hong Kong?
What Treaty ended the Irish War of Independence?
The Anglo-Irish Treaty
The year India gained independence
Was it in 1947?
The number of Sub-Saharan colonies held by the British
What are the 22 major colonies?
The city that became a major center of British influence due to its location
What is Cairo?
Name this 12-year conflict that took place between 1948-1960.
What is the Malayan Emergency?
What did the West Indies Federation do?
Attempted to unite the Caribbean Islands
The author of "Shooting an elephant" which is set in Burma and follows a British colonial police officer.
Who is George Orwell?
The raw materials desired from Africa
Did they want materials to fuel the Industrial Revolution?
The country that gained independence in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence
What is Ghana?
This 1955 conference in Indonesia brought together leaders from Asian and African countries to discuss independence.
What is the Bandung Conference?
Why did protests and riots break out in the Caribbean Islands?
People faced poor working and living conditions