Terms and Definitions
Decolonization in Asia
Decolonization in Africa
Cold War and Decolonization
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What is human agency?

free will; people taking action

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How was India organized after the colonizers left?

India and Pakistan

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What was aparthied?

Systematic segregation in South Africa

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What is the battle of ideologies of the Cold War?

Capitalism VS Communism

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What are structural forces?

the things that people cannot control: government, borders, environment, etc.

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What empire controlled India?

Great Britain

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What empire ruled Algeria?

France

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Name one Asian nation that became communist after decolonization/WWII.

Vietnam

North Korea

China

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What is decolonization?

The process of ending colonial rule and starting independent nations

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What empire ruled Vietnam?

France

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What empire ruled Ghana and Nigeria?

Great Britain

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Why did Cuba align with the Soviet Union?

To make Americans their enemy

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What is a cold war?

War through political and economic tensions, no actual physical warfare
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Who was the leader of the Vietnamese independence group?

Ho Chi Minh

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Who was Nelson Mandela?

the leader of the anti-apartheid group in South Africa and their first Black president

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What was the US policy of Containment?

the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism

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What is a boycott?

the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as a form of protest

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Which Asian resistance leader used a nonviolent approach?

Gandhi

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What was the FLN's approach to fighting for freedom?

guerilla warfare

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Name one nation that was previously a part of the Soviet Union (that isn't Russia).

Possible Answers: 

Belarus, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Estonia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Lithuania, Georgia, Uzbekistan

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