India
Who led the Indian independence movement
Mohondas Gandhi
Who led the Independence movement of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
First chairman of communist China
Mao Zedong
Which empire ruled the Middle East until its collapse at the end of WWI
Ottoman Empire
____________ means biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause.
Propaganda
What tactic did Indian independence leaders take to achieve Independence from Britain?
Civil disobedience; peaceful protests
What was the system of racial segregation called in South Africa?
Apartheid
The Chinese Civil War was fought between which two groups?
KMT (nationalists) and CCP (communists)
Which country was created for Jews from Palestine in 1948?
Israel
How long was Mandela imprisoned for?
27 years
Homespun Movement; Salt March
Who was the leader of the independence movement in Kenya?
Jomo Kenyatta
Great Leap Forward
Which two European nations split sections of the Middle East among themselves in the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
Britain and France
Which nation supported the CCP during the Chinese Civil War?
USSR
When India gained independence in 1947, which country was partitioned (created) for the Muslim people of India?
Pakistan
Who was the leader of the independence movement in Ghana?
Kwame Nkrumah
Second leader of communist China who was responsible for improving the Chinese economy
Deng Xiaoping
In the Balfour Declaration, which group did the British promise to create a homeland for in Palestine?
Zionists
What were Mao's student soldiers called during the Cultural Revolution?
Red Guards
What was the name of the event in which thousands of Indians were gunned down by the British for violating the ban on public gatherings?
Amritsar Massacre
Name of the language black South Africans were forced to learn during the mid to late 1900s.
Afrikaans
Name of the massacre in 1989 of student protesters calling for more political and social freedoms
Tienanmen Square
In the McMahon letters, what did the British promise the Sherif of Mecca to support the creation of in exchange for his help in defeating the Ottomans?
a united Arab state
Which country was fought over during the Indian partition?
Kashmir