What year was Israel created?
1947
What (2) countries controlled the most land in Africa during the 20th century?
France and Great Britain
Indian Lawyer, Author, and Activist associated with leading the Indian Nationalist Movement.
This Civil Rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.
Great Britain
Famous South African President jailed during the 1980s-1990s
Nelson Mandela
What Middle-Eastern country was separated from India?
Pakistan
In what city did Rosa Parks infamously refuse to give up her seat?
Montgomery, Alabama
What nation was Israel created out of?
Palestine
What (2) industries were/are most prominent in Africa, beginning in the late 20th century?
Mining and Crash Crop Farming
What European Country controlled India for over a century prior their Independence?
Great Britain
What is another term for Segregation Laws in the Deep South--based off an 1830s cartoon?
Jim Crow Laws
Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel?
Benjamin Netanyahu
Discriminatory laws in South Africa in the late 20th century
What is the Apartheid?
What (2) religions are the basis for tensions on the Indian Subcontinent?
Hindu and Islam
What was the goal of Brown v. the Board of Education?
Challenge the Separate but Equal ruling (i.e. end segregation of public schools)
In what declaration did the British promised their support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
The Balfour Declaration
What are the (2) Causes that are typically accredited with beginning movements of African Nationalism?
Economic Reasons and Global Warfare
Why was Gandhi assassinated?
Accused of being too lenient on India's Muslim population
What US President ordered federal troops to protect the "Little Rock Nine"?
Dwight Eisenhower