Geography
This continent had a majority of nations gain independence in 1960.
What is Africa?
This person was responsible for starting non-violent protests in India, including the Salt March and Homespun Movement.
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
Define decolonization.
What is the process of nations gaining independence from their colonizers?
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 led to the return of what religion being the basis of government?
What is Islam?
The U.S. is currently at war with this nation.
What is Iran?
The Partition of India created which country?
What is Pakistan?
This group of people fought for a homeland starting in the 1800s, and continued to push for this following the events of the Holocaust.
Who are the Zionists?
The process of incorporating new fashion, food, and technology into a country to resemble places like Great Britain, France, and the U.S.
What is westernization?
Mao Zedong promoted his "comeback" to politics with a long distance swim in the Yangtze River. How many miles did he claim to travel in 65 minutes?
What is 9 miles?
Japan is prone to this type of natural disaster, with warning of one coming soon.
What is a tsunami?
The British fought to gain control of Egypt partially due to this body of water, which accesses the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
Mao Zedong was responsible for the Great Leap Forward, a policy meant to resemble this leader's Five Year Plan.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
The process of removing religion from societal importance.
What is secularization?
Which group was responsible for the 1947 Partition Plan, splitting Palestine and Israel?
Who is the United Nations?
This body of water has been highly valuable over the last month, with its closure attributing to increased gas prices and a decrease in trade.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
Name 1 nation who supports Pan-Arabism.
Who is Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Iran...
The leader of Kenya following its independence from Great Britain.
Who was Jomo Kenyatta?
The term for returning an item, such as an artifact, to the place it originated from. This has been heavily debated in recent years following the process of decolonization.
What is repatriation?
This group of African artifacts were taken by the British as "spoils of war", many of which were used for ceremonial purposes and kept at royal palaces.
What are the Benin Bronzes?
What is the Artemis II?
The Nationalists and Communists in China joined forces to fight against which invading country?
Who was Japan?
Deng Xioaping, China's leader after Mao Zedong, was known for allowing capitalist economic activity but was heavily against individual freedoms. This ultimately led to what major protest?
What is the Tienanmen Square Massacre?
The word for the split of a nation into two different nations.
What is partition?
The statue created by college students in China to protest for individual rights at Tienanmen Square was known as...
What is the Goddess of Democracy?
In March, a unused bomb from this event caused major disruptions at a Paris train station, until it could be safely moved and the detonator destroyed.
What is WW2?