Partition and Independence in India
This Indian independence figure led the Homespun Movement and the Salt March. His philosophy of satyagraha focused on peaceful resistance.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
Kenya was colonized and eventually received its independence from this nation.
What is Britain?
Algeria fought for its independence against this nation.
What is France?
Egypt officially received their independence from this nation in 1922.
What is Britain?
The term swaraj refers to this concept.
What is Indian self rule?
Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the leaders of this majority group in India. They believed that India should remain one unified nation after it achieved independence.
What is the Hindu Majority?
This person became Kenya's first prime minister and President after the nation received its independence.
Who Jomo Kenyatta?
This former World War II hero helped to negotiate peace in the Algerian War which led to the nation getting its independence.
Who is Charles de Gaulle?
Egypt's revolution in 1952 led to the abdication of this ruler.
Who is King Farouk?
This was the leader of the Muslim League in India.
Who is Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
This organization, made up of mostly well educated Hindus, did not support independence from the British at first but later led that movement.
What is the Indian National Congress?
This revolutionary movement started out peacefully but became more violent as time passed. The British responded by putting many of its members into concentration camps.
What is the Mau Mau movement?
This independence movement in Algeria started out violent but later used non-violent tactics more effectively.
What is the FLN?
Egypt adopted this form of government after its revolution in 1952.
What is Arab Socialism?
The territories of Punjab and Bengal in India became this nation after the Partition of 1947.
What is Pakistan?
The Lahore Resolution proposed this idea.
What is that India needed to be divided into two separate states? (one Hindu and one Muslim)
The first prime minister and president of Kenya believed in this concept. It suggested that all decolonized nations needed to remain unified with each other even after they got independence.
What is Pan-Africanism?
This was the most violent phase of the independence movement in Algeria. It included deadly terrorist attacks and resulted in the torture of many Algerian independence fighters.
What is the Battle of Algiers?
This revolutionary movement protested the rule of the monarch, eventually forcing him to abdicate the throne.
What is the Free Officers Movement?
This revolutionary in Egypt led the movement to have the monarch removed from power. He also led Egypt through the Suez Canal crisis.
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
This law, passed by British parliament, gave the British government the authority to arrest and jail any Indian revolutionaries without a trial or jury.
What is the Rowlatt Act?
This is the decade that Kenya received its independence.
What is the 1960's?
This is the dominant religious group in Algeria. They were often targeted by the ruling nation's government and were treated as inferior citizens.
What are Muslims?
During the Suez Canal crisis, these three nations invaded Egypt in order to seize control of the canal.
What are Israel, Britain, and France?
Algeria received its independence after these agreements were signed.
What are the Evian Accords?