Le Zation de Colon
This country tried to win its independence peacefully from Britain - it got it in the 1950s
Ghana
Gandhi
The US supported these proxies to stop communism... but it ended up 'blowing up' in their faces in 2001
The Mujahideen
After its independence, Angola suffered through one of these featuring US weapons and Cuban fighters
Proxy War
After they were the home countries of empires, Britain and France became these in the World Systems lingo
Metropoles
This country tried to keep itself together - but it was partitioned by the British
India
Stokely Carmichael named himself after this Ghanaian leader when he left the USA to spread Black Power
Kwame Nkrumah (Kwame Ture)
This independence leader was a friend of Harry Truman - but he ended up being bitterly opposed by Kennedy and Johnson before ending the war against Ford
Ho Chi Minh
This movement resembled black pride in the US, but was found in the French speaking world
Negritude
After decolonization, many African countries continued to extract resources for manufacturing elsewhere. These are called ______ in World Systems theory
Periphery
This country tried to win its independence from Portugal - it took a long, bloody war to do it
Angola
This US president effectively ended imperialist interventions when he told the French and British to go home during this crisis
Suez Crisis
This king was a master of torture and repression. He was deposed by a popular uprising and those darn cassette tapes (woohoo 70s)
Shah Reza Pahlavi
Name one issue that continues to affect decolonized countries in Africa
Poor leadership; Authoritarianism; arbitrary boundaries; periphery status; population growth
The global economic system is still divided into mini-regions dominated by old empires. These are called:
Spheres of Influence
This country overthrew its monarchy and embarked on a Pan-nationalist movement. It was thwarted in only six days
Egypt
No, not one of those Indian artworks, but the leader of the ANC
Mandela (mandala)
General Douglas MacArthur led UN forces on a counterattack to the Yalu River to end the conflict once and for all. Unfortunately for him, it caused this country to join in the fun.
China (Korean War)
Name the two regions of Palestine, which has been divided since Israel's war of independence in 1948
The West Bank and Gaza
Countries that exist between the two ends of the World Systems spectrum have some manufacturing, capital, and raw resources. These are called:
Semi-periphery
Nationalism; Communism; Pan-somethingmaybe
ELI5 Einstein's theory of relativity
Good luck.
Explain one way that the policies of containment ended up spreading, not containing, authoritarianism
Answers will vary
Identify one way that violent resistance led to independence for a country in Period 4
answers will vary
Where was the first Death Star destroyed? Where was the second Death Star destroyed?
Yavin IV and Endor... right?