A World Shaken by War
Listen up! Anti-colonial leaders used this communications technology to reach friends at home and allies abroad.
What is radio?
Neither first nor second, this contested part of the globe lay between the American and Soviet spheres of influence.
What is the Third World?
Hindu and Muslim nationalists in India found a common antagonist in these colonizers.
Who are the British?
Rather than respond with weapons or aggression, many Indian nationalists adopted this strategy.
What is nonviolence?
This bespectacled nationalist leader inspired Indians and others around the world.
Who is Mohandas K. Gandhi?
After World War II, some anti-capitalist, anti-colonial leaders sought to practice this political and economic ideology.
What is communism?
This term describes countries that attempted to maintain neutrality amid American-Soviet conflicts.
What are nonaligned nations?
Nationalism, Hinduism, and politics aligned in this party, founded in 1885.
What is the Indian National Congress?
Indians used this tactic when they refused to comply with unjust British laws or pay unreasonable taxes.
What is civil disobedience?
Both a nationalist and a modernizer, he led independent India for 17 years.
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?
This country’s invasion of European colonies during World War II helped stir up anti-colonial sentiment.
What is Japan?
Scholars use this term to portray a Cold War world divided starkly between two superpowers.
What is bipolarity?
Nationalism, Islam, and politics aligned in this party, founded in 1906.
What is the Muslim League?
When Indian nationalists stopped buying British goods like cloth, they practiced this protest strategy.
What is a boycott?
This uncompromising leader of the Muslim League rejected unity with Hindus.
Who is Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
Colonial powers promised—but then failed—to give rights to these decorated colonial men after World War II.
Who are veterans?
This 1955 meeting in Indonesia brought together leaders from new nations and colonies seeking independence.
What is the Bandung Conference?
Named for a Punjabi city and the violence that occurred there, this 1919 event invigorated Indian nationalism.
What is the Amritsar Massacre?
Conducted in 1930, this peaceful protest saw Indians march some 240 miles to the sea.
What is the Salt March?
Like her father before her, she led India as prime minister.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
The word “sovereignty” refers to this ability, which more and more nationalist leaders sought to practice.
What is self-rule?
This term describes military engagements in Korea, Vietnam, and other places where superpowers fought each other indirectly.
What are proxy wars?
Parliament in London passed these laws in 1919 to curb dissent among Indian nationalists.
What are the Rowlatt Acts?
Truth, nonviolence, and self-suffering lay at the heart of this Indian philosophy.
What is satyagraha?
The last British leader of India, he approved the plan for Partition.
Who is Lord Louis Mountbatten?