Decolonization and Nationalism

India

100

The British East India Company hired Indian soldiers called (blank) to fight on their behalf.

Sepoys

200

Ghandi returned to India from this nation, where he was working as an attorney, to lead the independence movement.

South Africa

300

This organization was formed to give Indians a platform to voice their concerns with the British.

Indian National Congress

400

These two nations were created following decolonization in India

India and Pakistan

500

Ghandi was educated in this nation.

Britain

Africa

100

This man led the movement to end Apartheid in South Africa after being imprisoned for more than 20 years.

Nelson Mandela

200

This man led the independence movement in Ghana

Kwame Nkrumah

300

Areas of land in South Africa where Black South Africans were forced to live.

Homelands

400

This movement encouraged African nations to develop strong, interconnected governments and societies

Pan-Africanism

500

African colonies had economies based entirely on (blank), leading to economic struggles following decolonization.

Exports

Iran and Turkey

100

Kemal Ataturk believed that in order to move forward, Turkey had to be rapidly (blank).

Modernized/Westernized

200

A literal interpretation of the text of a religion

Fundamentalism

300

This Persian nationalist overthrew the old government in 1925

Reza Pahlavi

400

Facing pressure from Ayatollah Khomeini and his supporters, the Shah did this in 1979.

Fled Iran

500

The percent of Iranian citizens who marched in a demonstration against the Shah in 1979.

10%

Israel/Palestine Conflict

100

These two religions often came into conflict in the Palestine/Israel region.

Islam and Judaism

200

This term for Jewish Nationalism increased following the events of WWII and the Holocaust.

Zionism

300

This war was fought over Egypt blocking Israel's access to the Red Sea

Six Day War

400

This organization believed in a free nation of Palestine and used both violent and non-violent methods in attempt to achieve it.

Palestinian Liberation Organization

500

These two nations met at Camp David in order to negotiate peace in the region.

Egypt and Israel

Vocabulary

100

A method of protest where people stop buying a certain good or service.

Boycott

200

An act of protest undertaken by Ghandi against unfair, British tax laws

Salt March

300

Laws that restricted the movement of Black South Africans, forcing them to carry identification cards.

Pass Laws

400

A protest that turned into a massacre in South Africa, hundreds of students were killed

Soweto Uprising

500

The belief that one group of people is more fit to lead, this is a long term consequence of independence in African nations.

Tribalism