Nationalism and Decolonization in India
What method encouraged peaceful protest and moral force rather than violence?
What are peaceful protests?
This belief emphasizes loyalty to one's nation and culture and helped inspire independence movements
What is nationalism?
A colony is controlled politically and economically by a foreign country
What is imperialism / colonial rule?
British control over India limited self-rule and exploited resources
What is imperialism/inequality/power?
This term means favoring one side or point of view over others
What is bias?
The process by which colonies gain independence from imperial powers
Decolonization means gaining freedom from this.
What is Colonial rule?
A country has widespread poverty, unemployment, and inflation
What is economic instability / economic problems?
Ghandi used nonviolent resistant to challenge unfair laws
What is Power/ human rights?
World War I is associated with this type of fighting
What is Trench Warfare?
What year did India gain its independence from the British?
1947
This theory suggested that if one country became communist, others would follow
What is the domino theory?
The US used agent orange during the Vietnam war
What is military action / chemical warfare
European nations extracting raw materials from colonies
What is imperialism / scarcity?
This event brought the United States into World War II
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
What does the term "British Raj" mean?
British ''rule or reign"
This organization led the nationalist movement in Vietnam against colonial rule
What is the Viet Minh?
Unequal access to wealth after colonialism shows this enduring issue
What is inequality?
People unite around shared culture or language to demand independence
What is identity?
This chemical was used during the Vietnam War to destroy jungle vegetation
What is Agent Orange?
Who was the leader known for promoting nonviolent resistance in India?
Mohandas Ghandi
Decolonization often led to this challenge as new nations tried to govern themselves.
What is political instability/ economic problems/ civil conflict?
The treaty of Versailles punishes Germany after World War I
What are political and economic consequences / unfair peace terms?
Identify one enduring issue shown in India's independence movement and explain how it affected people over time.
Name the enduring issue, define it, use historical evidence
This term describes the buildup of weapons during the Cold War
What is the arms race?