Chronology
World War 1
1915-18
“I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet.”
Balfour Declaration
The division of a territory into separate political units, often leading to the creation of new sovereign states.
Partition
Ran Turkey after WW1, did not like the Fez
Ataturk
Where was the conference that decided how Africa was going to be colonized
Berlin
Balfour Declaration
1917
“My ambition is no less than to convert the British people through non-violence and thus make them see the wrong they have done to India. I do not seek to harm your people. I want to serve them even as I want to serve my own”
The Essential Gandhi
The process by which African lands, economies, and cultures were dominated and transformed by foreign powers, often erasing or marginalizing indigenous systems.
Foreignization
First Black president of South Africa, ran the ANC for awhile, was in jail for a long time
Nelson Mandela
What country is located in what was the Gold Coast Colony
Ghana
India-Pakistan Partition
1947
"To approve programs, songs, and subjects before they are released, to use radio to encourage national education; 14th. To confiscate malicious articles and books as well as magazines displaying a grotesque character or spreading frivolity;”
Muslim Brotherhood, Towards the Light
A 1919 incident where British troops fired upon a peaceful gathering in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, killing hundreds and marking a turning point in India's independence.
Amritsar Massacre
Head of the All Indian Muslim League, President of Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
What country is the Suez Canal located in
Egypt
Six Day War
1967
“The political system which we regard as clear and fully realizable is national policy... This is borne out in history and is the expression of science, reason, and common sense.”
Ataturk, speech to Congress of People’s Republican Party
The dispersion of a people from their original homeland to various parts of the world.
Diaspora
Governor of Gold Coast Colony, believed in character training for Africans
Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
What direction is Uganda in compared to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
North East
Jan Smuts, Rhodes Memorial Lecture
1929
“We wish our people to develop to the fullest our spiritual, cultural, economic, social, and political life, in a way that we think best and in consonance with our own ideals and according to the genius of our people”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Presidential Address
A philosophy of nonviolent resistance developed by Mahatma Gandhi, emphasizing the power of truth and civil disobedience.
Satyagraha
Important leader in India's independence movement, Gandhi's right hand man
Jawaharlal Nehru
How many times zones are there in India
1