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Question | Answer |
Partition | Divided into different parts |
Viceroy | The governor of the colony of a monarchy |
Apartheid | Separation of the races created by white Africans |
Zionism | the political movement to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |
Lord Mountbatten | The last British viceroy of India |
Mohandas Gandhi | Led the nonviolent resistance movement |
Jawaharlal Nehru | a close friend of Gandhi supported western-style industrialization |
Nelson Mandela | led the struggle against apartheid which finally ended in the 1990s. |
Jomo Kenyatta | became the recognized leader of the Kenyan independence movement |
Gamal Abdul Nasser | became the President of Egypt in 1954 |
Golda Meir | lead Israel through the Yom Kippur War in 1973 |
Indian National Congress | One of India’s oldest political party |
Muslim League | campaigned for a separate Muslim nation |
Gandhi's tactics for independence | Gandhi advocated civil disobedience and passive resistance to British rule. Gandhi had led protest against British rule even before WWI |
Majority religion in India | Hindu |
Majority religion in Pakistan | Muslim |
Indian problems since independence | Hindus in Pakistan moved to India. –Muslims in India moved to Pakistan |
Africa example of peaceful independence | Ghana |
Africa example of violent independence | Nigeria |
Example of violent independence | Algeria, South Africa, and Kenya |
Mau Mau uprising | hoped to win African control of the country through a gradual process. efforts were interrupted by the uprising of radical African nationalist. |
French Mandates | included Syria and Lebanon. |
British Mandates | included Jordan (originally Trans Jordan) and Palestine. |
Nasser's Three main Accomplishments | Nationalizing the Suez Canal. –Developing a close relationship with the Soviet Union. –Building the Aswan High Dam |
Majority Religion Of Israel | Jews |
Yom Kippur War | Israel soon defended itself against attacks by Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria •Golden Meir lead Israel through |
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