1. Independence Movements
Unit Review

2. Who was the leader of the Indian independence movement?
Gandhi

3. What tactics did the leader of the Indian independence movement use?
Passive Resistance and non-violence

4. The Indian sub-continent was colonized by…
Britain

5. The main religion of Pakistan.
Islam

6. Differences in ____________ characterized the partition of independent India.
Religion

7. What nations resulted from the partition of India?
Pakistan (Formerly West Pakistan), Bangladesh (Formerly East Pakistan), India, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)

8. Sri Lanka was formerly known as …
Ceylon

9. Name for Gandhi’s independence movement.
Quit India

10. Act of disobeying unjust laws.
Civil disobedience

11. Name for Gandhi’s “brand” of passive political resistance.
Satyagraha

12. First prime minister of Pakistan.
Jawaharlal Nehru

13. Succeeded the first prime minister of India.
Indira Gandhi

14. Which nation was #3?
Pakistan

15. Which nation was #30?
Bangladesh

16. Kenya was colonized by…
Britain

17. Who ultimately declared independence for Algeria?
Charles de Gaulle

18. What group wrote a charter guaranteeing political rights/self-determination of African countries?
United Nations

19. Which region of Africa experienced a generally peaceful transition to independence?
West Africa

20. Total segregation between blacks and whites in South Africa.
Apartheid

21. Led the Kenyan independence movement.
Jomo Kenyatta

22. Who colonized South Africa?
Dutch (Boers), British

23. The right of a nation to decide its political future.
Self-determination

24. _______________’s war for independence of led to the fall of the French government.
Algeria

25. The Boers of South Africa were descended from the __________.
Dutch

26. Afrikaans for “apartness.”
Apartheid

27. Apartheid called for the ________________ of blacks and whites in South Africa.
Segregation

28. 1st black president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela

29. The year Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa.
1994

30. What nation is #1
South Africa

31. What nation is #48
Algeria

32. What nation is #12
Kenya

33. Who implemented the mandate system?
League of Nations

34. When was the Mandate System implemented?
After WWI

35. From which mandate was Israel created?
Palestine

36. The United Nations proposed that the hotly contested city of ________ should be considered and international city and not belong to any one nation. This idea was rejected.
Jerusalem

37. Under the mandate system, who controlled #9 &10.
Britain (#9 – Jordan, #10 – Israel)

38. Under the mandate system, who controlled #11 & 12.
France (#11 – Lebanon, #12 – Syria)

39. What country is #13?
Iran

40. After initial setbacks, who led their nation to victory during the Yom Kippur War?
Golda Meir (Israel)

41. When was Israel established?
1948

42. Main source of tension in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Religion

43. What allows for a faster, more efficient trade route from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. (Avoids going all the way around Africa).
Suez Canal

44. Who got to keep the Suez Canal?
Egypt

45. The Iraq invasion of __________ led to the Gulf War.
Kuwait

46. Iraqi leader during the Gulf War.
Saadam Hussein

47. Egyptian president. He seized power in a coup (ending the monarchy) and inspired other Arab nations.
Gamal Abdul Nasser

48. Dam built under Nasser’s leadership
Aswan High Dam

49. India’s type of government.
Democracy, federal system