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Decolonization

Vocabulary GCA WHII

TermDefinitionTime Period
Decolonization seeking independence by the colonies and self-determination Decolonization
United Nations created equal rights and self-determination as a basic purpose Decolonization
Self-Determination colonies deciding the future status of their homeland Decolonization
India the first major developing nation to gain independece Decolonization
British Empire gave India their independence because of demand for self-rule Decolonization
Subcontinent large landmass jutting out from a continent Decolonization
Indian National Congress for a nationalized India and to be Hindu-run Decolonization
Muslim League for a nationalized India and to be Muslim-run Decolonization
Mohandas Gandhi brought idea of a free India to common people Decolonization
Nonviolence spread civil disobedience and passive resistance Decolonization
Civil disobedience disobedience of unimportant laws that were unnecessary Decolonization
Passive resistance resistance by use of strikes and mass demonstrations Decolonization
Boycott refusing to buy British goods Decolonization
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped the undegregation of whites and blacks in the USA Decolonization
Hindu-Muslim tensions Hindus wanted majority control and Muslims wanted a seprate nation Decolonization
East Pakistan Muslim-controlled Decolonization
West Pakistan Hindu-controlled Decolonization
Pakistan recognized as an independent nation Decolonization
Bangladesh formerly East Pakistan Decolonization
Jawaharlal Nehru first Prime Minister of India - supproted industrialized India Decolonization
Indira Gandhi 3rd Prime Minister of India; partnered with Soviet Union during Cold War Decolonization
Kashmir India and Pakistan are fighting over Decolonization
Middle East Mandate system was created here Decolonization
Mandate System by League of Nations to govern areas that were ruled by Central Powers Decolonization
Great Britain and France divided German and Ottoman territories between themselves Decolonization
Syria belonged to the French Mandate Decolonization
Lebanon belonged to the French Mandate Decolonization
Jordan belonged to the British Mandate Decolonization
Palestine belonged to the British Mandate Decolonization
Mandate of Palestine given to the British; later land given to the Jews for a place to live Decolonization
Diaspora scattering of Jews Decolonization
Balfour Declaration just a letter stating to not forget the Jews and to give them a home Decolonization
Zionism Jewish Nationalism Decolonization
Arab-Israeli Conflict Arabs want Israel gone and rights for Palestinians in Israel; Israelis want an end to terrorism and to continue building Jewish settlements Decolonization
Golda Meir Prime Minister of Israel; led Israel to victory in Yom Kippur Decolonization
Gamal Abdul Nasser Prime Minister of Egypt; nationalized Suez Cannal Decolonization
Africa Europeans did not want to give up their territories in this area Decolonization
West Africa mostely peaceful trandistions to independence Decolonization
Algeria Guerrilla War against France for their independence Decolonization
Kenya very violent struggle for independence against Britin Decolonization
Jomo Kenyatta "Father of Kenya"; created a constitution and forms a government Decolonization
South Africa Apartheid where whites rule over the blacks Decolonization
Apartheid radical segregation Decolonization
Nelson Mandela anti-apartheid revolutionary; first black presidnet of South Africa Decolonization
Ethnic cleansing more powerful ethnic group completely kills another ethnic group - making one ethnicity the sole race Decolonization
Genocide mass murder - a form of ethnic cleansing Decolonization
Tribes small groups of different ethnicities in Africa Decolonization
AIDS epidemic 14.5% of the worlds population is in Africa Decolonization
Civil unrest struggle to co-inhabitate with other ethnicities Decolonization
Refugee camps prone to lots of crime; place for refugees to live; tight living space Decolonization
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) everyone has human rights; first global expression of rights for all humans Decolonization
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