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S.S. Chapter 17
Flash Cards for Mrs. S's Social Studies Chapter 17 Test
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mohandas Gandhi | Used non-violent forms of protest against the British |
| boycott | organized protest where people refuse to buy something |
| civil disobedience | a non-violent form of protest against a government |
| The Salt March | Indians were not allowed to make their own salt, so they protested this British law by marching 240 miles to the sea and making their own salt |
| Pakistan | Muslim state that separated from India for religious reasons |
| Muhammed Ali Jinnah | First leader of Pakistan |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | First prime minister of India after it gained independence from Great Britain |
| Indira Gandhi | First female prime minister of India and Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter |
| Dome of the Rock | Muslim mosque built on what is believed to be the former site of Solomon's Temple |
| anti-semitism | discrimination against Jews |
| Zionism | movement to establish a Jewish homeland |
| Yasir Arafat | Leader of the PLO |
| Palestinian Liberation Organization | wanted their land returned to them after the nation of Israel was created |
| terrorism | the use of violence for political or other goals |
| Kwame Nkrumah | leader of the Gold Coast |
| Ghana | The name given to the Gold Coast after it became independent from Great Britain |
| Suez Canal | waterway in Egypt that was controlled by the British |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | rebel responsible for taking control of the Suez Canal and later became president of Egypt |
| Algeria | African Country that was a French colony and used violence against the French |
| Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese communist ruler |
| Singapore | This place is a city and also a country |
| Thailand | This country was formerly called Siam |
| Ferdinand Marcos | Corrupt ruler of the Philippines |
| martial law | type of government where the military rules and people's freedoms are taken away |
| dominion | a country that maintains independence but keeps some ties to its former colonizer |
| Great Britain | This country was well-known for colonizing and heavily taxing other countries |
| Trusteeship | the administrative authority over a territory given to a country by the United Nations |
| Anwar Sadat | Egyptian President who was assasinated by Egyprians who opposed a peace agreement with Israel |
| Golda Meir | Israeli prime minister who sought peace between Israel and Egypt |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Israeli prime minister who was a leader in the peace process in the middle east but was assassinated in 1995 by a Jewish extremist |
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