Movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in Palestine.

After World War I, a territory that was administered by a Western power.

Worked for the creation of the state of Israel; became Israel’s first Prime Minister in 1948.

British support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

To divide the subcontinent of India to create a separate Muslim state called Pakistan.

Gandhi’s attempt to end the British salt monopoly.

A disputed territory in the Himalayas, claimed by both India and Pakistan, that has been a source of conflict between the two countries.

Indian protest leader in the early to mid-1900’s who used passive resistance and nonviolence overthrow British rule.

An incident in which British troops killed hundreds of innocent Indian civilians for ignoring a British law that banned public meetings.

Tiananmen Square Massacre

In 1989, demonstrators peacefully assembled to push for greater democracy in China and were attacked by government troops and tanks.

Chinese nationalist. Founded the Guomindang Party and established his “Three Principles of the People”; nationalism, democracy, and economic security.

Groups of radical students formed in China during the Cultural Revolution.

A program launched by Mao Zedong to increase farm and industrial output.

1934 retreat by Mao Zedong and his followers from the Guomindang.

Chinese nationalist and leader of the Guomindang in the early 1900’s; formally known as Chiang Kai-shek.

A program launched by Mao Zedong to renew loyalty to communism and purge China of those disloyal to Mao.

Leader of the Chinese Communists; gained massive support from peasants; ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976.

The Chinese economic reform program under Deng Xiaoping that emphasized agriculture, industry, science, and defense.

Was the leader of China during the 1980s. He was known for strengthening China’s economy through the Four Modernizations.

Movement emphasizing the unity of Africans and people of African descent all over the world.

Radical revolutionaries in Kenya who took up arms to fight British imperialism.

Worked to remove British imperialists from Africa; became the first Prime Minister of Ghana.

A nationalist leader who fought to end oppressive laws against Africans; later became the first Prime Minister of Kenya.

The process by which European colonies in Africa and Asia became independent states.

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Decolonization

Term	Definition
Zionism	Movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in Palestine.
Mandate	After World War I, a territory that was administered by a Western power.
David Ben-Gurion	Worked for the creation of the state of Israel; became Israel’s first Prime Minister in 1948.
Balfour Declaration	British support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Partition	To divide the subcontinent of India to create a separate Muslim state called Pakistan.
Salt March	Gandhi’s attempt to end the British salt monopoly.
Kashmir	A disputed territory in the Himalayas, claimed by both India and Pakistan, that has been a source of conflict between the two countries.
Mohandas Gandhi	Indian protest leader in the early to mid-1900’s who used passive resistance and nonviolence overthrow British rule.
Civil Disobedience	Refusal to obey unjust laws.
Amritsar Massacre	An incident in which British troops killed hundreds of innocent Indian civilians for ignoring a British law that banned public meetings.
Tiananmen Square Massacre	In 1989, demonstrators peacefully assembled to push for greater democracy in China and were attacked by government troops and tanks.
Sun Yixian (Yat-sen)	Chinese nationalist. Founded the Guomindang Party and established his “Three Principles of the People”; nationalism, democracy, and economic security.
Red Guard	Groups of radical students formed in China during the Cultural Revolution.
Great Leap Forward	A program launched by Mao Zedong to increase farm and industrial output.
Long March	1934 retreat by Mao Zedong and his followers from the Guomindang.
Jiang Jieshi	Chinese nationalist and leader of the Guomindang in the early 1900’s; formally known as Chiang Kai-shek.
Cultural Revolution	A program launched by Mao Zedong to renew loyalty to communism and purge China of those disloyal to Mao.
Mao Zedong	Leader of the Chinese Communists; gained massive support from peasants; ruled China from 1949 until his death in 1976.
Four Modernizations	The Chinese economic reform program under Deng Xiaoping that emphasized agriculture, industry, science, and defense.
Deng Xiaoping	Was the leader of China during the 1980s. He was known for strengthening China’s economy through the Four Modernizations.
Pan-Africanism	Movement emphasizing the unity of Africans and people of African descent all over the world.
Mau Mau	Radical revolutionaries in Kenya who took up arms to fight British imperialism.
Kwame Nkrumah	Worked to remove British imperialists from Africa; became the first Prime Minister of Ghana.
Jomo Kenyatta	A nationalist leader who fought to end oppressive laws against Africans; later became the first Prime Minister of Kenya.
Decolonization	The process by which European colonies in Africa and Asia became independent states.

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