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7th-Unit 2.6 SE Asia
SS7H3 Southern & Eastern Asia's History
Term | Definition |
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nationalism | the belief that people should be loyal to those with which they share a common history, customs, origins, and sometimes language and religion. |
Indian National Congress | group formed in 1885 to work for the rights of Indians attracted mainly Hindus. |
Muslim League | group formed in 1906 to work for the rights of Indians attracted mainly Muslims. |
ceremonial leader | a person who holds the title the highest leader of a country, but has no real political power. |
civil disobedience | the non-violent refusal to obey an unfair law. |
Mohandas Gandhi | leader of the peaceful civil disobedience movement for Indian independence. |
boycott | refusing to buy products from a company or country in order to protest their ideals or practices |
segregated | when people are forced to be separated from others in society because of their race. |
August 15, 1947 | when the British offered India full independence of its own nation establishing the Republic of India. |
reparations | damages; the act of paying for harm caused during a war. |
guerrilla warfare | a weaker enemy attacks quickly and unexpectedly, then slips away before its enemy can fully retaliate. |
Great Leap Forward | unsuccessful program that began in China in 1958 and resulted in one of the largest famines in history; based on the communist ideal of every citizen working together for the good of the community and state. |
Cultural Revolution | a name given to China's attempt in 1966 to improve the economy by reorganizing its farms, businesses, and most of society; Mao began this to stop all opposition to the Communist Party. |
Cold War | a state of political tension and military rivalry between nations without fighting; especially that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II. |
Domino Theory | belief that if one country fell to communism, all of the nearby countries would also fall. |
Long March | the name given to the 6,000 mile journey that Mao Zedong and his followers took to avoid capture by the Chinese government. |
Mao Zedong | a founder of the Chinese Communist Party who led the Long March and proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949. |
General Douglas MacArthur | the American commander given the job of rebuilding Japan after World War II; he also commanded the United Nations' troops during the Korean War. |
Ho Chi Minh | a Vietnamese Communist Party leader who declared Vietnam's independence from France on September 2, 1945; France removed their troops from Vietnam by 1955. |