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World History Ch 30
Nationalism in Asia, Africa and Latin America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After WWI, what type of government did Turkey become? | republic |
| Who changed Turkey from an ancient empire to a modern nation? | Kemal Ataturk |
| By what other name is Iran also known? | Persia |
| What Iranian leader wanted to reduce western influence? | Reza Khan |
| What country had the mandate over Palestine after WWI? | Britain |
| What name is given to the movement to establish a homeland for the Jews in Palestine? | Zionism |
| Who was the leader of nationalist forces in Egypt after WWI? | Saad Zaghul |
| When Britain gave Egypt independence--what did the British NOT give up? | Control of Suez Canal |
| Who led the nationalist movement in Kenya? | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Who led the natioalist movement in Nigeria? | Nnamdi Azikwe |
| What were at least TWO reforms carried out by Kemal to Westernize Turkish society? | Western Calendar and Western last names |
| Which nations had a controlling interest in Persia's oil fields before 1921? | Britain and Soviet Union |
| What name did Reza Shah Pahlavi give Persia in 1935? | Iran |
| Which nation controlled Palestine after WWI? | Britain |
| Which two nationalist groups came into conflict in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s? | Jews and Arabs |
| What happened in the Amristar Massacre? | British fired on unarmed Indians assembled for a political meeting in Amristar. |
| Who became the leading Indian nationalist in India? | Mohandas Gandhi |
| On what were Gandhi's methods based? | civil disobedience |
| What group accepted the government of India Act of 1935 and gave legislatures control over the making of law? | Indian National Congress |
| Why did the Muslim League want their own nation. | Feared future treatment by the Hindus. |
| What did Britain promise India in return for aid in WWI? | Self rule |
| The Indian nationalist movement was divided by mistrust between which two groups? | Hindu and Muslims |
| Gandhi was considered to be what? | Pacifist |
| What did Gandhi call his nonviolent protests? | Satyagraha |
| What did Gandhi urge the Indians to do? | Boycott British cloth and goods |
| What was Gandhi protesting when he went on that 200 mile walk? | British tax on salt |
| What revolutionary leader was ousted from power by Yuan Shigai in 1912? | Sun Yat-sen |
| Who did Mao Zedong battle for power in China? | Chiang Kai-shek |
| What type of government did Mao establish in China? | Communist |
| While Mao and Chiang were at war what did the Japanese do? | Took over Manchuria |
| The Versailles Treaty granted control of the Shandong Peninsula of northeast China to? | Japan |
| In 1912 Sun Yat-sen declared China a republic, but he was soon ousted by? | Yuan Shigai |
| These people divided China after the death of Yuan Shigai in 1916. | war lords |
| With aid from this country, Chiang Kai shek and the Guomindang party defeated the warlords and established a national government in 1928. | Soviet Union |
| When Chiang Kai shek turned against them, tens of thousands of what fled to the mountains in the south? | Communists |
| Pursued by the Guomindang, the Red Army lost more than 90,000 troops in the one year retreat known as? | The Long March |
| Led by this man, the Communists formed the Red Army | Mao Zedong |
| After WWI, why was Japan bitter toward the west? | Were not treated as equals and the west would not recognize Japanese policy in China. |
| Why did Japan begin looking overseas for territory? | Raw materials |
| In 1915 Japanese diplomats forced China to accept a list of terms known as? | Twenty One Demands |
| In 1922, Japan was considered to have what in the world? | The third largest naval power. |
| Why was Japan so bitter toward the United States? | The US had banned Japanese immigration. |
| Even though males could vote in Japan who held political power? | Nobles |
| By 1937 what two things were considered the same in Japan? | Military and Government |
| What was the goal for Japan in 1937? | Control all of Asia. |
| Economically, how did Latin America suffer during the Great Depression? | high unemployment and low prices |
| Who was elected president of Mexico in 1934 and generated significant economic and social reforms? | Cardenas |
| Who was the leader of Venezuela who worked with the oil companies? | Gomez |
| Who was the fascist leader in Argentina who canceled elections and tried to abolish congress? | General Uriburu |
| Who led the authoritarian government in Brazil? | Vargas |
| What did the US do to protect interests in Central America and the Caribbean? | Sent in the military. |
| What was the purpose of the Good Neighbor Policy? | To build up good relations with Latin America by withdrawing troops from the region. |
| What were three export crops important to Latin America after WWI? | Coffee Bananas Beans |
| What are four raw materials important to Latin America? | Tin Copper Silver Oil |
| What was the goal of Cardenas in Mexico? | Make Mexico economically independent |
| How did Cardenas try to achieve his goal in Mexico? | Nationalized foreign owned oil wells. |
| That three countries controlled Venezuelan oil industry? | British Dutch American |
| Why was Vargas of Brazil popular despite his authoritarian leadership style? | Opposed interests of large businesses by increasing wages shortening working hours and giving unions the right to organize. |
| Which three countries in Central America and the Caribbean were occupied by US troops in the early 1900s? | Nicaragua Haiti Dominican Republic |
| What steps did President Franklin D. Roosevelt take to prove his good intentions after announcing the Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America? | Ended American restrictions on sovereignty of Cuba and withdrew US troops from Haiti and Nicaragua. |
| In 1933 diplomats from the US signed an agreement at the Pan American conference in Uruguay what did it say? | No state has the right to intervene in the internal or external affairs of another. |