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B WHII Unit 5 Test
Africa and Asia Cold War Test
Term | Definition |
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Mao Zedong | Communist leader of China during the Chinese Civil War 1949 |
Chian Kai-shek | Democratic leader in China during the Chinese Civil War 1949 |
Communist | Supporters of this type of government win the Chinese Civil War in 1949 |
Taiwan | Chiang Kai-shek and supporters of Democracy leave mainland China and go to this island |
Democratic | Chiang Kai-shek sets up a _____ government on the island of Taiwan. |
China | Today, ______ is still a communist run government |
Taiwan | Today, _____ is still a democratic government |
Yes | Yes or No? In the modern world, do China and Taiwan still have a strained politial relationship? |
Deng Xiaoping | Communist leader of China from 1978-1992 that saw the modernization of the Chinese economy |
Great Britain | India was a colony of ___ ____ from 1612 to 1947. |
Mahatma Gandhi | Person who led the Indian Independence movement in the 1940's |
Indian National Congress | This Indian organization, established in the 1800s, supported Indian independence from Great Britain and supported non-violent methods to achieve this goal |
India | ____ is the world's largest democratic nation in the modern-world due to an increasing population and economic system |
Nehru | Jawaharlal ______ was India's first Prime Minister as a free, independent, democratic nation |
Indira Gandhi | Nehru's daughter who also was elected as Prime Minister, supported the nuclear sciences and programs in India during the 1980s |
non-violence | Mahatma Gandhi is associated with using _____ as a means to achieve independence from Great Britain. |
Hinduism | Major religious belief system in India today |
Islamic | Areas of the former colony of India were split due to differences between Hindu and _____ beliefs |
Pakistan | Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and ____ are all countries independent of modern-day India today due to religious differences |
Middle East | Israel is located in the ______, a region of Southwest Asia. |
Jewish | Israel is predominatly a _____ nation (major religion) |
Holocaust | After this event in Eastern Europe during World War II, many followers of Judaism looked for a homeland. |
United States | Along with many Allied natios, this country supported the creation of Israel as the official homeland of Jews |
Palestinians | Many Islamic believers known as _____ in this area (known as Palestine before the creation of Israel) lost territory due to the creation of Israel. |
Religion | Conflicts rooted in _____ and beliefs would occur in this region and even still occur in the modern-world. |
Yom Kippur | In 1973, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq forces attacked Israel in the attempt to regain territory, this is known as the ___ ____ War. |
Golda Meir | This female Prime Minister led Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. |
Israel | The United State supported____ during this conflict and would support this nation through other religious conflicts in its' history. |
Ghana | In West Africa, this modern-day nation was first to gain independence from Great Britain |
Algeria | This Northern African nation gained freedom from France through a violent war effort from 1954-1962 |
Egypt | location of the Suez Canal and Aswan High Dam |
Nasser | Gamal Abdel ______ Egypt's Prime Minister during 1958 commissioned the Aswan High Dam to be build to control Nile River flood stages |
Kenyatta | Jomo ______ led Kenya's fight for independence from Great Britain. |
South Africa | Former British Colony that allowed segregation until 1994. |
Nelson Mandela | South Africa's first black President and helped end segregation in 1994 |
Apartheid | Also known as segregation in South Africa |
Great Britain | Gamal Abdel Nasser saw the return of the Suez Canal control from ______ to Egypt |