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SC 7-6.4
SC 7-6.4 End of Empires
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| passive resistance | resistance in which a person declares a law unjust, peacefully refuses to obey the law, and suffers the consequences, such as arrest and jail |
| satyagraha | a term that combines the Hindu words for "truth" and "holding firmly" |
| civil disobedience | the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power /refusing to obey an unjust law |
| harijan | "children of God" -term used by Gandhi for the Pariahs, or UNTOUCHABLES (THE LOWEST CLASS-as they were labeled.) Pariahs were considered the lowest caste (social class) in India. |
| partition | to divide/seperate |
| migration | mass movement of people from one place to another for work or to escape violence or drought and famine |
| Pan-Africanism | the unity of all Africans, regardless of national boundaries |
| apartheid | "apartness" force separation of races, unjust treatment of native Africans in South Africa ruled by a minority white government |
| Peaceful political protest | non-violent protest |
| caste system | a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity class structure - the organization of classes within a society /closely connected with the Hindu philosophy and religion |
| MOHANDAS K. GANDHI | led India (c. 1919-1948) in a peaceful rebellion against Great Britain's occupation, striving for self-rule in India |
| Nelson Mendela | led South Africa in a peaceful rebellion against minority white government and apartheid, striving for democratic self-rule in South Africa |
| Indira Gandhi | daughter of India's first Prime Minister Nehru, she was India's first woman Prime Minister taking over after his death |
| East and West Pakistan | Muslim country created when (predominantly Hindu) India became independent of Great Britain |
| Banladesh | country created from East Pakistan after civil war with West Pakistan 1971 |
| Southeast Asia Independence | USA granted Philippines independence, Duthch left Indonesia |
| Japanese Miracle | 50 years after much of Japan lay in ruins, it emerges as one of the world's strongest economic powers |
| Independence for Africa | in 1960 17 African countries freed themselves of European rule |
| ***Arab Spring | Spring 2011 many Arab nations entered revolutions against dictator led governments in democratic movements |
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