13582865764 | European imperialism | European countries took control (either politically, militarily or culturally) of parts of Africa, India, Asia | ![]() | 0 |
13582865765 | Decolonization | Europeans were tired from war (WWI, WWII, Vietnam War, etc.) and didn't want to fight to keep control of India, Asia and Africa | ![]() | 1 |
13582865766 | independence movements in Sub-Saharan Africa | Britain and France had trained small numbers of Africans for self-government; this elite (educated) group led independence movements | ![]() | 2 |
13582865767 | Bangladesh | Pakistan was originally West and East Pakistan; East Pakistan broke away to form the country of Bangladesh | ![]() | 3 |
13582865768 | tribalism | European countries had formed their colonies without regard to local tribes; new African nations had wars between tribes, or attempts by some tribes to create separate countries | ![]() | 4 |
13582865769 | Civil Disobedience | A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws. | ![]() | 5 |
13582865770 | Salt March | Passive resistance where many Indians protested the British tax on salt by marching to the sea to make their own salt. | ![]() | 6 |
13582865771 | cottage industry | Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory: Ghandi encouraged Indians to boycott british goods and buy Indian homespun | ![]() | 7 |
13582865772 | Gandhi | Indian nationalist leader who called for Indians to refuse to buy British goods like cotton textiles. | ![]() | 8 |
13582865773 | Partition of India | India was divided in to India and Pakistan along religious lines when the British granted their independence. | ![]() | 9 |
13582865774 | Pan-Africanism | A movement that believed all Africans should work together "Africa for Africans" | ![]() | 10 |
13582865775 | Kwame Nkrumah | Nationalist/independence leader of Ghana. | ![]() | 11 |
13582865776 | Jomo Kenyatta | Nationalist/independence leader of Kenya . | ![]() | 12 |
13582865777 | Apartheid | Institutionalized racism in South Africa. The government passed several pieces of legislation that bound blacks to certain areas, limited their voting rights, and guaranteed the overwhelming majority of the land went to the small minority of whites. Came to an end in the 1990s and was immediately followed by the election of protest leader Nelson Mandela. | ![]() | 13 |
13582865778 | African National Congress | A group formed in protest of the policy of Apartheid in South Africa. It was eventually outlawed due to their violent tactics, and Nelson Mandela, one of its leaders, was imprisoned for over thirty years. | ![]() | 14 |
13582865779 | Nelson Mandela | Leader of the African National Congress who went to jail for 27 years because of his involvement in violent protests. He was later freed and became the first black president of South Africa. | ![]() | 15 |
13582865780 | Desmond Tutu | Bishop who helped to fight against apartheid in South Africa. | ![]() | 16 |
13582865781 | F.W. de Klerk | White president of South Africa who freed Mandela from prison and set about repealing apartheid laws. | ![]() | 17 |
13582865782 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese nationalist who turned to Communists to help take back Vietnam from France. | ![]() | 18 |
13582865783 | Pol Pot | Leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia that forced his people to become peasants and move to rural areas. This resulted in a genocide of his own people. | ![]() | 19 |
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