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13582865764European imperialismEuropean countries took control (either politically, militarily or culturally) of parts of Africa, India, Asia0
13582865765DecolonizationEuropeans were tired from war (WWI, WWII, Vietnam War, etc.) and didn't want to fight to keep control of India, Asia and Africa1
13582865766independence movements in Sub-Saharan AfricaBritain and France had trained small numbers of Africans for self-government; this elite (educated) group led independence movements2
13582865767BangladeshPakistan was originally West and East Pakistan; East Pakistan broke away to form the country of Bangladesh3
13582865768tribalismEuropean 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 countries4
13582865769Civil DisobedienceA nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.5
13582865770Salt MarchPassive resistance where many Indians protested the British tax on salt by marching to the sea to make their own salt.6
13582865771cottage industryManufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory: Ghandi encouraged Indians to boycott british goods and buy Indian homespun7
13582865772GandhiIndian nationalist leader who called for Indians to refuse to buy British goods like cotton textiles.8
13582865773Partition of IndiaIndia was divided in to India and Pakistan along religious lines when the British granted their independence.9
13582865774Pan-AfricanismA movement that believed all Africans should work together "Africa for Africans"10
13582865775Kwame NkrumahNationalist/independence leader of Ghana.11
13582865776Jomo KenyattaNationalist/independence leader of Kenya .12
13582865777ApartheidInstitutionalized 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
13582865778African National CongressA 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
13582865779Nelson MandelaLeader 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
13582865780Desmond TutuBishop who helped to fight against apartheid in South Africa.16
13582865781F.W. de KlerkWhite president of South Africa who freed Mandela from prison and set about repealing apartheid laws.17
13582865782Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist who turned to Communists to help take back Vietnam from France.18
13582865783Pol PotLeader 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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