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Apartheid: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites
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Civil Disobedience: a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)
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Desmond Tutu: South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)
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Economic exploitation: the act of using another person's labor without offering them an adequate compensation
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Gamal Abdul Nasser: dictator in Egypt who wants US to help build Aswan Dam while he's also buying weapons from Soviets; nationalizes Suez Canal
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Golda Meir: Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978)
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Indian national Congress: A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government. Its membership was middle class, and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, appealing to the poor. (p. 663)
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Jawaharlal Nehru: Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule
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Jomo kenyatta: A nationalist leader who fought to end oppressive laws against Africans; later became the first Prime Minister of Kenya
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Mandate: the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
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Moltandas Gandhi: ...
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948)
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Nelson Mandela: South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
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Pan Africanism: emphasized the unity of Africans and people of African descent around the world
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Passive Resistance: peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
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Raj: British dominion over India (1757-1947)
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Self-determination: the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will
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Sepoys: indian soldiers
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sub-continent: a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
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United Nations: an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
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Viceroys: Royal governors sent by Spain to rule in the King's name.
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Yom kippur War: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur)