20th Century Nationalism & Independence Movements
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 Who was the founder of the Indian National Independence movement and was assassinated bya Hindu for trying to gain equal treatment for "untouchables"? | Mohandas K. Gandhi |
| Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India? | Jawaharai Nehru |
| Who was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan and demanded partition from India for Muslims? | Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
| Who is the dictator of Libya? | Muammar Qaddafi |
| Who is the founder of Pan-African Independence movement from Ghana? | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Who is the founder of Kenya and led Mau-Mau resistance movement? | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Who is the leader of the African National Congress and is the first black president of South Africa? | Nelson Mandela |
| Who is the dictator of Zaire? | Mobutu Sese Seko |
| Who is the first president of Israel? | David Ben-Gurion |
| Who is the president of Egypt and founder of Pan-Arabism? | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Who is the leader of Iran until he was overthrown by the Islamic Fundamentalism in 1979? | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Who is the leader of palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)? | Yasir Arafat |
| Who is the Shia religious leader of Iranian Islamic fundamentalist movement? | Ayatollah Khomeini |
| Who is the leader of Ba'ath party and dictator of Iraq? | Saddam Hussein |
| What is a form of non-violent resistance/protest which was advocated by Gandhi and copied by Martin Luther King, Jr.? | civil disobedience |
| What is a Hindu term used by Gandhi to describe his beliefs and policies meaning "truth-life force" | satyagraha |
| What is a 20th century international movement among Jews to create a homeland in Palestine? | zionism |
| What was the disputed region between India and Pakistan which led to 3 wars and continued conflict and tension? | kashmir |
| What is the policy of racial segregation practiced in South Africa and is very similar to the "Jim Crow" laws in the USA? | apartheid |
| What is the International anti-Colonial movement advocating free and independent African nations? | Pan-Africanism |
| What is a nationalist and secular (non-religious) Arab movement for more independence and unity (nationalistic) opposes Israel? | Pan-Arabism |
| Who is the first world? | USA (and other industrialized, democratic nations; rich) |
| Who is the second world? | USSR (and communist/socialist nations; middle) |
| Who is the third world? | Africa (unaligned and underdeveloped nations; poor) |
| What did Nasser seizes control of Canal? | Suez Crisis |
| What is event called when Israel takes the West Bank, Golan Heights, and Sinai Peninsula in June 1967? | Six-Day War |
| What is the event called when Anwar Sadat replaced Nasser and plotted a sneak attack w/Syria and Jordan on a Jewish Holy day in October 1973? | Yom Kippur War |
| What was formed in 1960 of mainly Arab oil producing nations and placed an oil embargo on USA for its support of Israel in 1973? | OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries? |
| What treaty was signed after Pres Jimmy Carter convinces Anwar Sadat (Egypt) and Menachem Begin (Israel) to sign? | Camp David Accords |
| What was the Palestinian "uprising" in West Bank and Gaza STrip demanding Israel withdraw form their land and for the creation of Palestinian state? | Intifada |
| What is the event called when Shah Pavlavi wanted to westernize Iran? | Iranian Revolution |
| What is a very conservative Islamic movement that wants to return Islamic nations to "fundamental" Islamic values and laws and is opposed to Islamic rulers like Nasser, Sadat, and Hussein? | Islamic fundamentalism |
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