In 1947, India gained its independence from what

country?

Britain

What 3 countries were formed when India was

partitioned?

West Pakistan, East Pakistan, and India

What religious/ethnic group was to live in West

and East Pakistan?

Muslim

What religious/ethnic group was to live in India?

Hindu

Today, West Pakistan is the nation of …

Pakistan

Today, East Pakistan is the nation of …

Bangladesh

He used civil disobedience and passive resistance to

lead the Indian independence movement

Mohandus K. Gandhi

Organization that fought for Indian independence

from Britain

Indian National Congress

First Prime Minister of India, who supported

western style industrialization and wanted to end caste

discrimination?

Jawaharlal Nehru

Daughter of Nehru and Prime Minister of India who helped develop a nuclear program and became friends with

USSR?

Indira Gandhi

Today India is the world’s largest ….

Democracy

The right of a nation to choose its own type of government without outside influence?

Self-Determination

Which international organization signed a

charter that described the right of self-

determination?

United Nations

Leader of Kenya’s fight for independence ….

Jomo Kenyatta

As African nations became independent following WWII, they came under the control of these two superpower countries

US and USSR

Blacks in South Africa lived in a society that

strictly segregated

Apartheid

First black President of South Africa ….

Nelson Mandela

Following WWI, the League of Nations made

the territories of the Ottoman Empire into

Mandates

French mandates in the Middle East

Syria & Lebanon

British mandates in the Middle East

Jordan & Palestine

Following WWII, the mandates were granted

their independence. Palestine was partitioned and a new nation-state

was created

Israel

Israel is the nation-state for this religious/ethnic

group

Jews (Judaism)

Today, Israel is home to the Jewish people. In what part of the world did they

used to live?

Europe

This Jewish grandmother became Prime Minister of

Israel. She led Israel to increase its land holdings

through war.

Golda Meir

Meir rallied the Israelis to victory when the Arabs

launched a surprise attack on the holiest day of the

Jewish Year

Yom Kippur War

Which group of people have been displaced by the expansion of Israel?

Palestinians

Israel is allied with

U.S.

This President of Egypt established a relationship with the USSR and built

the Aswan High Dam

Gamal Abdul Nasser