Decolonization

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Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes the author’s point of view? . . . “Because India has become impoverished by their Government. They take away our money from year to year. The most important posts are reserved for themselves. We are kept in a state of slavery. They behave insolently [insultingly] towards us and disregard our feelings. . . .”

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British rule has hurt India and prevented its people from establishing their own economy and government.

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A historian would find this excerpt most useful for

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Understanding the views of Indian nationalists

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Which event was an effect of the ideas expressed in this excerpt and the actions taken by Gandhi?

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Independence for India and Pakistan

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Which claim is best supported by the evidence included in these maps? Options: Egypt and Ethiopia are no longer part of Africa. By 1980, most African countries had become independent. By 1950, most of Africa was controlled by Russia or the United States. The Union of South Africa was renamed Namibia.

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By 1980, most African countries had become independent.

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Which individuals took actions that contributed to the changes depicted in these maps from 1950 to 1980? Options: Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta, Cecil Rhodes and King Leopold III

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Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta

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Where and when was this photograph most likely taken? Options: England, 1800; China, 1820; East Germany, 1991; South Africa, 1950

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South Africa, 1950

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The situation in this photograph was a result of the effects of

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Imperialism

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Which claim about South Africa in 1991 is best supported by the evidence in these charts? Options: the Boers outnumbered the British in South Africa, the black population has decreased due to emigration, Asians controlled a greater proportion of income in comparison to their population, whites controlled the largest amount of income

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whites controlled the largest amount of income

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What policy most likely influenced the circumstances depicted by these charts?

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Apartheid

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Which of the following individuals took action to address the issues depicted in these charts? Jomo Kenyatta, Nelson Mandela, Mao Zedong, Cecil Rhodes

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Nelson Mandela