DECOLONIZATION

The term "Decolonization" refers to . . . 

• The European powers trading colonies because to other countries because they could no longer afford to maintain them
• The process by which the European powers helped their colonies to gradually become self-sufficient and able to manage their own affairs
• The process by which colonies were lost during World War II
• The process by which colonies obtained their independence after World War II

One challenge that faced countries becoming independent was . . .

• They owed tribute to the colonial power for their independence 
• The countries were now drained of money and resources for their own people
• The European powers did not leave the colonies prepared to govern themselves
• Once independent, other countries swept in to recolonize them

Colonies believed they were entitled to independence after World War II because . . .

• They helped their colonial power during World War I and World War II
• The European powers were weakened by World War II and less able to effectively manage the colony
• The United Nations established a charter declaring a right for all people to self-determination
• All of the above

The leader of the Indian independence movement was . . . 

• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Mahandas Gandhi
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Indira Gandhi

India's independence movement was fueled through the concepts of civil disobedience and . . . 

• fighting in the streets and the fields and the beaches
• armed uprising
• passive resistance 
• daily protest marches

When India was divided in 1947, it was split into three sections, a process called . . . 

• Division
• Partition
• Apartheid
• Annulment

The saying that India's independence is considered controversial because . . .

• There was a war, it ceased, and then they peacefully negotiated independence
• While the political leaders peacefully negotiated independence, the people themselves were at war
• Over 500,000 people died in post-Independence violence between Indian Hindu and Indian Muslims
• All of the above

French West Africa gained independence . . . 

• through War
• Through negotiations that led to the creation of about a dozen free states
• When France traded the colony to Belgium who neglected to take control
• When France just decided to leave

Civil Disobedience refers to . . . 

• Rioting
• Breaking the laws to draw out police to start fighting
• Breaking unjust laws and resisting arrest
• Breaking unjust laws and accepting punishment

Algeria was the first African colony to win independence by . .  .

• Winning a war with the European power
• Negotiating its own independence 
• Having a power walk away from it
• Declare its own independence and have the European power acquiesce