Ch 19 Emerging Nations

When the British left the Indian subcontinent, what primary factor determined where people would live in the new states that were created?

• economic status
• religion
• political connections
• family ties

In what year did Bangladesh become independent?

• 1945
• 1947
• 1962
• 1971

What is the former name of Bangladesh?

• East Pakistan
• West Pakistan
• Pakistan
• Kashmir

What is the dominant religion in India? 

• Sikhism
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Hinduism

What country colonized the Indian subcontinent?

• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• United States

Which group of people were killed at the order of Indira Gandhi?

• Sikhs

• Muslims

• Hindus

• British

What country's military helped Bangladesh to become independent?

• India
• Kashmir
• Pakistan
• China

Algeria went to war with the nation that colonized it.  This nation was

• France
• Britain
• India
• United States

Most European countries colonized Africa because :

• they cared for the people
• needed all European people to migrate there
• wanted Africa's natural resources
• wanted the Africans to be independent

Who was Ghana's main independence movement leader?

• Kwame Nkrumah
• Jomo Kenyatta
• Sekou Toure
• Ian Smith