APWH P6 Decolonization 1

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

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

A military take-over through force

• Rebellion
• Civil War
• Coup d'etat
• Just War

Why was the Gold Coast renamed Ghana?

• To keep all of the tourists away from the beaches

• To have a name that was grammatically correct

• To have a traditional African name

• For religious reasons

What was the FLN fighting against France for?

• High French taxes

• Stale French bread

• Religious freedom

• Algerian independence

President Lyndon Johnson is responsible for?

• Spreading the war into Cambodia and Laos

• Ending the war in Vietnam

• Sending many more U.S. soldiers to Vietnam

• The Watergate scandal

Nationalist leaders in Africa and Asia, such as Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Jomo Kenyatta (1894-1978), and Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), had which of the following in common?

• Defense of capitalism
• Support for free-trade systems
• Rejection of violent revolution
• Opposition to colonial rule

In the 20th century, many newly independent African states

• were able to industrialize quickly.
• were plagued by ethnic tensions owing to the inherited colonial boundaries.
• reamined on good terms with their colonial masters.
• successfully embraced democracy as the best form of government.

What late 20th-century problem in Latin America can be traced back to colonial times?

• urban crime
• uneven distribution of wealth
• agricultural overproduction
• theocratic rule