Decolonization and Nationalism

Control

• to use power to manage or command

• the state of being free from outside control

• to treat in a way that is cruel or not fair

• to change

Oppress

• to use power to manage or command

• strong feelings of support for one's nation

• to treat in a way that is cruel or not fair

• to change

rights that belong to all human beings, such as the rights to life, freedom, and dignity

• oppress

• United nations

• human rights

• freedom

the policy of extending a country or empire's power and influence over another by taking over its land and/or government

• imperialism

• decolonization

• majority

• expansion

the state of being free from outside control

• colonies

• nationalism

• reform

• independence

to change

• protest

• nationalism

• reform

• independence

strong feelings of support for one's nation

• nationalism

• pride

• independence

• imperialism

the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

• civil disobedience

• protest

• oppress

• freedom

the use of peaceful means, not force to bring about political or social change

• civil disobedience

• apartheid

• nonviolence

• nationalism

The Indian leader who used nonviolent methods to seek independence from Great Britain.

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Nelson Mandela

• Sepoys