H4 QUIZ 10 SPRING 2021

Mohandas Gandhi expressed disappointment in the partition plan for India because he believed that

• the Sikhs should have been granted a homeland

• India should have maintained closer ties with Great Britain

• Muslims and Hindus should live together peacefully

• this decision would prevent India from joining the United Nations

Base your answer to the question on the cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies.

What is the cartoonist's point of view about events in India since independence?

• Violence has been the best way to achieve political and social goals.

• The destruction of historic monuments has been the goal of radical groups.

• Gandhi's beliefs have resulted in a divided India.

• Many political activists in India have not followed Gandhi's ideas of nonviolence.

Which event was used by Mohandas Gandhi to bring world attention to the injustices of British colonialism?

• Salt March

• Sepoy Mutiny

• partition of India

• formation of the Indian Parliament

Base your answer to the question on the photograph and on your knowledge of social studies.

During the Indian independence movement, the activity shown in this photograph inspired the Indian people to

• stop buying British goods

• reject Muslim rule

• join the Indian army

• expand British textile manufacturing

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

This quotation best expresses the idea of

• Pol Pot's plans to control Cambodia (Kampuchea)

• Mohandas Gandhi's belief in nonviolence

• the samurai code of Bushido

• Mao Zedong's instructions to the Red Guards

"Don't pay your taxes or send your children to an English-supported school . . . Make your own cotton cloth by spinning the thread at home, and don't buy English-made goods. Provide yourselves with homemade salt, and do not buy government-made salt."

– Mohandas Gandhi

In this statement, Gandhi was expressing his commitment to

• armed rebellion

• guerrilla tactics

• criminal acts

• civil disobedience

Base your answer to the question on the cartoon and on your knowledge of social studies.

This 1994 cartoon suggests that in South Africa

• both the black majority and the white minority have been denied the right to vote

• inefficient voting methods lead to lengthy delays at election time

• only the black majority should now enjoy the full privileges of citizenship

• recent political changes have given the black majority the right to vote

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela both won Nobel Peace Prizes for their opposition to

• the practice of apartheid in South Africa

• European imperialism in North Africa

• international sanctions against South Africa

• foreign religious influences in Africa

Which statement best characterizes the period of apartheid in South Africa?

• The majority of the population had the right to vote.

• The Boers attempted to conquer Nigeria.

• Many racist ideas of the ruling minority were adopted into laws

• French was declared the official language of the nation.

One way in which Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta are similar is that they both

• supported the United Nations military action in the Persian Gulf War

• played a major role in independence movements in Africa

• rejected financial aid from the World Bank

• opposed the Pan-African movement