WHG Decolonization Quiz Review

Which of the following was the most powerful force driving decolonizaiton after 1945?

• World War I

• Nationalism

• Socialism

• Russian Revolution

Mohandas Gandhi’s protests during India’s independence movement were often successful because of his application of

• an appeasement policy

• satyagraha

• traditional caste beliefs

• divide-and-conquer principles

The policy of strict racial separation and discrimination that was implemented in the Republic of South Africa is called

• collectivization

• apartheid

• intifada

• communism

Since 1948, a major reason for the conflict between Arabs and Israelis is that each side

• wants the huge oil reserves that lie under the disputed land

• believes that the United States favors the other side in the conflict

• claims sovereignty over the same land

• seeks to control trade on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea

Who was most known for using nonviolent civil disobedience to achieve Indian independence?

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Gamal Abdul Nasser

• Nelson Mandela

What policy is supported by this image?

• Perestroika
• Detente
• Apartheid
• Communism

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

"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

• nonviolent resistance

• horns of the bull

• blitzkrieg tactics

The purpose of Mohandas Gandhi's actions such as the Salt March, boycotts, and hunger strikes was to

• begin a cycle of armed revolution

• draw attention to critical issues

• increase the strength of the military

• resist the power of religious leaders

A major factor in the development of 20th–century nationalist movements throughout Africa was a common

• language throughout most of Africa

• goal to end European rule in Africa

• ethnic (cultural) bond among the people of sub-Saharan Africa

• religion throughout most of Africa