Unit 17: Decolonization and Nationalism

The African National Congress (ANC) helped to end what governmental policy?

• Segregation

• Enslavement

• Apartheid

• Genocide

Who was imprisoned for his activism but later went on to become the first Black president of South Africa?

• Desmond Tutu

• Nelson Mandela

• Barack Obama

• Patrice Lumumba

Which of the following were policies enacted by the Soviet Union which allowed greater freedoms for Soviet citizens? (Select two answers)

• Troika

• Glasnost

• Nostrovia

• Perestroika

The decolonization of Africa began after which event?

• WWI

• WWII

• The Vietnam War

• The Cold War

Gambal Abdel Nasser helped which country break its colonial ties with Europe?

• Palestine

• Libya

• Morocco

• Egypt

Mao Zedong followed the failure of the Great Leap Forward with what national initiative?

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Five Year Plan

• The New Deal

• The Berlin Conference

After the formation of Israel, the Palestinian Authority retained control of which two regions? (Select two answers)

• The Dead Sea

• The West Bank

• Galilee

• Gaza

East Pakistan is broke away from West Pakistan and became which nation?

• Sri Lanka

• Nepal

• Bhutan

• Bangladesh

Who led the nonviolent movement which eventually led to the liberation of India from the British?

• Indira Gandhi

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Narendra Modi

Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution?

• Fidel Castro

• Che Guevara

• Fulgencio Batista

• Rafael Trujillo