Unit 6 (#12): Decolonization & Nationalism test

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

Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes the author’s point of view?

• The benefits of British rule outweigh the costs for India.

• British rule has hurt India and prevented its people from establishing their own economy and government.

• The British military is too powerful.

• India and Pakistan should remain one country after the British are driven out.

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Which event was an effect of the ideas expressed in this excerpt and the actions taken by Gandhi?

• Independence for India and Pakistan

• Amritsar Massacre

• Establishment of the British Raj in India

• Sepoy Rebellion

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The actions taken by Gandhi reflect his commitment to which policy?

• collectivization

• religious intolerance

• civil disobedience

• Censorship

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The actions of Gandhi and his supporters, as described in this passage, helped lead to the

• banning of Western books and music

• removal of British control from the subcontinent

• development of an economic alliance for South Asian nations

• peaceful partitioning of British India into India and Pakistan

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The actions taken by Gandhi and his followers, as described in this excerpt, are examples of

• political espionage

• economic terrorism

• collective bargaining

• nonviolent resistance

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

Which claim is best supported by the evidence included in these maps?

• Egypt and Ethiopia are no longer part of Africa.

• By 1980, most African countries had become independent. 

• By 1950, most of Africa was controlled by Russia or the United States.

•  The Union of South Africa was renamed Namibia.

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

Which individuals took actions that contributed to the changes depicted in these maps from 1950 to 1980?

• Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping

• Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

• Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta

• Cecil Rhodes and King Leopold III

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

 Which claim about South Africa in 1991 is best supported by the evidence in these charts?

• the Boers outnumbered the British in South Africa

•  the black population has decreased due to emigration

• Asians controlled a greater proportion of income in comparison to their population

• whites controlled the largest amount of income

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What policy most likely influenced the circumstances depicted by these charts?

• Apartheid

•  Pan-Africanism

• Communism

• Zionism

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Which of the following individuals took action to address the issues depicted in these charts?

•  Jomo Kenyatta

• Nelson Mandela

•  Mao Zedong

• Cecil Rhodes