🟪Quizizz | 🎥Decolonization: Crash Course European History #43

When did the majority of Europe's colonies gain independence?

• By the 1970s

• By the 1960s

• By the 1980s

• By the 1990s

Which two nations became independent in August 1947 after decades of civil disobedience and independence activism?

• India and Pakistan

• Bangladesh and China

• Pakistan and China

• India and Bangladesh

What was the name of the South Asian settlement of 1947 that arranged for the creation of India and Pakistan?

• The Partition

• The Division

• The Separation

• The Split

How many people died in the wars that followed the partition of India and Pakistan?

• Less than 50,000

• More than a million

• Around 500,000

• Less than 100,000

Who took control of China in October 1949?

• Mao Zedong and his Communist forces

• The Nationalists

• The United States

• The British

Which two countries did Ghana, Morocco, and Tunisia gain independence from?

• Germany and Italy

• Spain and Portugal

• Britain and the United States

• France and the United States

What was the name of the movement in Kenya that fought for freedom?

• The Liberation Front

• The Land and Freedom Army

• The Freedom Fighters

• The Independence Movement

Who ended the war in Algeria in 1962, leading to its independence?

• Winston Churchill

• Charles de Gaulle

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Simone de Beauvoir

What did Frantz Fanon argue that freedom fighters used violence for?

• To gain power

• To intimidate the colonizers

• To seek revenge

• To conduct their lives

What did the superpowers target the newly independent countries for during the Cold War?

• To support their economic development

• To gain their allegiance

• To promote peace and stability

• To provide humanitarian aid