Decolonization

What is Apartheid?

• Official policy of segregation in South Africa

• Segregation of people based on their gender

• Equal rights for all people

• Segregation in southern United States

Why was Nelson Mandela sent to prison?

• for creating new South African laws

• for his work against Apartheid

• for leaving the country without proper documents

"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

• civil disobedience

• criminal acts

• guerrilla tactics

Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

...Indeed whilst on the one hand civil disobedience authorizes disobedience of unjust laws or unmoral laws of a state which one seeks to overthrow, it requires meek and willing submission to the penalty of disobedience and therefore cheerful acceptance of the jail discipline and its attendant hardships....

Which individual is the author of this passage?

• Otto von Bismarck

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Ho Chi Minh

• Fidel Castro

What was NOT a reason most colonies were given their independence after WWII?

• It was hypocritical for Britain and France to have empires after liberating the Nazi Empire.

• Many colonists fought alongside their European rulers during the war.

• Most European countries were in serious debt after the war was over.

• European countries were looking to take over new territories after the war.

How did Indira Gandhi gain popularity?

• Green Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Supporting the Bengali government

• By calling a state of emergency

Who was India's colonial ruler until 1947?

• Germany

• France

• China

• Great Britain

A similarity of the goals of Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi is that both leaders wanted to

• secure political power for the majority of the people

• encourage a greater degree of industrialization

• improve the economy by expanding governmental control

• gain independence from the Soviet Union

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

• an appeasement policy

• civil disobedience

• traditional caste beliefs

• divide-and-conquer principles

The purpose of Mohandas Gandhi's actions such as the Salt March and the textile boycott 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