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WorksheetsELP - Independence Movements of the 20th Century
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who was the key figure that helped the Indian people gain independence from Britain?
Joseph Stalin
Ho Chi Minh
Mohandas Gandhi
Winston Churchill
The policy in South Africa of segregating whites and those of color, which began in 1948, was called---
identification
separarse
apartheid
civil disobedience
Which nationalist organization was formed to try to help Indians with government reforms?
a worker's union
The Nazi Party
The Bolshevik Movement
The Indian National Congress
Why did India divide into the two separate nations of India and Pakistan when the region gained independence from Britain?
India lost a civil war that resulted in the creation of Pakistan.
Pakistan was founded as a communist nation while India was founded as a democratic nation.
Britain feared the power of a unified India, so it divided the region into two separate nations.
India was founded as a Hindu nation while Pakistan was founded as a Muslim nation.
Why did Europeans first take an interest in the African continent?
They wanted to control African industry.
They were asked to organize African schools.
They were involved in the slave trade.
They were in search of agricultural products.
Who was the first democratically elected President of Kenya?
Raila Odinga
Jomo Kenyatta
Daniel Arap Moi
Nelson Mandela
After his release from prison, Nelson Mandela became ...
the head of the African National Congress
the president of South Africa
the leader of the Xhosa tribe
the director of the United Nations
Mandela was elected president of South Africa in ---
1992
1994
1999
2002
The charter of the United Nations promised people around the world the right to "self-determination" which means the right to ...
choose your own religion
form your own government
publish your opinions in the press
all of the above
