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Decolonization & Independence (India, South Africa, China)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prior to 1947, the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League worked together seeking to end

a)

nonviolence

b)

religious diversity

c)

foreign rule

d)

nonalignment

2.

A lasting influence of British colonialism on India is most evident in India's

a)

commitment to parliamentary democracy

b)

continuation of the caste system

c)

development of a policy of nonalignment

d)

establishment of a command economy

3.

During India's independence movement, Mohandas Gandhi's boycott of British-made products was effective because the British considered India a major

a)

shipping center

b)

market for manufactured goods

c)

industrial center

d)

source of mineral resources

4.

Which description best fits the Salt March conducted by Mohandas Gandhi?

a)

an act of civil disobedience against the British

b)

a statement of support for dividing India

c)

a protest against the Sepoy Mutiny

d)

a rally for the British during World War II

5.

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

a)

an appeasement policy

b)

civil disobedience

c)

traditional caste beliefs

d)

divide-and-conquer principles

6.

A negative effect of the partitioning of India in 1947 was that

a)

foreign rule was reestablished in India

b)

Hinduism became the only religion practiced in India

c)

the government policy of nonalignment further divided Indian society

d)

civil unrest, territorial disputes, and religious conflicts continued throughout the region

7.

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

a)

encourage a greater degree of industrialization

b)

improve the economy by expanding governmental control

c)

secure political power for the majority of the people

d)

gain independence from the Soviet Union

8.

One way in which apartheid in South Africa and the caste system in India are similar is that both systems

a)

allowed for educational opportunities

b)

enforced different sets of rules for distinct groups of people

c)

determined roles based on gender

d)

revolved around central religious beliefs

9.

The original goal of Pan-Africanism was to

a)

demand democratic reforms

b)

encourage ethnic rivalry

c)

promote a united Africa

d)

divide Africa into separate countries

10.

The organization of campaigns in South Africa against the policy of racial separation and segregation are most closely associated with

a)

Jomo Kenyatta

b)

Cecil Rhodes

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Kwame Nkrumah

11.

F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end the

a)

foreign control of the diamond mines

b)

discriminatory policy of apartheid

c)

anarchy in Somalia

d)

Boer War

12.

Which country is most closely associated with the terms pass laws, homelands, and white minority rule?

a)

El Salvador

b)

China

c)

Iran

d)

South Africa

13.

Ho Chi Minh and Jomo Kenyatta were leaders of movements that were attempting to achieve

a)

nuclear disarmament

b)

self-determination

c)

pan-Africanism

d)

collective security

14.

One way in which Miguel Hidalgo, Ho Chi Minh, and Jomo Kenyatta are similar is that they all were

a)

leaders of independence movements

b)

communist dictators

c)

enlightened despots

d)

advocates of liberation theology

15.

One result of the Treaty of Nanjing was the

a)

establishment of a British sphere of influence in China

b)

creation of a parliamentary democracy in China modeled on Great Britain

c)

granting of Chinese citizenship to the British living in China

d)

formation of a Chinese protectorate in Great Britain

16.

What was a major goal of the Boxer Rebellion in China and the Sepoy Rebellion in India?

a)

restoring divine right monarchs

b)

obtaining aid from Europe

c)

annexing neighboring territories

d)

reducing foreign influences

17.

The difficult, year-long journey made by Mao Zedong and his Communist followers in 1934 through China's mountains, marshes, and rivers was called the

a)

Cultural Revolution

b)

Great Leap Forward

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Long March

18.

A comparison of the five-year plans of Joseph Stalin and of the Great Leap Forward of Mao Zedong would show that both leaders

a)

encouraged individual rights and freedoms

b)

implemented some aspects of capitalism

c)

focused on increasing industrial and agricultural output

d)

supported the involvement of wealthy entrepreneurs in the economy

19.

One reason Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and Fidel Castro rose to power was that these leaders

a)

promoted capitalism and democracy

b)

gained the support of the peasants

c)

represented the interests of rich landowners

d)

wanted their countries to stress religious values

20.

What was one social change Mao Zedong instituted in China after 1949?

a)

granting legal equality for men and women

b)

requiring arranged marriages

c)

adopting the practice of foot binding

d)

mandating Confucianism as the state philosophy

21.

A major goal of the Cultural Revolution in China during the 1960s was to

a)

restore China to the glory of the Han dynasty

b)

reemphasize Confucian traditional values

c)

weaken Communist ideas

d)

eliminate opposition to Mao Zedong

22.

In China and the former Soviet Union, the Communist governments discouraged organized religion because religions

a)

compete for the loyalties of the people

b)

support the principles of laissez-faire

c)

favor anarchy over organized government

d)

stress economic rather than political values

23.

In the 1980s, China's economic growth and reentry into the world economy was most directly the result of the

a)

restoration of dynastic rule

b)

adoption of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations

c)

reestablishment of a regional self-sufficiency plan

d)

implementation of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution

24.

One way in which Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping are similar is that both

a)

granted autonomy to satellite countries

b)

promoted a multiparty political system

c)

incorporated capitalist ideas into communist societies

d)

encouraged religious dissenters to seek freedom

25.

A major cause of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in June 1989 was the

a)

Chinese tradition of youthful rebellion

b)

influence of Western ideas on university students

c)

teachings of Confucius

d)

memories of the Japanese invasion of China