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who signed the Atlantic charter?
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United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt & British prime minister, Winston Churchhill
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Ho Chi Minh left Vietnam @ what age?
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21
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Decolonization refers to what?
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decolonization refers to the achievement of independence by Asian and African colonies after World War II
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who colonized most of Asia and Africa?
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Mainly the European western powers
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by the end of the twentieth century, where did some of the strongers voices urging decolonization come from?
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the West
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Ater World War II, how much of the globe lived under colonial rule?
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more than one third
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who issued Fourteen Points and when?
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Pesident Woodrow issued Fourteen Points after World War I
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what was pledged in the atlanitic charter?
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among other things, to "respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live."
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churchill was a proud believer in what?
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the british empire
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what did churchhill believe?
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Churchill believed that this statement only applied to people liberated from Nazi rule
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Nationalists in the colonized world saw the Atlantic charter as...
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legitimizing their own struggles to gain independence
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after world war II, what upheld the right of people to choose their own form of government?
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the United Nations Charter & the Universal Declaration of Human Rights upheld the right of people to choose their own form of government
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the victorious nations, such as Britain and France, had sustained...
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millions of causalities. their government treasures were almost broke, their remaining armies and navies were exhausted.
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who could no longer enforce their rule of distant territories?
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the old imperial powers of Europe could no longer enforce their rule of distant territories
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what did some of the nationnalist leaders argue?
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some of the nationalist leaders argued that independence was their rightful reward for helping deafeat the Axis Powers
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Now that the war was over, what did Indians want?
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After the war, Indians wanted to be free of British rule
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In the nineteenth and early twentieth cneturies, people often described India as what?
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"The jewel in the crown" of the british empire
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who ran most of the colony?
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a british-designed civil service, staffed mostly by indians, ran the colony
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indian taxes paid for what?
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Indian taxes paid for soldiers and policemen
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Mohan das Gandhi was born in?
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western India in 1869
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Gandhi became what?
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a lawyer
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Where did Gandhi travel to continue his education and eventually study law?
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England
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who was stirring desire for independence in overseas colonies?
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nationalists
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when historians use the term decolonization, what are they referring to?
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the achievement of independence by Europe's colonies in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East after World War II
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Before, during, and right after World War II, several documents signaled a new way of thinking in the West. The Fourteen Points, Atlantic Charter, United Nations Charter, and Universal Delcaration of Human Rights all upheld the right of people to
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self-determination
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Mohandas Gandhi was born in western India in 1869, when India was still a colony of ______
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Britain
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What were several reasons for decolonization after World war II?
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Europeans were losing their desire to rule faraway colonies; because of struggling economies and exhausted militaries, European colonial powers could no longer enforce their rule of distant territories; in overseas colonies, nationalists were stirring desire for independence; some argued that independence should be the reward for helping defeat the Axis Powers during World War II
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Europeans were losing their desire to
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rule far away colonies
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because of struggling economies and exhausted militaries, European colonial powers could no longer
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enforce their rule of distant territories
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What were nationalists overseas stirring for?
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Nationalists overseas were stirring desire for independence
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Some argued that independence should be the reward for helping defeat the...
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Axis Powers during World War II
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______ was born in western India
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Mohandas Gandhi
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What did Gandhi decide to do after returning to India and observing many of the same injustices that he had witnessed in South AFrica?
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Mohandas Gandhi decided to work for an independent India
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What strategy did Mahatma Gandhi use to try and change laws and attitudes in India?
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nonviolent resistance; civil disobedience
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although nationalists leaders in India were united in their stand against British rule, they were divided, in part, by what?
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religion; they were divided in part by religion
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On the indian subcontinent, the religion with the greatest number of followers was..?
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Hinduism
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What religion was in the minority, compared to Hinduism which had the greatest number of followers on the Indian subcontinent?
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Islam was the religion in the minority
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah became the leader of what?
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah became the leader of the Muslim League, which was a group that represented the minority religion
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What was the Muslim league?
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the muslim league was a group that represented the minority religion
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1911-1940, Ho Chi Minh was the son of a what?
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Ho Chi Minh was the son of a Confucian scholar
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1911-1940,At 21, Ho Chi Minh left..
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Vietnam. He was 21.
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1911-1940, Ho Chi Minh traveled throughout..
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Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East, and America
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1911-1940, what chi minh embraced..
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communism
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1911-1940, Ho Chi Minh was the founding member of the..
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French Communist Party
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1941-1945, Ho Chi Minh returned where?
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1941-1945, Ho chi minh returned to Vietnam
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1941-1945, Ho Chi Minh founded the
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Viet Minh
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1941-1945 what was the Viet Minh for?
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the Viet Minh was founded to fight Japanese occupation and French colonial rule
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1941-1945 Ho Chi Minh controlled what by the end of World war 2?
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Ho Chi Minh controlled Vietnam by the end of World War 2
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Ho Chi Minh was a dedicated what?
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Marxist
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In 1952, who helped stage a bloodless coup d'etat and became president of Egypt?
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In 1952, gamal Abdul Nesser helped stage a bloodless coup d'etat and became president of Egypt
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In 1952, Gamal Abdul Nasser became president of what?
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Egypt. Gamal Abdul Nasser became president of Egypt in 1952.
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Nasser redistributed what to farmers?
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land
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Nasser's government exerted a greater control over what?
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industry
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desribe two things Nasser did to relieve poverty and transform a newly independent country into a modern nation:
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redistributed land to farmer; Naseer's government exerted a greater control over industry
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Nesser believed that _________ was the best form of government to relieve poverty and transform a newly independent country into a modern nation.
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socialism
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America committed to the containment of communism, and Ho Chi Minh was a deciated Marxist, which resulted in:
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the peace conference in Genvea agreed to temporarily divide Vietnam, with Ho Chi Minh ruling the north and Ngo Dinh Diem ruling the south
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What is the PLO?
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the PLO is the Paletsine Liberation Organization
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Who formed the PLO?
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the Arb Leagude the leadership of Egypt's Nasser formed the Palestine LIberation Organization
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Who was the leader after the Six Day War?
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Yasser Arafat was the leader after the Six Day War
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Why was the Palestine Liberation Organization formed?
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the Palestine Liberation Organization was formed to ensure the liberation of Palestine by destroying the state of Israel
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What tactics did the PLO use to accomplish the Palestine Liebration Organization goals?
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The PLO used Guerrilla warfare against Israeli military and civilian targets as tactics to accomplish its goals
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what were the territorial outcomes of the Six Day War?
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Israel took the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt
Israel gained control of the city of Jerusalem Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan Israel captured the golan Heights from Syria |
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what were Other Outcomes of the Six Day War?
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There was an increase in the number of Palestinian refugees
about a million arabs come under a direct israeli rule nesser's secular government in egypt was discredited the Palestine Liberation Organization became more militant |
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Territorial outcomes: Israel gained control of the city of
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Jerusalem
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Israel took the Sinai Penisula from
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Egypt
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Israel captured the
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West Bank from Jordan
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