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45 Cards in this Set
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Muslim League headed by? |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
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Partition means... |
division |
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Pakistan and India gained Independence on... |
August 15th, 1947 |
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Who were the Sikhs? |
Members of a religious minority |
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What is Kashmir? |
A state in the Himalayas with Muslim and Hindu populations |
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Ceylon, an island south of India changed its name to ....... in 1972 |
Sri Lanka |
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Buddhists were... |
Sinhalese |
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Hindu were... |
Tamil |
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Who was Jawaharlal Nehru? |
India's first Prime Minister |
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What is a dalits? |
An outcast. |
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Who was Indira Ghandi? |
She was the daughter of Nehru and the elected Prime Minister 2 years after her father's death. |
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East Pakistan changed it's name to... |
Bangladesh |
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Compelled means... |
made or forced to |
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What is a nonalignment? |
Political and diplomatic independence from both cold war superpowers. |
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Pakistan backed up the Taliban who did they support? |
The terrorist group Al Qaeda |
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What are savannas? |
Grasslands with scattered trees |
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Who was Kwame Nkrumah? |
Speaker and organizer in the Gold Coast. |
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Who was Jomo Kenyatta? |
Prime minister of Kenya (lead independence movement) also leader of Mau Mau |
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Who was Leopold Senghor? |
Senegalese politician (led an independence movement) |
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What is Coupd'etat ? |
The forcible overthrow of a government |
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Who is Mobutu Seso Seko? |
Dictator of Zaire aka the republic of Congo (US support it) |
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US had an alliance with... |
Somalia |
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Soviet Union had an alliance with... |
Ethiopia |
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First nation to win freedom (Gold Coast) |
Ghana |
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What is the largest ethnic group in Kenya? |
Kikuyu |
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How did Kenya get their freedom? |
After an armed struggle. |
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Who conquered Algeria? |
The French |
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What are Islamists? |
People who want all the government decisions to be based on Islamic traditions. |
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What were the three dominant groups in Nigeria? |
1) Christian Ibo (south) 2) Yoruba (south) 3) Muslim Hausa (north) |
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The Kurdish fought who? |
Turkey |
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What is a kibbutz? |
A collective farm |
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What is a secular? |
Non-religious government and law keeping religion and government separate. |
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What is a doctrine? |
A teaching, principal, or belief |
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What is hejab? |
Wearing traditional Muslim headscarves and loose-fitting, ankle length garments to conceal |
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Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser? |
He seized power in Europe and nationalized the Suez Canal |
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Who was Anwar Sadat? |
The first to make peace with Israel |
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Who was Mohammad Mosaddeq? |
Iran's prime minister |
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Who was Ruhollah Khomeini? |
A religious leader in Iran |
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What is a theocracy? |
A government by religious leaders |
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A fight breaks out between? |
Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan |
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How was India divided after gaining independence? |
In four parts. |
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How did Great Britain view Africans? |
They believed that Africans were different and they were inferior. |
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How did the French view Africans? |
They treated them equally if they adopted French culture, if they didn't, they were inferior. |
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Who was Ahmed Ben Bella? |
One of the main factions leaders who were fighting the French. |
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What was one of the tests that people did to classify someone? |
They stuck a comb in their hair, and if it stuck they were African. |
