7.5 Flashcards
Unresolved Tensions After World War I
decolonization
the process of mother countries letting go of their colonies for self-determination
Big Four
Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and Vittorio Orlando
mandate system
the system under which European countries ruled freshly-drawn states and parts of the Arab world and other places after WWI
Pan-Arabianism
Arabian nationalist movement that called for the unification of North Africa and the Middle East into one self-determined state
Balfour Declaration
An issue by the British government supporitng the zionist movement to make Palestine into Isreal, a Jewish state
Palestine
Arabic State the Balfour Declaration said should be given to the Jews
Zionists
those who supported the creation of a Jewish state
Indian National Congress
Indian group designed to air grievances against the colonial government and call for independence
Mohandas Gandhi
peaceful leader of the Indian nationalist movement and the satyagraha movement. He gained the title Mahatma and led the Salt March
satyagraha movement
Ganshi’s peaceful civil disobedience movement; it means “devotion to truth”
civil disobedience
rebelling against a ruling power peacefully
Mahatma
Term for an Indian leader meaning “the great soul” given to Gandhi
Salt March
March led by Gandhi to the beach to harvest salt after the British made it illegal for Indians to produce their own to monopolize the market despite the ease of production in India
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
A Muslim member of the Indian National Congress who proposed the creation of Pakistan for the Muslim population of India following India’s independence
Pakistan
the proposed Muslim state after India gained its independence and split
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian National Congress leader who would later become India’s first president
March First Movement
Korean nationalist rebellion against Japanese control
The May Fourth Movement
a series of demonstrations by Chinese intellectuals and nationalists that contained anti-Japanese sentiments after the Allies gave Japan the land China wanted after WWI
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
China’s communist party vying for control of China following WWI
Mao Zedong
Eventual leader of the Chinese Communist Party
Kuomintang
Also known as the Chinse Nationalist Party, this was China’s nationalist party vying for control of China following WWI that wanted independence and industrialization
Chiang Kai-Shek
Leader of the Kuomintang following the death of Sun Yat-Sen
Long March
the horrible 6,000-mile trek Mao and the CCP took to retreat from nationalist forces that killed roughly 80% of them. It resulted in the peasants admiring their commitment to their ideals and peasant support for communism
Manchuko
Japan seized Manchuria against the League of Nations’ wishes and set up this puppet state with a fake Chinese Emporer
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
All of the islands and nations Japan claimed before WW2, including the Philipines, the Dutch East Indies, and other Western colonies. They claimed they were freeing them from Western influence but in reality, were conquerers
Jomo Kenyatta
the African intellectual and future leader of Kenya who studied in London
Leopold Senghor
the African intellectual and future leader of Senegal who studied in Paris
Amritsar
A peaceful protest by Indian nationalists and Sikh worshipers in town for a religious festival were massacred by British occupying forces, resulting in further Indian nationalism
