africa and the middle east vocab Flashcards
a policy of rigid racial segregation in the Republic of South Africa
Apartheid
movement in which writers and artists of African descent expressed pride in their African heritage
Negritude Movement
undertook sweeping progressive reforms, which modernized Turkey into a secular, industrializing nation
Kemal Ataturk
(1878–1944) joined the Iranian military at a young age. After leading the 1921 coup, Khan became the minister of war and then prime minister
Reza Khan
movement in which Arabs sought to unite all Arabs into one state
Pan- Arabism
statement issued by the British government in 1917 supporting the idea of a homeland for Jews in the Palestine Mandate
Balfour Declaration
an Austro-Hungarian Jewish lawyer, journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism
Theodar Herzl