chp 34 test Flashcards
congress party
group consisting of mostly hindus that led a campaign for india’s independence
muhammad ali jinnah
leader of the muslim league
muslim league
group that led a campaign for india’s independence
partition
division of india into two nations
jawaharlal nehru
first prime minister of india
indira gandhi
daughter of nehru who followed him as prime minister
benazir bhutto
former prime minister of pakistan
ferdinand marcos
leader of the philippines who was elected but ruled as a dictator
corazón aquino
woman who defeated marcos in the elections of 1986
aung san suu kyi
daughter of aung san; winner of the nobel prize for her fight of democracy in burma
sukarno
leader of indonesian independence movement; first president of indonesia
suharto
leader who turned indonesia into a police state
negritude movement
african movement after world war II to celebrate african culture, heritage, values
kwame nkrumah
leader in the gold coast independence movement
jomo kenyatta
nationalist who help lead kenya to independence