Dumas APWH Unit 8

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

Rivalry that doesn’t use military confronting, but the powers used propaganda campaigns, secret affairs and arms races.

Question 2

Non-Aligned Movement

Answer 2

A pact of nations that aren’t associated with any of the big alliances (United Nations, Warsaw Pact, etc.)

Question 3

Kwame Nkrumah

Answer 3

One of the independence leaders for Ghana from Great Britain in 1957, and advocated for tribal unity for all Africans.

Question 4

Proxy Wars

Answer 4

Wars in which armies in smaller countries are just stand-ins for bigger superpowers, (Like the Korean War, where the United States and Soviet Union split Korea into two regions for war).

Question 5

Communist Revolution in China

Answer 5

The systems of Communism and Nationalism began conflicting which other, and Communism began to win because of the way they opened the door for peasants, had a low-tolerance for cruelty from soldiers. Eventually in 1949, Communism came to China and they started developing five year plans.

Question 6

Great Leap Forward

Answer 6

Land reforms in China where peasant lands were taken over for agricultural purposes for the state had control of the produce.

Question 7

Communist Revolution for Vietnamese Independence

Answer 7

Vietnam had vowed freedom from Japanese and French Control, so in response Vietnamese Communists won over the population and declared control by redistributing land to peasants.

Question 8

Decolonization

Answer 8

Countries began to demand independence from colonizing countries through challenging colonial rule, revolting, and political negotiations.

Question 9

Indian National Congress

Answer 9

A group united in the 19th century by the common desire to eliminated colonial British rule over the Indian land (Led by Mohandas Gandhi).

Question 10

Muslim League

Answer 10

Founded in 1906, a group united in contrast to the Indian National Congress in that they want a SEPERATE Indian Muslim Nation.

Question 11

Partition of India

Answer 11

A dividation of Colonial India where there were two regions divided for religious reasons: Muslim India and Muslim Pakistan.

Question 12

Creation of Israel

Answer 12

In the aftermath of WWII, many European Jews had been spread out and displaced because they fled their country, so they had been giving land near the Mediterranean called Israel.

Question 13

Metropole

Answer 13

A large city of a former colonial ruler.

Question 14

Mohandas Gandhi

Answer 14

Indian independence leader who advocated for a free Indian population and unity among Indians in regards to religion.

Question 15

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 15

Civil rights activist for African Americans in the 1950-1960s who encouraged many resistance tactics to achieve the goal of equality of race (speeches, protests, etc).

Question 16

Nelson Mandela

Answer 16

Due to apartheid, a physical racial segregation, Nelson Mandela in the 20th century advocated for black resistance against this unfair treatment through non-violent protests.

Question 17

Francisco Franco

Answer 17

Spanish dictator in the mid 1900s who had overthrown another elected government, and was very anti-communism.

Question 18

Shining Path

Answer 18

The Shining Path, led by Abimael Guzman, was a series of violent events such as bombings and assassinations in order to overthrow the existing government.

Question 19

Soviet-Afghan War

Answer 19

Soviets had invaded Afghanistan in order to help the country’s communist government against Muslim fighters.