finals p2 Flashcards
Hitlers outcome
suicide
Human rights
-introduced after WWII that applied to race, gender, religion
-life, liberty, freedom to torture, opinion, expression, work, education
The purpose of the United Nations
-maintain world peace
-develop good relationships
-promote cooperation
-encourage respect for human rights
-provide international aid in solving issues around the world
Security Council (power, members)
-power: can veto general assembly resolutions
-members: visitors of WWII: France, Russia, UK, US, China
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
-UN document that was written after WWII that states that all human rights the world should follow
-in response to the holocaust
-Eleanor Roosevelt
-can’t be enforced
-cultural relativism
General Assembly
-policy making group on the UN
-all member states have equal representation
-resolutions can to vetoes by the security council
Balfour Declaration—cause and effect
-british document written during WWI that supported the creation of a separate jewish state
-Cause? Zionist movement
-Effect: appears that British government supports the creation of a jewish state, but they dont
UN partition plan—problems, role of Great Britain, why it is done
-plan to create a jewish and palestinian state
Why?: as an apology for the holocaust
Role of GB:
-After WWI, GB and France divided up the middle east into mandates
-After WWII, the UN decides to partition the land
Problems: The Jews got 55% of the land, yet represented 34% of the population
1948 Palestinian Refugee Crisis—Israeli view versus Palestinian view (why they left)
-After the partition it resulted in the Palestinian Refugee crisis (nakba: Disaster when palestinians fled their homes)
Israeli view of why the Palestinian left:
-encouraged to by arab leaders in the area
-Didn’t want to live under israeli view
-War
-leaders left
Palestinian view:
-Forced so political sovereignty could be achieved
David Ben-Gurion
-First Prime minister of Israel after the creation of Israel
-Sparked the Invasion of Israel with his declaration of independence
Zionism
movement to create an independent jewish state
1979 Islamic Revolution (Iranian Revolution)— effects (government)
-no more monarchy
there is a president and a legislature (rigged elections)
-real power in the council of guardians
-theocracy: government
-ruled by clerics
1979 Islamic Revolution (Iranian Revolution)—aftermath
political:
-women’s right are taken away
-Westernization: kicked out and replaced with traditional Islamic culture
-no more freedom of speech, press or assembly
-rigged elections
-Ayatollahs are in power
-still a secret police
Ayatollahs
Musilm Clerics
Ayatollah Khomeini:
-a high ranking muslim cleric
-urged Iranians to protest against the Shah
-supreme leader of Iran post revolution
European causes of conflicts
-Africas was left with unbalanced economies
-Manufactured good that were only useful to them
-Made boundaries that caused ethnic and cultural divisions
-governments cared more about the mother country and not the people
European reasons for leaving or being forced out
-European nations could not afford colonies
-Europe could not keep colonies and say that governments like Hiter were wrong
-The UN was opposed to colonies
-Europe was confronted with nationalist movements
-Europe was confronted with a generation that had been Western educated
Apartheid
racial segregation in South Africa
African National Congress (ANC)—goal
-wanted to end apartheid
-political party in south africa that became banned
-leader was Nelson Mandella
-they wanted to win seats in parliament in order to end apartheid
Aspects of apartheid (political, economic, social)
Political:
-Blacks could not vote
-Black south africans could not run for office
-black south africans had to carry passbooks that limited freedom
Economic:
-Black south africans could not strike
-black south africans were restricted from certain certain occupations
-black south africans could only work in designated areas
Social:
-Black south africans had to carry passbook that restricted their movement
-relationships between races was prohibited
-segregation
Causes and processes for ending apartheid
-nelson mandela and other ANC leaders were removed from prison
-make ANC legal
-ANC won the majority of seats in the next election
-Nelson mandela became the first black president of south africa
end of legal apartheid
Struggles of developing African nations
-Ethnic strike
-depletion of resources
-collapsing economies
Common features of decolonization in Africa
-civil war
-military dictatorships
-gained independence in 1960’s
-violence
-unstable governments
Push factors of migration
-War
-Corrupt governments
-Political oppression
-Hope for a better life
-Natural disasters
