Period 6 (1914-2012)

Question 1

Nationalism in India (ending rule with Britain)

~ British didn’t assimilate with Indian culture

Answer 1

~ diversity made independence difficult
~ tensions between Hindus and Muslims
~ Indians supported the British but political tensions soon took place when Britain broke its promise
~ Britain & India clashed violently

Question 2

Indian national Congress 1885

Answer 2

~ asked for greater role in life of British India
~ British mocked them & rejected their claim
~ began to gain wide following AFTER WWII
~ mass campaigns that won public support
~ British responded with oppression

Question 3

Mohandas Ghandi

Answer 3

~ joined movement to fight racial segregation
~ satyagraha (“truth force”- nonviolent polit, action)
~ became leader of INC

Question 4

Independence movements in South Africa (ending apartheid)

Answer 4

~ won freedom from GB In 1910
~ government controlled by white settler minority (struggle against internal opponent)
~ population split bw British (economic) & Afrikaners of Dutch descent (political)

Question 5

South Africa’s industrial economy in 1960s

Answer 5

~ major foreign investments & loans
~ dependent on whit controlled economy
~!issue of race prominent

Question 6

African national congress 1912

Answer 6

~ elite Africans who wanted voice in society
~ ANC was peaceful and moderate
~ nonviolent civil disobedience
~ gov response was oppression
~ underground nationalist leaders turned to sabatoge and assassination
~ growing international rows sure with exclusion from events and Withdrawl of private funds

Question 7

Ending apartheid

Answer 7

Without major bloodshed

Question 8

What was the solution to the division in India hey week Muslims and Hindus in 1947?

Answer 8

The British divided India into two nations:
Muslim Pakistan
Hindu dominated India

Question 9

How did Latin America change in the 20th C?

Answer 9

The region remained remarkably unchanged as the old institutions and patterns of politics and economy adapted to new situations

Question 10

The Great Depression

Answer 10

~ the US stock markets boomed late 1920s
~ New York stock market crashed 
~ millions of investors lost money 
~ domino affect in Europe and other industrialized countries
~ communism & fascism arose

Question 11

Causes of war

Answer 11

~ national rivalries
~ nationalistic aspirations (self determination)
~ alliances

Question 12

Two major alliances during World War I

Answer 12

Triple Entente (Russia, England, France)
Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria Hungary, italy)

Question 13

Spark for war

Answer 13

~ assassination of frame Ferdinand
~ domino effect
Austria-Hungary on Serbia(with Russia), Russia on Austria Hungary, on Germany

(General European war)

Question 14

Allied powers

Answer 14

England
France
Russia
Italy

Question 15

Central powers

Answer 15

Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottomans

Question 16

Allied powers

Answer 16

France
Britain
Russia
uS

Question 17

Axis powers

Answer 17

Germany
Italy
Japan

Question 18

Distinctive feature of WWII

Answer 18

Worldwide participation
Europe & Pacific Ocean
Advanced technology
Widespread killing of civilians

Question 19

Post WWII international organizations

Answer 19

NATO: Formed 1949 as defensive alliance among US, canada, Western Europe
United Nations: negotiate disputes. Addressed world issues

Question 20

In response to the NATO, the Soviet Union

Answer 20

Created the Warsaw Pact with Eastern European nations

Question 21

The Cold War

Answer 21

~ decades after WWII centered around tensions between the US and Soviet Union
~ world divided into US, SU, and third world countries

Question 22

Periodization

Answer 22

Repositioning of west 
Increase in international contacts
Democratic transition
Changes in belief systems 
Questioning systems of inequality