Results of Colonization Flashcards
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What does dictatorship mean?
A state or government under dictatorial rule.
What is entice strife?
bitter conflict between rivals
What is self-reliant?
Free from the influence, guidance, or control of others
The Ibo are an ethic group of what country?
Nigeria
Name two tough questions new countries faced?
- What kind of government would be best?
- How should the economy be run?
- What should the country’s foreign policy be?
What year did the children in Mali celebrated their first independence?
1960
What made it a little easier for India to rule themselves after their independence?
- The British sent some Indians to school.
- The British allowed certain Indians to work in the government.
What happened in the Congo after their independence from Belgians?
The dictator Mobutu Sees Seko took over.
What is the easiest democracy to established?
A dictatorship
What are the three main ingredients to to start a democracy?
- a democracy need experience
- a democracy needs teachers, business owners, and other who are neither very rich or very poor
- a democracy needs a public education
How did many dictators take over nations in Latin America, Asia and Africa?
Because many former colonies lacked experience, a middle class, and educated citizens.
Europeans created colonies that include what?
People from different ethic groups
When did different ethnic groups begin to fight?
When a colony became independence.
What year did the West African colony of Nigeria declared its independence from Great Britain?
In 1960
In what year did a civil war break out in Nigeria?
In 1967
Inn which countries did ethnic strife caused wars?
Burundi and Rwanda
When former colonies lacked resources, what did they do?
They relied on colonial rulers for resources.
Why did some government limit foreign trade?
The wanted to be self-reliant.
What were the three choices when it came to foreign policy?
- They could side with the United States
- They could side with the Soviet Union
- They could remain neutral
Why was it difficult to be a neutral nation?
- If nation needed something from the United States, it would worry that the Soviet Union might think they were siding with America.
- If nation needed something from the Soviet Union, it would worry that the United States might think they were siding with the Soviet Union.
