Unit 3: Third World Independence Flashcards

1
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Coup d’etat

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Forcible overthrow of a government

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2
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Civil Disobedience

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The refusal to obey unjust laws

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3
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Imperialism

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Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region

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4
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Nationalism

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A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country

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5
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Colonialism

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The control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.

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6
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Collectivism

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The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it. the theory and practice of the ownership of land and the means of production by the people or the state.

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7
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Communes

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In communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together

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8
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Great Leap Forward

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A Chinese Communist program from 1958 to 1960 to boost farm and industrial output that failed miserably

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9
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Cultural Revolution

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A Chinese Communist program in the late 1960s to purge China of non-revolutionary tendencies that caused economic and social damage.

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10
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Partitition

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A division into pieces
To divide (a country or territory) into separate, usually differing political entities.

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11
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Non-Alignment

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Political and diplomatic independence from both Cold War powers

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12
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Indochina

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a peninsula in SE Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, W Malaysia, and Burma (Myanmar).

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13
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Zionism

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A movement founded in the 1890s to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine

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14
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Mandate

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Temporary control given over an area until it is capable of self-government

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15
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Kibbutz

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A collective farm in Israel

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16
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List three reasons powerful nations obtain colonies

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-political
-religious
-economic

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17
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List two ways that WWII led to great changes that ultimately led to independence for many former colonies

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  • Colonial powers were no longer invulnerable
  • New focus on anit-colonialism in international arenas
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18
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Who was the leader of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War

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Mao Zedong

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19
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Who was the leader of the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War

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Chiang Kai-shek

20
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Why did the Nationalists and the Communists cease fighting each other in 1937

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to focus their energies and fight the Japanese in WWII

21
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To where did the Nationalist Chinese flee following their defeat by the Communists in 1949

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Taiwan

22
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What is the official name for Communist China

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People’s Republic of China

23
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List two reasons the Nationalist lost to the Communists in the CHinese Civil War

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  • Nationalist forces continued to be weakened from engagements with the Japanese
  • Communist forces grew in size and support from the more rural parts of unoccupied China
24
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List two reasons the Communists won the Chinese Civil war

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  • Communists were able to mobilize a massive army of peasants with thier program of radical land reform
  • began winning open battles against the KMT
25
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Who were the Red Guard and what role did they play in the Cultural Revolution

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They were a mass, student-led, paramilitary social movement mobilized by Mao Zedong; They set the Cultural Revolution into motion

26
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What was the Great Leap Forward and why did it fail

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It was an attempt to convert small family farms to urbanized communes while simultaneously urging them into industrial production and away from agricuture; It caused the deadliest famine in the history of China with 45 million people dead

27
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What was the goal of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

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Purge China of Bourgeois (middle class) tendencies

28
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Who was Mohndas Gandhi and what protest strategy did he use against British rule in India

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organized Indian resistance, fought anti-Indian legislation in the courts and led large protests against the colonial government called Civil Disobedience

29
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What event caused Indians to turn into revolutionaries and nationalist and demand independence from Great Britian

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1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre

30
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Conflict between what two major religious groups led to the partition of India in 1947

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Muslims and Hindus

31
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When India was partition in 1947 it was split into the ___ dominated India and the Muslim dominated ____

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Hindu; Pakistan

32
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Who was the first prime minister of India

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Jawaharlal Nehru

32
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Africa touches what two oceans

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Atlantic and Indian

32
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During the Indian partition, they both fought over the region of ____. Conflicting claims over this region have led to much tension and bloodshed between these two nations.

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Kashmir

33
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What large Central African country was once a colony of Belgium

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Democratic Republic of Congo

34
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What two European nations had the largest colonial empires in Africa prior to WWI

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Britian and France

35
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What are some of the natural resources in Africa that drew interest from colonizing nations

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rubber, timber, diamonds and gold

36
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What is the term from pride and devotion to one’s country and what changes did we see as a result of this

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Nationalism; inspire people to break free of a foreign oppressor

37
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What was the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence

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Ghana

38
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Define Zionism

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a nationalist movement that emerged in the 19th century to enable the establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine

39
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What is the term for the temporary control granted to a country over an area until that area is capable of self government

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Mandate

40
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What is the name of the holy city at the center of conflict in Palestine

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Jerusalem

41
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Following WWII the United Nations partitioned Palestine into seperate ____ and ____ states.

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Palestinian Arab; Jewish

42
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What happened one day after the Jews in Palestine proclaimed Israel to be a new country

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The countries around all invaded

43
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Explain the Palestinian Arab refugee problem

A

Descendants who that were either expelled or fled from their country relocate to Palestinian states but there is not enough room for them

44
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What was the Israeli Kibbutz system

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a community where people voluntarily live and work together on a noncompetitive basis