Unit 8: Flashcards
Pol Pot
- genocide against his Cambodian people as he tried to impose brutal rule
Jomo Kenyatta
- leader of Kenya from independence
- first president of Kenya
Mohandas Gandhi
- political and spiritual leader during India’s struggle with UK for home rule
- advocate for passive resistance
Jawahatlal Nehru
- first prime minister of India
- central figure in Indian politics before and after independence
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- founder of Pakistan
Indira Gandhi
- Indian political leader
- female prime minister
Rajiv Gandhi
- son of Indira and took over prime minister of India after her assassination
Kwame Nkrumah
- led Ghana to independence from the UK in 1957
- first prime minister and president of Ghana
Nelson Mandela
- leading member of the African National Congress
- opposed apartheid
F. W De Klerek
- south african politician who was the country’s president; 7th ruler
Trade Sanctions
Trade penalty imposed by one or more nations
Amritsar Massacure
Killing by UK troops of nearly 400 Indian’s gathered at Amritsar to protest Rowlat acts
Pan Africanism
The principle or advocacy of the political union of all indigenous habits of Africa
Apartheid
South African policy of complete legal separation of the races also banning of social connections between blacks and whites
Aung San Suu Kyi
- fought for democracy in Burma
- won the nobel peace prize for peace