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Paragraph Response (at least three sentences): What is Zionism and why was there conflict in Palestine after WWI?
Zionism is the political movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Balfour declaration said that there would be a Jewish state established in Palestine. However, Arabs were already living there, so they were effectively being kicked out of their homes.
Paragraph Response (at least three sentences): Why was there conflict within the Indian independence movement?
There was conflict within the Indian
independence movement because Gandhi was a pacifist. Britain was increasingly violent to the movement, for example, with the Amistrar massacre, in which 400 unarmed indian protestors were killed. Other revolutionaries believed that pacificism was doing nothing and was instead letting Britain kill them. However, Gandhi and his followers remained pacifists.
Paragraph Response (at least three sentences): Describe the Long March.
The Long March was the Red Army’s escape.
They were surrounded by the Guomindang, and they had no choice but to flee. Mao Zedong led 100,000 of the Red Army communists to escape, and in the end, only 8,000 made it out alive.
Paragraph Response (at least three sentences): Describe the Good Neighbor
Policy
The Good Neighbor Policy was an idea by the
U.S. that they should be nicer to South America.
They recognized that they had way too much control over south america and had contributed to a lot of violence, so they thought of relaxing their grip on the continent. However, they still had a considerable amount of control;
revolutionary groups led by people like Sandino had been fighting off US influence in South America.
Paragraph Response (at least five sentences): Compare the changes Ataturk and Khan made in their respective countries.
Ataturk was the dictator of Turkey and leader of the Young Turks. He changed his name from Mustafa Kemal to Kemal Ataturk. He made strides to westernize the country, such as eliminating the fez, unbanning non-turkish words, adopting the latin alphabet, and establishing a Democracy. Khan was the dictator of Iran, and he had also changed his name from Reza Khan to Reza Shah Pahlavi. He was the opposite of Ataturk, however. Instead of westernizing Persia, he tried to make it exclusively Aryan, and changed the name to Iran. He tried to rid Iran of any western influence, and he believed in a pure ethnic state, much like Hitler.
What is the right of national groups to set up independent nation called?
self determination
Which leader modernized Turkey
kemal ataturk
The Amritsar Massacre galvanized Indian resistance o the British
true
Who led the non-violent resistance against the British
mohandas gandhi
How did Gandhi protest the british salt tax in India
marched from Ahmdabad to the sea to make salt
Which were the two main groups fighting for power in China in the first half of the 20th Century
Guomindang and communist
Japan took advantage of the conflict in China to seize which territory in 1931
mancuria
What is placing a privately owned business under government control called?
Nationalization
Which Mexican President nationalized the oil industry in Mexico in 1938
Lazaro cardenas
What convention did the US sign, in which all states in the Americas are from any outside influence or control
Montevideo convention
