In 1947, India gained its independence from what country?

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In 1947, India gained its independence from what country?

Britain

What 3 countries were formed when India was partitioned?

West Pakistan, East Pakistan, and India

What religious/ethnic group was to live in West and East Pakistan?

Muslim

What religious/ethnic group was to live in India?

Hindu

Today, West Pakistan is the nation of …

Pakistan

Today, East Pakistan is the nation of …

Bangladesh

He used civil disobedience and passive resistance to lead the Indian independence movement

Mohandus K. Gandhi

Organization that fought for Indian independence from Britain

Indian National Congress

First Prime Minister of India, who supported western style industrialization and wanted to end caste discrimination?

Jawaharlal Nehru

Daughter of Nehru and Prime Minister of India who helped develop a nuclear program and became friends with USSR?

Indira Gandhi

Today India is the world’s largest ….

Democracy

The right of a nation to choose its own type of government without outside influence?

Self-Determination

Which international organization signed a charter that described the right of self-determination?

United Nations

Leader of Kenya’s fight for independence ….

Jomo Kenyatta

As African nations became independent following WWII, they came under the control of these two superpower countries

US and USSR

Blacks in South Africa lived in a society that strictly segregated

Apartheid

First black President of South Africa ….

Nelson Mandela

Following WWI, the League of Nations made the territories of the Ottoman Empire into

Mandates

French mandates in the Middle East

Syria & Lebanon

British mandates in the Middle East

Jordan & Palestine

Following WWII, the mandates were granted their independence. Palestine was partitioned and a new nation-state was created

Israel

Israel is the nation-state for this religious/ethnic group

Jews (Judaism)

Today, Israel is home to the Jewish people. In what part of the world did they used to live?

Europe

This Jewish grandmother became Prime Minister of Israel. She led Israel to increase its land holdings through war.

Golda Meir

Meir rallied the Israelis to victory when the Arabs launched a surprise attack on the holiest day of the Jewish Year

Yom Kippur War

Which group of people have been displaced by the expansion of Israel?

Palestinians

Israel is allied with

U.S.

This President of Egypt established a relationship with the USSR and built the Aswan High Dam

Gamal Abdul Nasser