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Part 1. Terms to Know – Define Each of the Following Terms

Apartheid:

Self Determination:

Partition:

Imperialism:

De-Colonization:

Nationalize:

Collective Security:

Zionism:

Sovereignty:

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries:

Quota:

Nuclear Proliferation:

Green Revolution:

One-Crop Economy:

Terrorism:

Palestine Liberation Organization:

|NATIONALIST LEADER |NATION |NATIONALIST LEADER |NATION |

|Mohandas K. Gandhi | |Nelson Mandela | |

|Leopold Sengor | |Kwame Nkrumah | |

|Jomo Kenyatta | |Simon Bolivar | |

|Otto Von Bismarck | |Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | |

Part 2. Answer each of the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

DECOLONIZATION AND INDEPENDENCE IN INDIA

1. What are the causes of the independence movement in India?

2. What obstacles did Indians face in attaining their independence?

3. What modern problems exist in India today?

DECOLONIZATION AND INDEPENDENCE IN AFRICA

4. What are the causes of the independence movement in SOUTH AFRICA?

5. What obstacles did Nelson Mandela face in achieving independence in South Africa?

6. What other nations in Africa went through independence movements in Africa?

7. What problems does South Africa continue to face today? Africa as a whole?

THE MIDDLE EAST

ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT

8. What was the Balfour Declaration and why is it significant?

9. What are the causes of the ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT?

10. What were the results of the following Peace Agreements: Camp David Accords, Oslo Peace Accords, Road Map for Peace.

11. Why has peace been difficult to achieve in the Middle East?

IRANIAN REVOLUTION

12. How did Shah Reza Pahlavi reform Iran?

13. What caused the Iranian Revolution?

13. What happened as a result of the Iranian Revolution?

14. What are the major issues associated with Iran today?

AFGHANISTAN

15. What role did Russia play in Afghanistan?

16. What role did the US play in Afghanistan?

17. What were the outcomes in Afghanistan?

MODERN ISSUES AND GLOBAL PROBLEMS

18. What common problems do new nations face after achieving independence?

19. What groups have been the targets of human rights violations in the modern world?

20. What efforts have been made globally to deal with problems in the “developing” world?

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