Social Psychology - Geary High School



Decolonization: World History Crash Course #40

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1. _________ has long been the dominant way we organize

ourselves, or others, politically.

2. How did World War II play a role in not allowing

empires to replace those that fell?

3. Decolonization throughout Afro-Eurasia resulted in

many of the new nations having to choose between

________________ and _________________ influences.

Decolonization often involved ______________, usually

the overthrow of colonial elites.

4. What were some of the characteristics/accomplishments of Mahatma Gandhi in India?

5. What are some other historical examples of hunger strikes?

6. In Indonesia, the Dutch exploited their island colonies with a system of cultuurstelsel, in which all peasants had to set aside _____ of their land to grow ___________________

for export to the Netherlands. This accounted for ______ of the total Dutch national budget. After the war, the Dutch tried to hold on to their Indonesia colonies with ________________________________ which went on for more than four years. Eventually, Indonesia finally won its independence in ______________.

7. In the French colonies of Indochina, the end of colonization in Cambodia resulted in the rise of the Khmer Rouge, which massacred _______ of Cambodia’s population between ________ and _________.

8. In Vietnam, who did Ho Chi Minh and the Communist-led nationalists have to overcome to achieve independence?

9. In Egypt, Gemal Abdul Nasser led a coup that involved playing the U.S. and the USSR off each other, and later banned the __________________________________________.

10. What is some evidence of growth in newly decolonized African nations/countries?

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