8.5 - Decolonization After 1900

Question 1

Kwame Nkrumah

Answer 1

leader of Ghana’s independence movement; became its first president

Question 2

Charles de Gaulle

Answer 2

French president during decolonization; granted independence to many colonies

Question 3

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 3

leader of Vietnam’s independence movement and communist North Vietnam

Question 4

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Answer 4

Egyptian leader; promoted Arab nationalism and nationalized the Suez Canal

Question 5

One-Party State

Answer 5

a country governed by a single political party, often seen in new nations post-independence

Question 6

Algerian War for Independence

Answer 6

violent struggle (1954–1962) for Algeria’s freedom from France

Question 7

Algerian Civil War

Answer 7

conflict in the 1990s between government and Islamist groups after independence

Question 8

Suez Crisis

Answer 8

1956 invasion of Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal

Question 9

Biafran Civil War

Answer 9

Nigerian civil war (1967–1970) over the attempted secession of Biafra

Question 10

Quiet Revolution

Answer 10

peaceful period of reform in Quebec, Canada, emphasizing secularism and nationalism

Question 11

Muslim League

Answer 11

political group in British India that worked for the creation of Pakistan

Question 12

Organization of African Unity (OAU)

Answer 12

group formed to promote cooperation and independence among African nations

Question 13

Viet Cong

Answer 13

communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam who opposed the US-backed government