7.5 Unresolved Tensions After World War I Flashcards

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Decolonization

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Return of self-rule to the peoples of former colonies

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2
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Who were the “Big Three”?

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David Lloyd George - Britain
Woodrow Wilson - U.S.
Georges Clemenceau - France

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What was the Mandate System established by the Allies after World War I?

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Put into effect by the League of Nations, the Mandate System was created to rule the former territories and colonies of the Central Powers

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What not-so-low-key racist thing did Article 22 of the League of Nations state that colonized people in Africa and Asia needed from more advanced nations to survive?

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Tutelage

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When the Ottoman Empire fell, what happened to the Middle East countries that were formerly under its control?

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They became virtual colonies of Great Britain and France

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What was Pan-Arabism?

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An idea that all lands in the Middle East should be unified and under the control of Arabs

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What was the Belfour Declaration?

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A British government declaration that Palestine should become a permanent home for the Jews of Europe.

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Who are Zionists?

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People who support an independent Jewish state or homeland.

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Why was the Indian National Conference originally formed?

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It was created to air greivances against the British colonial government.

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What happened when Indian Nationalists tried to peacefully protest during a Sikh festival in Amritsar in 1919?

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Armed British forces shot into an unarmed crowd, killing 379 and wounding 1200 more.

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What did Mohandas Gandhi’s satyagraha movement encourage Indians to do?

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Break civil laws and serve jail to expose the injustice of British rule.

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12
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Indians referrred to Gandhi as what?

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Mahatma - the great soul

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Why did Gahndi lead thousands of Indians in 1930 in something known as “The Salt March”

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It was illegal for Indians to produce their own sea salt. Gahndi and his fellow Indians marched to the Arabian Sea and picked up a few grains of sea salt to protest the unfair law.

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While anti-colonial feelings built across India, opinions on what to do if they were independent differed. What did Muhammad Ali Jinnah propose for an independent India?

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JInnah wanted a two-state plan.
A separate state for Muslims would be created in western and eastern India - Pakistan.
The remains of India would stay India and be under predominantly Hindu rule.

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15
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Who was India’s first prime minister?

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Jawaharial Nehru

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Did Gahndi and Nehru originally support a two state solution for India?

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No, it made them nervous.

17
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What was the March First Movement?

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On March 1, 1919, as many as 2 million Koreans protested Japanese control of Korea.

18
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China fought for the Allies in World War I. Did the Allies give China back the lands Japan had taken from it in Northeast China?

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No. The Allies sided with Japan.

19
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What was the May Fourth Movement?

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Anti-Japanese demonstrations stated by Chinese intellectuals and workers in China.

20
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When Europe did not return control of Chinese lands to China after World War I, what happened to Chinese attitudes about Western-style government?

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It turned their favor toward Soviet Marxist style rule.

21
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What was the CCP, founded in 1921?

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The Chinese Communist Party

22
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Who was Mao Zedong?

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The eventual leader of the Chinese Communist Party

23
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What was the Chinese Nationalist Party?

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The Chinese Nationalist Party, or Kuamninang, was led by Sun Yat-Sen. It wanted indpeendence and industrialization of a democratic China.

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Who was Chian Kai-shek?

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The leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party who took control after Sun Yat-sen died.

25
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How did the Chinese Civil War start?

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In 1927, Nationalist forces attacked and nearly annihilated the forces of Mao Zedong?

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What was the Long March?

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After Mao’s forces were nearly destroyed, the Chinese Communist Party retreated into the Chiense Interior and trained in hiding. In 1934, Nationalist forces attacked them again. This started the Long March, a year long retreat of the Communist forces into a remote area of northern China.

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What was Manchukuo?

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A Japanese puppet state in China

28
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What happened when the League of Nations condemned Japan for seizing more land in Manchuria?

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Japan quit.

29
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What was the name Japan gave to territories it added to its empire?

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The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

30
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What country had control of the Philippines at the start of World War II?

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Japan

31
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Jomo Kenyatta, a London educated African, would become the leader of what African country?

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Kenya

32
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Léopold Sédar Senghor, a Paris educated African, would become the leader of what African country?

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Senegal

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