BE 4.1

Question 1

reasons for decolonisation (4)

Answer 1

• economic impact of ww2
• reliance on the US
• nationalist movements
• strength of western europe

Question 2

why did economic difficulties lead to decolonisation

Answer 2

britain could not afford to fight insurgent nationalist movements

Question 3

why did reliance on the US lead to decolonisation

Answer 3

US would not allow the money they gave britain to be used in the empire

Question 4

why did the strength of western europe lead to decolonisation

Answer 4

rapid recovery of western europe suggested to britain that europe was where its future and prosperity lay

Question 5

when was ghana granted independence

Answer 5

1957

Question 6

what 2 organisations pushed for independence in ghana

Answer 6

• united gold coast convention
• convention people’s party

Question 7

who organised peaceful protests in ghana

Answer 7

Nkrumah and CPP

Question 8

when did nigeria gain independence

Answer 8

1960

Question 9

what did the expansion of the franchise in nigeria fuel

Answer 9

nationalist momentum

Question 10

when did tanganyika gain independence

Answer 10

1961

Question 11

who ran the tanganyika african national union

Answer 11

nyerere

Question 12

what scheme in tanganyika fuelled nationalist sentiment in tanganyika

Answer 12

groundnut scheme

Question 13

how did urbanisation affect people in kenya

Answer 13

living conditions in the new cities were very crowded

Question 14

what branch within the kikuyu began a series of violent attacks on white settlers

Answer 14

the mau mau

Question 15

when did baring declare a state of emergeny in kenya

Answer 15

1952

Question 16

who did baring arrest when a state of emergency was declared in kenya

Answer 16

kenyatta, the nationalist leader

Question 17

how many people were arrested and killed due to the mau mau rebellion

Answer 17

17,000 arrested and 1000 hanged

Question 18

how did the mau mau rebellion affect britain

Answer 18

weakened their moral authority

Question 19

when did kenya gain independence

Answer 19

1963

Question 20

when was the afrikaner party elected in south africa

Answer 20

1948

Question 21

what was the afrikaner party’s campaign slogan

Answer 21

apartheid

Question 22

what did the afrikaner land acts do

Answer 22

took 80% of south africa and gave the land to the white minority

Question 23

when did basutoland and bechuanaland bcome independent

Answer 23

1966

Question 24

when did rhodesia split

Answer 24

1964

Question 25

when did smith (southern rhodesia) illegally declare independence

Answer 25

1965

Question 26

how long did the civil war in rhodesia last

Answer 26

1964-1979

Question 27

when was burma granted independence

Answer 27

1948

Question 28

what happened to burma after independence

Answer 28

civil war

Question 29

when did britain suggest the malayan union

Answer 29

1946

Question 30

what organisation was created to oppose the malayan union

Answer 30

UMNO

Question 31

hat made britain reconsider the malayan union

Answer 31

campaigns of civil disobedience

Question 32

when was the federation of malaya created

Answer 32

1948

Question 33

when was the malaya emergency

Answer 33

1948

Question 34

what was the malaya emergency

Answer 34

guerilla warfare between malayan communists and the malayan national liberation army

Question 35

when was malaya granted independence

Answer 35

1957

Question 36

how did singapore earn full governance

Answer 36

government's harsh opposition communist insurgents

Question 37

when did singapore join malaya

Answer 37

1963

Question 38

when was singapore expelled from malaysia

Answer 38

1965