Unit 7.5 - Unresolved Tensions after WWI

Question 1

The spread of nationalism led to…

Answer 1

The breakup of European empires, the success of communism in Russia, and anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S.

Question 2

How did WWI impact people living in Europe’s colonies?

Answer 2

It revived the hope of the colonized people in gaining their independence and so they contributed thousands of soldiers to help their side

Question 3

What did WWI show people living in European colonies?

Answer 3

It showed them that imperial powers like Britain/France were not invincible

Question 4

Whose principle described who the Europeans granted self-determination to after WWI?

Answer 4

President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points but self-determination was only granted to white countries in Europe

Question 5

What happened to Ottoman and German colonies after WWI?

Answer 5

They were transferred through the mandate system to other imperial countries like Britain, France, and Japan

Question 6

Mandate System

Answer 6

System by the League of Nations that said colonized people needed more authority from more “advanced” nations to survive

Question 7

How did the mandate system increase the size of France, England, and Japan’s empire?

Answer 7

It justified the expansion of their nations and allowed them to take over the old colonies of the Ottoman Empire and Germany

Question 8

How did Arabs respond to the mandate system?

Answer 8

They were upset and offended because they had been promised self-rule after WWI for their help but under the mandate system, they revolted in a nationalist movement known as Pan-Arabism

Question 9

Pan-Arabism

Answer 9

Ideology that called for the unification of all lands in North Afr. and Mid. East

Question 10

Indian National Congress

Answer 10

Voiced grievances against the British Raj and called for independence

Question 11

Massacre at Amritsar

Answer 11

Peaceful protest in India ending in more than 1,200 people being wounded or dying and made people realize independence from Britain was the only way forward

Question 12

Name of anticolonial movement in South Asia

Answer 12

The Satyagraha (devotion to truth) movement

Question 13

South Asia’s position after WWI (change)

Answer 13

After WWI, they remained colonized but the Indian National Congress became more prominent and Indians became more strong in their demands for self-rule

Question 14

Gandhi’s approach to resisting British rule in India

Answer 14

Civil disobedience, he encouraged Indians to break unjust laws and serve jail time to bring attention to the injustices they faced

Question 15

Example of Gandhi resisting imperial control

Answer 15

Wearing homespun clothing and the Salt March after salt production was banned

Question 16

What else did Indians call Gandhi?

Answer 16

Mahatma (the great soul)

Question 17

Muhammad Ali-Jinnah and his significance

Answer 17

Muslim leader who wanted to solve India’s problem of identity by creating a separate state, Pakistan, for the Muslims

Question 18

March First Movement (Korea)

Answer 18

Revolt against Japan trying to colonize Korea and angered that the Europeans were supporting them, it showed the power of Korean nationalism

Question 19

May Fourth Movement (China)

Answer 19

Angered that Japan had been allowed to take over a piece of land they wanted back and helped the Allies for during WWI, the Chinese revolted against western influences and adopted a more communist government

Question 20

Mao Zedong’s communism vs. Russia’s

Answer 20

Rather than focusing on the working class (in factories), Mao Zedong focused on the peasants, who were the majority in China

Question 21

Territories a part of Japan’s Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Answer 21

The Philipines, Dutch East Indies, British Malaya, Burma, and other Pacific islands

Question 22

Group of people who generally started pro-independence movements in Africa

Answer 22

European-educated Africans because in Europe, in their studies, they recognized the discrimination their homeland faced