WWI Flashcards
The ruler of a Middle Eastern country.
shah
Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the 1st President of Turkey.
Kemal Ataturk
The Shah of Iran (Persia) from December 15, 1925 until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion in 1941.
Reza Pahlavi
Egyptian revolutionary and statesman, leader of Egypt’s nationalist Wafd Party.
Saad Zaghloul
Kenyan politician and the first President of Kenya.
Jomo Kenyatta
One of the leading figures of modern Nigerian nationalism.
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Traditional hat worn by Turkish men.
Fez
Opposition to war or violence as a way to settle disputes.
Pacifist
Nonviolent refusal to obey a law or practice thought unjust.
Civil disobedience
Term for nonviolent protests led by Gandhi.
Satyagraha
Political and spiritual leader during India’s struggle with Great Britain for home rule, an advocate of passive resistance.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The right of a people to decide their own political status or government.
Self-determination
Hungarian-born Austrian founder of Zionism, solution to anti-Semitism was the establishment of a Jewish national state.
Theodor Herzl
Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule, first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947-1964.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Local military leader in China.
Warlord
Chinese revolutionary, first president and founding father of the Republic of China and medical doctor.
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese general, politician and Emperor, influential during late Qing Dynasty.
Yuan Shigai
Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1920 and 1975.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese leader and theorist, founder of Chinese Communist Party in 1921, commanded troops in the Chinese Civil War from 1927-1949, Proclaimed the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Mao Zedong
Kenyan politician, pioneer in the development of modern African nationalism in Kenya.
Harry Thuku
A large, sudden increase in the human population.
Population Explosion
Large Japanese industrial firms owned by a few families.
Zaibatsu
Emperor of Japan from 1926-1989. Ultra-nationalist and militarist.
Hirohito