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the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violent active measures of opposition. -
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India independence Movement
a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India. -
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Mohandas Ghandi
Indian Lawyer/civil rights activist -
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
former governor-general of Pakistan -
Indian national congress
modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British empire in Asia and Africa -
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Jawaharlal Nehru
first prime minister of independent India. -
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Jomo Kenyatta
President of Kenya -
Pan Africa
the attempt to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all the people of Africa descent. -
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Ayatollah Khomeni
supreme leader of Iran -
Constitutional Revolution
revolution -
Muslim League
political party with the goal of securing Muslim interest on India subcontinent -
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Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian nationalist leader who drove for independence -
Satyagraha
a policy of passive political resistance. -
Balfour Declaration
statement for British support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people". -
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Nelson Mandela
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“The Shah”
he fostered economic development in Iran -
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Pol Pot
political leader who led the Khmer Rouge -
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Patrice Lumumba
African nationalist leader and the first prime minister of Congo -
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Fidel Castro
Cuban Leader/revolutionary -
Accra Riots
caused by boycott of all European goods -
salt march
an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India lead by Ghandi -
Quit India Movement
a movement to bring an end to British rule in india -
Kenya African Union
political organization after Kenya gets independence. -
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Apartheid
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Partition of India
change of political borders that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in south Asia and the creation of 2 independent dominions, those being India and Pakistan. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
a milestone document in the history of human rights. a document that acts like a global road map for freedom and equality. -
Israel formation date
the formation of Israel -
Mau Mau rebelion
advocated violent resistance to British domination in Kenya -
detention camps
Mau Mau fighters were held and subjected to brutal treatment by the hands of the colonial government. -
Defiance Campaign
imposing stiff penalties for protesting discriminatory laws. -
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Cuban Revolution
armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the government. -
National Liberation front
party that was a continuation of the revolutionary body that directed the Algerian war of independence against France. -
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Algerian War for independence
Major armed conflict between france and Algerian liberation front. -
The Massive Women's Protest in Pretoria
the march wanted to move apartheid pass laws, which limited the movement of black, Indian and colored people in South Africa. -
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Ghana independence movement
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Creation of the Bantusans
the Bantu sans were made by the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act of 1959. -
efforts to apartheid from Nelson Mandela
before his release in 1990, Mandela negotiated with the government to end apartheid. He helped prevent a bloody civil war and after the efforts Mandela went on to become the countries first democratically elected president. -
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Congo independence movement
the movement started to gain independence for the Congo -
assassination of lumumba
president Lumumba fled from Africa just to be captured and killed later by an unknown group -
Kikuyu tribe
the main tribe that the Mau Mau recruited from. -
Evian accords
a set of peace treaties signed by France and the provisional government of the Algerian republic -
London Conference
British negotiations and impact on commonwealth trade. -
White revolution
aggressive modernization program implemented in Iran. appended the wealth and influence of the traditional land owing classes, altered rural economies, and led to rapid urbanization and westernization. -
Palestine Liberation organization
umbrella political organization claiming to represent the worlds Palestinians. -
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Cambodian civil
civil war in Cambodia fought between communists and others -
Six day war
six day war fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states. -
Khmer Rouge
the radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia. -
S21
a prison in Cambodia -
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Iranian Revolution
popular uprising in Iran that resulted in the toppling of the Monarchy and led to the establishment of the Islamic republic. -
Hostage Crisis
a hostage crisis between the united states and Iran. -
Palestine
Palestine was formed. -
Mandela awarded Nobel piece prize
President F.W de Klerk awarded him the nobel piece prize. -
fall of apartheid
Mandela peacefully destroyed the apartheid regimen and layed down the foundation of Democracy -
votes for the first time in his life
Mandela voted for the first time -
president of republic
Mandela inaugurated as president on the republic.