UNIT 3: THIRD WORLD INDEPENDENCE
Review for Unit 3 Test AND Quarterly Exam
1. Know ALL Vocabulary terms for Unit 3 Vocabulary
2. List three reasons powerful nations obtain colonies:
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3. List two ways that WW II led to great changes that ultimately led to independence for many former colonies:
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4. ______was the leader of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War.
5. ______was the leader of the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War.
6. Why did the Nationalists and the Communists cease fighting each other in 1937?
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7. To where did the Nationalist Chinese flee following their defeat by the Communists in 1949? ______
8. ______is the official name for Communist China.
9. List two reasons the Nationalists lost to the Communists in the Chinese Civil War:
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10. List two reasons the Communists won the Chinese Civil War:
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11. List three things that China did to rebuild its economy after the Chinese Civil War:
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12. List three ways the lives of women were improved in China:
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13. What was the “Great Leap Forward” and why did it fail?
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14. What was the goal of the Chinese Cultural Revolution?
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15. List three results of the Chinese Cultural Revolution:
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16. Who was Mohandas Gandhi and what protest strategy did he use against British rule in India?
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17. What event caused Indians to turn into revolutionaries and nationalists and demand independence from Great Britain?
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18. How and why was Mohandas Gandhi assassinated? ______
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19. Conflict between what two major religious groups led to the partition of India in 1947?
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20. During the Cold War India was part of the “non-aligned movement”. Explain what this means:
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21. Conflicting claims concerning the region of ______has led to much tension and bloodshed between Pakistan and India.
22. Africa touches what two oceans? ______& ______
23. What large Central African country was once a colony of Belgium? ______
24. What two European nations had the largest colonial empires in Africa prior to WW I?
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25. What are some of the natural resources in Africa that drew interest from colonizing nations? ______
26. Why did so many African nations fall into civil war soon after gaining their independence? ______
27. What is the term for pride and devotion to one’s country? ______
What changes did we see as a result of this? ______
28. List three problems that have been common to many African nations in the modern (post WW II) era:
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29. Define Zionism: ______
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30. What is the term for the temporary control granted to a country over an area until that area is capable of self- government? ______
31. What were the two main concerns the Arabs had in regard to Jewish settlement in Palestine?
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32. What is the name of the holy city at the center of conflict in Palestine? ______
33. Following WW II the United Nations partitioned Palestine into separate ______
and ______states.
34. What happened one day after the Jews in Palestine proclaimed Israel to be a new country?
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35. Why did Arab nations refuse to sign a treaty with Israel after the 1948 war? ______
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36. Explain the Palestinian Arab refugee problem: ______
Unit 3 MAP Review
On a map:
Be able to locate and label where India, Pakistan Bangladesh (the former E. Pakistan), Nepal and Kashmir are located.
Be able to locate and label where the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China are located.
AFRICA MAP:
Be able to locate and label the Oceans on either side of Africa
Be able to locate and label the seas near Africa and the Middle East (Mediterranean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf)
Be able to locate and label Ghana, Egypt, The Congo (Zaire), Nigeria, Algeria, Kenya
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