Chapter 22: The End of Empire: The Global South on the Global Stage, 1914–Present
1. What is the correct order of the following events?
a. Establishment of the state of Israel, Iranian revolution, independence of India and Pakistan
b. Establishment of apartheid in South Africa, Iranian revolution, independence of India and
Pakistan
c. Independence of India and Pakistan, establishment of the state of Israel, Iranian revolution
d. Establishment of apartheid in South Africa, establishment of the state of Israel, independence
of India and Pakistan
2. The idea that humans are naturally divided into distinct peoples, each of which deserves an
independent state, is known as
a. nationalism.
b. national self-determination.
c. ethnic cleansing.
d. apartheid.
3. Which of the following colonies had a nationalist movement led by a communist party?
a. India
b. Algeria
c. Indonesia
d. Vietnam
4. What did Gandhi’s political philosophy, satyagraha, advocate?
a. Violent overthrow of British rule in India
b. Confrontational non-violence
c. A return to prayer as the chief means to overcome enemies
d. The mobilization of peasants to fight injustice
5. The partition of which country upon independence led to the death of at least a million people
and the creation of about twelve million refugees?
a. South Africa
b. Turkey
c. Indonesia
d. India
6. Which of the following played a role in ending South African apartheid?
a. Mediation by United Nations peacekeepers
b. International economic and cultural boycotts of South Africa’s white government
c. The threat of foreign invasion to end human rights violations
d. The arming of the black population, which led to the imminent threat of civil war
7. Which of the following new states experienced genocide in the 1990s?
a. South Africa
b. Nigeria
c. Rwanda
d. Algeria
8. Which of the following was one of the so-called “newly industrialized countries” of the
second half of the twentieth century?
a. Brazil
b. South Korea
c. South Africa
d. Syria
9. This country’s modernity drive included an order that men must wear hats with brims.
a. Turkey
b. Indonesia
c. Iran
d. India
10. What is hijab?
a. Islamic law
b. Pilgrimage to Mecca
c. A head-to-toe covering for women
d. Muslim clerics
Answer Key
1. c
2. b
3. d
4. b
5. d
6. b
7. c
8. b
9. a
10. c