Middle East/Decolonization topics

Partition of League Mandate

A plan to divide the League of Nations mandate territories.

Zionist

A supporter of Zionism, a movement for the establishment and development of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel.

Civil disobedience

The refusal to comply with certain laws or demands as a form of peaceful protest.

Islamic Fundamentalism

A movement advocating a return to strict adherence to Islamic principles.

Palestinians

Arabs who live in the region of Palestine.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

An Egyptian president and a key figure in pan-Arabism.

Jawaharlal Nehru

The first Prime Minister of India after independence.

Amritsar Massacre

An event in 1919 where British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in Amritsar.

Kwame Nkrumah

The first president of Ghana and a leader in the Pan-African movement.

Sectarian violence/refugees

Violence and displacement resulting from conflicts between different religious sects in India.

Partition of British India

The division of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947.

Homespun Movement

An Indian movement promoting the use of domestically produced goods, especially cotton.

Balfour Declaration

A British statement in 1917 supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.

HAMAS

A Palestinian Sunni-Islamist fundamentalist organization.

West Bank

A landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia.

Mustafa Kemal

Also known as Atatürk, the founder and first President of Turkey.

Salt March

An act of civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 to protest British salt monopoly in India.

Pan-Africanism

The idea that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified.

Indian National Congress

A political party in India that played a major role in the Indian independence movement.

Mohammed Jinnah

The founder of Pakistan.

Jomo Kenyatta

The first president of Kenya.