AP World History 7.5 Flashcards

decolonization

Process of relinquishing colonial territories and granting self-rule

mandate system

A system allowing colonizing powers to administer territories of former enemies under international supervision

Balfour Declaration

Statement supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine by the British government

civil disobedience

Nonviolent resistance to laws considered unjust

Big Three

Major Allied leaders of WWI peace negotiations: Lloyd George, Wilson, Clemenceau

Mohandas Gandhi

Leader of India's independence movement, promoting nonviolent resistance

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Advocate for a separate Muslim state in South Asia, later known as Pakistan

Jawaharlal Nehru

First Prime Minister of independent India, leader of the Indian National Congress

Mao Zedong

Chinese Communist leader advocating for peasant-led revolution

Chiang Kai-shek

Leader of Chinese Nationalist Party, opposing communism

Pan-Arabism

Ideology advocating for the political and cultural unity of Arab countries

Indian National Congress

Political party leading the struggle for Indian independence

satyagraha

Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent resistance and truth

Salt March

Gandhi-led protest against British salt laws in 1930

March First Movement

Korean protests against Japanese occupation starting March 1, 1919

May Fourth Movement

Anti-imperialist protests in China beginning May 4, 1919

Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Party founded in 1921, aimed at establishing a communist regime in China

Kuomintang

Chinese Nationalist Party aimed at independence and modernization

Long March

Year-long military retreat of the CCP led by Mao from 1934-1935

Palestine

Region promised as a Jewish homeland, under British control post-WWI

Pakistan

Proposed separate nation for Muslims in South Asia

Amritsar

Site of a tragic massacre that catalyzed the Indian independence movement

Manchukuo

Puppet state established by Japan in northeastern China

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Japanese imperial concept proclaiming regional leadership and liberation

Zionists

Supporters of establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Mahatma

Title meaning "great soul" given to Gandhi for his leadership

Jomo Kenyatta

Future leader of Kenya and nationalist figure

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Senegalese leader and poet, prominent figure in African nationalism