Chapter 34 - The Colonies Become New Nations

Burma

________ experienced one political crisis after another after obtaining independence.

Israeli army

The ________ invaded Lebanon in 1982 in an attempt to demolish Palestinian rural strongholds.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

________, the Hindu nationalist party's leader, has reigned over a dynamic but frequently tumultuous country since his election as prime minister in 1998.

Afghanistan

________ has a lengthy and tumultuous history.

Nasser

________ and his Arab allies, armed with Soviet tanks and planes, felt poised to confront Israel by early 1967.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

________, the Egyptian president, dispatched forces to seize the canal, which was owned by British interests.

Portuguese

The ________ had governed Angola for a long time and had no intention of relinquishing power.

Kashmir

________ had a mainly Muslim populace despite its Hindu king.

Kenya

________ was dominated by the British, and many British settlers opposed Kenyan independence, particularly those who had taken over valuable farmland in the country's northern highlands.

Philippines

The ________ has had to fight its own separatist organization since attaining independence.

Malay Peninsula

The Japanese captured the ________, which had previously been held by the British, during World War II.

Algerian National Liberation Front

The ________ (FLN) declared its desire to struggle for independence in 1954.

Belgian Congo

The ________ was one of the most exploited European territories in Africa.

Israel

________ unilaterally evacuated all of its settlers and troops from Gaza in the summer of 2005.

Egypt

________ took possession of the Suez Canal, which ran between the Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean Sea along ________ eastern border.

Kashmir

________ is located on the northernmost tip of India, bordering Pakistan.