Middle East/Decolonization topics

A. Partition of League Mandate (Partition Plan): A plan to divide the League of Nations mandate territories.

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

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

D. Islamic Fundamentalism: A movement advocating a return to strict adherence to Islamic principles.

E. Palestinians: Arabs who live in the region of Palestine.

F. Gamal Abdel Nasser: An Egyptian president and a key figure in pan-Arabism.

G. Jawaharlal Nehru: The first Prime Minister of India after independence.

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

I. Kwame Nkrumah: The first president of Ghana and a leader in the Pan-African movement.

J. Sectarian violence/refugees (Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs in India): Violence and displacement resulting from conflicts between different religious sects in India.

K. Partition of British India: The division of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947.

L. Homespun Movement: An Indian movement promoting the use of domestically produced goods, especially cotton.

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

N. HAMAS: A Palestinian Sunni-Islamist fundamentalist organization.

O. West Bank: A landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia.

P. Mustafa Kemal: Also known as Atatürk, the founder and first President of Turkey.

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

R. Pan-Africanism: The idea that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified.

S. Indian National Congress: A political party in India that played a major role in the Indian independence movement.

T. Mohammed Jinnah: The founder of Pakistan.

U. Jomo Kenyatta: The first president of Kenya.