Study Guide 8.6
Examples of population resettlement due to redrawing of colonial borders
India/Pakistan partition and division of Middle East into mandates
Two examples of former colonial subjects who moved to metropoles which deepened cultural and economic links
•Filipinos to the US •Algerians to France
Examples of economic development under Nasser
•State nationalized agricultural, industrial, financial, and commercial sectors •Land reforms •Nationalized Suez Canal •Developed farmer cooperatives and minimum wage •State invested in textile industry, oil and steel
How many refugees had moved from either Pakistan to India or vice versa?
12 million refugees
How many people died due to communal violence with the partition?
1 million or more
When did the British leave India and why?
August 1947 due to the India Independence Act being signed.
Who is Ali Jinnah and what is the All India Muslim League?
Ali Jinnah is the leader of the All India Muslim League, and the founder of Pakistan in August of 1947; the All India Muslim League is a political party in which they advocated for the partition of India into a Muslim Pakistan and a Hindu India.
Which two groups of people were promised Palestine and are still fighting for it?
Arabs and Jews
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru?
First prime minister of India who was more secular, western, and modern than Gandhi; also was a politician who was upperclass and intellectual (Joined the INC in 1930s)
Around 1937, what did the INC gain control over?
Gained control over provincial governments and changed education to more Hindu based teaching; they dont teach urdu anymore.
Example of a government in a newly independent state that took an active role in economic development
Nasser in Egypt
Which Middle East countries had been governed by mandates?
Syria- French Mandate, Palestine- British Mandate
Which empire fell during WW1 that split into modern day Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Palestine?
The Ottoman Empire