AP World History Ch 34 Reading Study Guide #2 P. 854-867

Name______Period ______

Notecards:

 Gamal Abdel Nasser  Homelands

 Free Officers Movement  African National Congress

 Muslim Brotherhood  Nelson Mandella

 Anwar Sadat  Steve Biko

 Green Revolution  F.W. de Klerk

 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

(Thinking Historically: Artificial Nations and the Rising Tide of Communal Strife, Pg. 854-855)

1. Name some of the divided and divisive countries to come out of the post-colonial era? (Reading, 854-855)

2. How did European colonial rule contribute to later post-colonial strife? (Reading, 854-855)

3. How did these issues come to a conflict in Kuwait? (Reading, 854-855)

4. Briefly describe Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah’s descent into authoritarian rule. Pg. 856-857

5. Why do you think this happened to Ghana? Pg. 857

6. Why did some African and Asian countries fall under military regimes? Pg. 858

7. How did Gamal Abdul Nasser come to power in Egypt? Pg. 858

Borrowed from Mr. Walker 1 8. Briefly describe his tenure in office. Pg. 858-860

9. Briefly describe the activities of Sadat and Mubarak. Pg. 860

10. From a government standpoint, what is unique about the Indian post-colonial experience? Pg. 861

11. Why was Indian “fortunate” to be governed by Jawaharlal Nehru? Pg. 861

12. What is the “Green Revolution” of India? Pg. 861

13. In what ways has India been able to build up its economy and industry in the 20th Century? Pg. 861-862

14. How was the Ayatollah Khomeini a ‘throwback’ to the Mahdi of Sudan in the late 1800s? Pg. 862

15. How was the Shah restored to power in 1953? Pg. 862-863

16. Though liked by the US, why did the Shah become very unpopular w/ his own people? Pg. 863

17. How did Khomeini and his Islamist allies topple the Shah’s government? Pg. 863

18. Why did the Iran-Iraq War break out in the ‘80s? Pg. 863-864

Borrowed from Mr. Walker 2 19. Which side was backed by the USA? Pg. 864

20. How did the system of Apartheid develop in South Africa? Pg. 864

21. What was Apartheid? Pg. 864-865

22. What were the “homelands” in South Africa? Pg. 865

23. How did the African National Congress and its leaders oppose white rule? Pg. 865

24. How did FW de Klerk help to dismantle apartheid? Pg. 865

Critical Thinking – Answer in at least 3 complete sentences

25. How did the persisting legacies of the colonial era and the pervasive cold war rivalries and superpower interventions constrain political autonomy and socioeconomic development in the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa?

Borrowed from Mr. Walker 3 26. What factors account for the unprecedented increase in human populations worldwide, and why has that growth been much higher in developing than in industrialized societies?

27. Why have women in postcolonial societies lagged so far behind men in social status, opportunities for personal advancement, and the quality of their daily lives?

Borrowed from Mr. Walker 4