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23 Cards in this Set
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Wafd Party
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Egyptain nationalist party that led the a revolt against the British in 1919.
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Anglo-Egyptian Treaty
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Treaty in 1936 between Egypt and Britain that gave Egypt greater Independence.
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Zionism
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Nationalist movement to build a homeland for the Jews in Palestine.
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Mohandas Gandhi
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Leader of the Indian nationalist
movement; revered as a spiritual and political leader. Promoted non-violence |
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Passive Resistance
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Nonviolent civil disobedience
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Mustafa Kemal
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Republic of Turkey's first president. 1922 drove Greeks from Turkey, established republic. Hero of Gallipoli fighting.
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Reza Shah Pahlavi
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Persian army officer took control of government; became Shah in 1926. 1935 changed name to Iran. Massive reform program.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria; Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya; Leopold Senghor, Senegal.
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Led anticolonial movement. Followed Gahandi and used Western methods of political organization.
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Open Door Policy
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Right of all foreign nations to trade equally in China.
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Empress Dowager Tz'u-hsi
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Aged aunt of China's emperor imprisoned emperor; encouraged anti-foreigner movements to reduce foreign intervention.
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Boxer Rebellion
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Uprising in China in which foreigners were attacked and anything connected with outsiders was destroyed.
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Kuomintang
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New Chinese naltionalist party grew out of nationalist's desire to reform.
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Sun Yixian
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Chinese leader of the Kuomintang, lived in United States, attended school in Hawaii & Hong Kong.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Chinese military commander who took over leadership of the Nationalist Party when Sun Yixian died in 1925.
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Long March
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6,000 mile journey by Communist Chinese to escape Nationalist troops.
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Mao Zedong
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Leader of the Long March. Born in Hunan Province of peasant lineage. Fought in Red Army for Revolution.
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Russo-Japanese War
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1904-1905; hard, enduring battles, heavy losses by each. Asked US Pres, Teddy Roosevelt to mediate at Portsmouth, NH.
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Treaty of Portsmouth
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Ended Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Each made concessions. Also forced some respect of Japan's strength.
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Rafael Trujillo Molina
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Dictator of the Dominican Republic for 31 years. Was military General.
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Anastasio Somoza
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Nicaraguan General seized power in 1936. Assassinated his chief rival two years before.
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Good Neighbor Policy
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U.S. policy during 1930s that stressed cooperation among Latin American nations.
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Fulgencio Batista
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Cuban army sergeant who overthrew the Cuban reformers. US ecouraged him.
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Lazaro Cardenas
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Mexican president who nationalized the oil compnaies in Mexico in 1938.
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