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1. 
Why did many countries in Africa and Asia fight for independence after WWII?
A.
Enlightenment ideas spread to their countries at this time.
B.
Their mother countries had been weakened by WWII.
C.
WWII had strengthened their mother countries.
D.
Their mother countries did not want colonies any more.
2. 
How did Gandhi fight for India’s independence from Britain?
A.
He encouraged people to use militarism and terrorism.
B.
He armed his followers with tanks and grenades.
C.
He joined the army and became a famous author.
D.
He used nonviolent tactics like boycotts and hunger strikes.
3. 
When India was given independence, how was it divided?
A.
Into separate Christian and Hindu territories.
B.
Into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan.
C.
Into Muslim India and Hindu Bangladesh.
D.
It was split into an Indian half and an Asian half.
4. 
What was apartheid in South Africa?
A.
People shared their wealth in small communities.
B.
Africans were ruled by a white government which segregated society.
C.
People voted for their leaders by secret ballot.
D.
Farmland was given to the person who could grow the most food.
5. 
What step did FW DeKlerk take to end apartheid?
A.
He freed Nelson Mandela from prison.
B.
He seized the government in a military coup.
C.
He redistributed livestock to those who needed it.
D.
He appointed Africans to the South African Supreme Court.
6. 
Because many colonial powers had been weakened by WWII,
A.
many colonies were able to achieve independence in the 1950's and 1960's.
B.
they began to form an alliance among themselves to maintain control of colonies.
C.
they appealed to the United Nations to help rehabilitate their colonies.
D.
they sent massive aid packages to their colonies to win their support.
7. 
Gandhi used nonviolent protests and hunger strikes to:
A.
gain support for the independence of Bangladesh.
B.
rebel against the control of the Mogul Empire.
C.
protest conditions in Rwanda during its civil war.
D.
achieve India's independence from Britain.
8. 
Conflicts between Hindus and Muslims resulted in:
A.
the creation of North and South India.
B.
the division of India to create Pakistan.
C.
the unification of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
D.
Hindu cities surrounded by Muslim agricultural territories.
9. 
South Africa's forced segregation policy that lasted from the 1940's until the 1990's was called:
A.
racialism.
B.
isolationism.
C.
apartheid.
D.
ethnic cleansing
10. 
Nelson Mandela was freed from prison and became South Africa's first African president because of the actions of:
A.
Peter O'Toole
B.
Nikola Tesla
C.
Mikhail Gorbachev
D.
FW DeKlerk