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AP World History Chapter 33

AP World History Chapter 33. Africa, t he Middle East, and Asia in the Era of Independence . The Colonial Divisions of Africa and the Emergence of New Nations. The Partition of South Asia: The Formation of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The Population Bomb.

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AP World History Chapter 33

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  1. AP World HistoryChapter 33 Africa, the Middle East, and Asia in the Era of Independence

  2. The Colonial Divisions of Africa and the Emergence of New Nations

  3. The Partition of South Asia:The Formation of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

  4. The Population Bomb • Population control difficult • cultural factors • high mortality rates

  5. Parasitic Cities and Endangered Ecosystems • Towns • Slums become permanent • towns parasitic

  6. Women's Subordination and the Nature of Feminist Struggles in the Postcolonial Era • Indira Gandhi • Indian politician who served as Prime Minister of India. The World's second longest serving female Prime Minister as of 2012. She was the first woman to become prime minister in India. • Corazon Aquino • The 11th President of the the Philippines and the first women to hold that. She led the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines. She was named "Woman of the Year" in 1986 by Time • Benazir Bhutto • 11 Prime Minister of Pakistan and founder of the Pakistan People’s Party.

  7. Charismatic Populists and One-Party Rule Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana • Soviet support • Cocoa, cash crop • Deposed, 1966

  8. Military Responses: Dictatorships and Revolutions Muslim Brotherhood • Hasan al-Banna Free Officers, 1930s • Nationalistic • GamalAbdul Nasser • Allied with Muslim Brotherhood Nasser • Land redistribution • Free education • Food staples regulated • Forced British from Canal zone • Israel • Six-Day War, 1967 Anwar Sadat • Negotiations with Israel Hosni Mubarak

  9. The Indian Alternative: Development for Some of the People Indian National Congress • Social reform • Economic development • Democracy • Civil rights Jawaharlal Nehru • 1st Indian Prime Minister • Green Revolution • Agrarian Reform • Private investment

  10. Iran: Religious Revivalism and the Rejection of the West Pahlavi shahs • Modernization • Alienates religious leaders • Overthrown by Khomeini, 1978 Ayatollah Khomeini • Similar to Mahdi • The Mahdiis the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will rule for seven, nine or nineteen years before the Day of Judgment, the Day of Resurrection) and will rid the world of wrongdoing, injustice and tyranny. Radical reform • Sharialaw • Opposition suppressed • Women more restricted War with Iraq • 1988, peace

  11. South Africa: The Apartheid State and Its Demise Nationalist Party • Afrikaner • 1948 elections • Afrikaner rule Independence, 1960 Apartheid • complete separation • African National Congress outlawed • Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko Opposition, 1960s Economic, political pressure, 1980s Mandela freed, 1990 Elections, 1994 • Mandela president

  12. Comparisons of Emerging Nations Patterns • Some reflect traditions • Depends on continuity of native culture

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