Boycott

A refusal to buy or use goods and services.

Sovereignty

country being independent A state, territory or other political body that governs itself; independence from outside control.

partition

dividing; change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community.

protest

the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval; designed to achieve policy change

minority

A racial or ethnic group smaller than and differing from the majority race or ethnicity in a particular area or region.Mart

Indian National Congress (INC)

a political party in India with widespread roots and movement founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government and gain sovereignty (independence).
Mostly made up of educated, high class members; it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.

Civil Disobedience

A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.

Self-determination

the right of people to choose their own form of government; the freedom to make decisions for oneself without external pressure or influence.

The Rowlett Act of 1919

Worried about Indian upheaval: The British government passed this act; gave enormous powers to the police to arrest any person without any reason whatsoever.
The purpose of the Act was to curb the growing nationalist upsurge in the country.

Salt March

an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest British rule in India.

Homespun Movement

protest in India lead by Ghandi, against British goods; Indians stopped wearing clothes made from British cloth and started making their own

Muslim League

organization formed by Muslims in 1906 to protect their interests against British Rule. concerned with protecting Muslim rights and interests and feared an independent government dominated by the Hindus. The league wanted to partition British India into separate Hindu and Muslim states.

Mohandas Gandhi

Leader of the Indian independence movement and advocate of nonviolent resistance. After being educated as a lawyer in England, he returned to India and became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920.

Muhammad Jinnah

A lawyer, politician and statesman, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as leader of the Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947, and as Pakistan's first Governor-General from independence until his death

Zionism

A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine

UN General Assembly Resolution 181

- UN proposal to partition Palestine into two sovereign territories, one for Arabs and one for Jews

Non-alignment

Resistance to side with one nation/force. Ex: India did not take a side during the Cold War.

Segregation

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

dismantle

to take apart

Balfour Declaration

British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for Jews help in WWI

17th Parallel

The DMZ-Demilitarized zone separating North and South Vietnam after the French ended war.

Ho Chi Minh

950s and 60s; communist leader of North Vietnam; used guerrilla warfare to fight anti-communist, American-funded attacks under the Truman Doctrine; brilliant strategy drew out war and made it unwinnable

Partition of India

After gaining independence from Great Britain in 1947, India was separated into two countries Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus; led to conflict as well as population displacement and resettlement