WHII - Decolonization and Religions

Tensions between which two groups led to the partition of India?

• Muslims and Hindus
• Sikhs and Muslims
• Muslims and Christians
• Buddhist and Hindus

The Indian National Congress worked to gain independence from --

• Britain
• Russia
• France
• Spain

"I know that in embarking on nonviolence, I shall be running what might fairly be termed a mad risk, but the victories of truth have never been won without risks." This statement expresses the ideas of which leader?

• Mao Zedong
• John F. Kennedy
• Mohatma Gandhi
• Hideki Tojo

The leader who supported non-violent methods to gain independence for Kenya was --

• Mohandas Gandhi
• Jomo Kenyatta
• Nelson Mandela
• Kwame Nkrumah

The brutal system of racial segregation in South Africa was known as --

• apartheid
• desegregation
• mandate
• self-determination

The Aswan High Dam provides electricity to --

• Syria
• Egypt
• Jordan
• Israel

Which leader was victorious in the Yom Kippur War?

• Golda Meir
• Gamal Abdul Nasser
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Nelson Mandela

In Judaism, the Ten Commandments are used as a guide for --

• how to be reincarnated
• ritual sacrifice
• moral and religious conduct
• the proper dietary laws

Muhammad is the founder of --

• Hinduism
• Judaism
• Islam
• Shintoism

This picture represents which religious figure?

• Buddha
• Vishnu
• Muhammad
• Abraham