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Ho Chi Minh Questions1. According to Ho Chi Minh, what must the peasants
do to overthrow the French?2. How does this statement both reaffirm and question
Ho Chi Minh's commitment to Communism? 3. According to Ho Chi Minh biographer, William
Duiker, what would replace Ho Chi Minh's patriotism?
4. According to Ho Chi Minh, what do the people of Vietnam deserve?
5. How would a non-communist Vietnamese patriot react to this speech?
6. According to Ho Chi Minh biographer, William Duiker, what was Ho Chi Minh's main goal?
7. According to Ho Chi Minh, how are rural areas important to revolutions?
8. How can a person be "half Lenin and half Gandhi?"9. According to Duiker, was Ho Chi Minh a Communist
or nationalist?
DECOLONIZATIONTHE FALL OF GLOBAL IMPERIALISM
Independence WWII breaks the camel’s back in India
Independence August 14, 1947 Two nations: Muslim Pakistan, Hindu India
INDIA & PAKISTAN
FOLLOW THE LEADER
Indian president - Jawaharlal Nehru
Gandhi still active figure, but not in charge Assassinated 1/30/1948
Mohammad Ali Jinnah takes over in Pakistan
Nehru
Jinnah
Mohammed Ali (the other one)
1947-1948 - millions displaced in move from/to Pakistan/India very violent at times people left all belongings behind 1 million killed (including Gandhi)
WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?
Series of conflicts and border wars
Both sides get nuclear weapons in 1998
Recent conflict: Mumbai attacks (November 2008)
India Today
CHALLENGES STRENGTHSHuge
populationcaste systemreligious
radicalsseparatist
movements
growing industryoil and coal
discoveredscience and
technologyeducation
expanding
MAP CHALLENGE!!!
WORKING WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, HOW MANY ASIAN COUNTRIES CAN YOU NAME?
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES! GET TO IT!
What about Africa?
Africa Post WWII
Middle class Africans went abroad to get educated
Returned to Africa to lead independence movements
YOUR SECOND CORE ASSESSMENT WILL TELL YOU MORE!
Many African nations continue today to struggle with ethnic conflict economic self-
sufficiency little industrial
production
South Africa British/Dutch
colony small group of
whites ruled over black majority
blacks denied rights/power
Apartheid policy – complete separation of races
1980’s Pressure builds
people began to demand change
Bishop Desmond Tutu encouraged global economic pressure against S. Africa
1994 – first open elections held – all people could vote/run
Nelson Mandela elected to lead
1996 – new constitution giving equal rights for all
Africa Today Gov’t issues
Dictators Lack of infrastructure
Ethnic conflict
Military conflict Internal, external
POVERTY imperial country still
benefits from resources
nations lack economic foundations
Often very poor today
HEALTH HAZARDS widespread famine
terrible diseases – AIDS, cholera, malaria, dysentery
Freshwater shortages
DECOLONIZATION IN AFRICA