not a problem for the new nations created in the wake of the
reconquest by Europeans
What happened in 1947 during the decolonization of India that established a precedent throughout the Third World?
the partition of the subcontinent as a result of ethnic and religious strife
impact of colonizers on new nations is most accurate?
Europeans hastily colonized Africa and established boundaries without reference to ethnic groups or cultural homogeneity.
Which of the following statements is not true?
Factors making for sustained population increases only began to take effect in the late-nineteenth century.
regions currently has the highest rate of population growth?
africa
One of the chief by-products of population growth in the Third World nations has been
mass migration to cities.
Third World urbanization
Third World cities lacked the rapidly expanding industrial sectors that make absorption of migrants possible.
women was not a head of state of an independent Third World nation?
Imelda Marcos
continued relegation of the Third World to economic dependency after decolonization is sometimes referred to as the
neocolonialism.
ruler associated with the establishment of charismatic populism in Ghana was
Kwame Nkrumah.
nations experienced a military takeover of its government?
uganda
military in Third World nations
were more resistant to division by religious and ethnic rivalries.
movement did Hasan al-Banna found in 1928 in Egypt?
Muslim Brotherhood
Gamal Abdul Nasser
participated in the Free Officer movement that toppled the Khedive Farouk in 1952.
Nasser's greatest foreign policy coup was the
expulsion of the British from the Suez Canal Zone in 1956.
India similar to Egypt following decolonization?
emphasis on socialism and state intervention in the economy
typical of post-independence India?
one-party control of the national government
Iranian revolution of 1979 not like the nineteenth century Mahdist revolt in the Sudan?
Both revolutions were Sunnite movements.
From 1948 South African politics were dominated by
Nationalist Party.
One of the most common elements of African and Asian governments since decolonization is
military takeovers.
One of the signs of slightly diminished racial tensions in South Africa in 1990 was the freeing of
Mandela
NOT used by the South African government to suppress dissent among the black populations?
Use of state programs to improve the conditions of the black townships
From 1948, South African politics were dominated by
Nationalist Party.
Iran, unlike other areas of the Third World,
Had not been formally colonized by European powers, but had been reduced to an informal sphere of influence.
cornerstone of Egyptian development after 1952 was
Aswan dam project
NOT experienced a military takeover of its government?
South Africa
Kwame Nkrumah's political and economic programs
Led to failed development schemes and his eventual ouster from power in 1966
One of the most common elements of African and Asian governments since decolonization is
Military takeovers
Neocolonialism" refers to
continued relegation of the Third World to economic dependency after decolonization.
On what have third world countries traditionally depended to finance industrialization?
Sale of cash crops and minerals
European colonizers contributed to African population growth by all of the following means EXCEPT
By encouraging immigration of large numbers of whites.
attitudes of African leaders with respect to altering unnatural boundaries created in the colonial era?
African leaders seek to maintain boundaries for fear that adjustment could provide precedents for dissident minorities in their own states.
NOT a problem for the new nations created in the wake of the withdrawal of the European imperialists?
Reconquest by Europeans
Kwame Nkrumah's response to the failure of his programs of social reform and economic uplift?
He forcibly crushed all opposition parties and assumed dictatorial powers.
Muslim Brotherhood embraced all of the following EXCEPT
non-violence.
NOT a factor in explaining the frequency of military takeover in third world nations?
Military forces in third world nations often received support from the Soviet bloc.
urban poor in third world cities is most accurate?
Development specialists have concluded that slums provide the only urban housing the poor are likely to find.
In what export commodity have some third world nations been able to improve the terms under which they participate in the global economy, at least for periods of time?
oil
military government of Egypt after 1952 attempted all of the following reforms EXCEPT
government employment programs
third world cities lack that had made possible the absorption of a similar migrant influx in the West?
Expanding industrial sectors
of the chief by-products of population growth in third world nations has been
mass migrations to cities.
NOT a factor in the high birth rate of third world nations?
The ability to import food to feed the increased population
Development schemes in Iran in the 1980s were forestalled because of
a lengthy and exhausting border war with neighboring Iraq.
homelands established by the government of South Africa?
areas for main ethno-;inguistic groups of indigenous people within South Africa
the khedive furouk was toppled from power in 1952 by a coup led by
free officer movement
NOT used by the South African government to suppress dissent among the black populations?
Use of state programs to improve the conditions of the black townships
Why have ethnic rivalries and communal violence been endemic in decolonized african states
europeans colonized africa and established boundaries without reference to ethnic groups