The document provides an overview of nationalist movements and independence struggles from colonial countries from the 20th century to present day. It discusses Gandhi's leadership of India's independence movement including his nonviolent Salt March. It also mentions Jomo Kenyatta leading Kenya to independence and the conflicts between Israelis and Arabs over land. Finally, it outlines independence struggles in other regions including the end of apartheid in South Africa and the recent Arab Spring uprisings.

1. Crisis Beyond the Cold War to the Present
THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

2. Above: Gandhi weaving his own cloth
Top Left: Painting of the Salt March
Bottom Left: Gandhi speaking to a crowd
NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS BY COLONIAL COUNTRIES
India under Gandhi

3. GANDHI OPPOSED TO DIVIDING INDIA
Above: The changing border
Right: Gandhi and Pakistani leader
Jinnah
Far Right: Gandhi and Indian
leader Nehru

4. Think about the answer to the following question.
Write/type down the answer for future reference.
Q1. WHY DID GANDHI LEAD A SALT MARCH?

5. KENYA UNDER JOMO KENYATTA INDEPENDENCE FOR ISRAEL
What do you think? Does the title of
the chart below indicate bias on the
maker of the map-chart?
Google doodle on the
2010 anniversary of
Kenyan
independence
NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS BY COLONIAL COUNTRIES

6. Think about the answer to the following question.
Write/type down the answer for future reference.
Q2. WHAT DO THE ARABS AND ISRAELIS FIGHT OVER?

7. SUEZ CRISIS – AN EMPIRE
FALLS
1956
Egpytian Leader: Gamal Abdel
Nasser
Alliance of Britain, France, Israel
Britain and France shunned
INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLES

8. Think about the answer to the following question.
Write/type down the answer for future reference.
Q3. HOW DID COLONIALISM COME TO AN END?

9. FAMINE IN SOMALIA GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
Somali children waiting in line for food
distribution at a refugee camp in
December 1992
INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLES

10. GENOCIDE IN RWANDA APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA
INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLES

11. Think about the answer to the following question.
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Q4. COMPLETE THIS ANALOGY: SEGREGATION WAS TO THE
UNITED STATES AS __________ WAS TO SOUTH AFRICA

12. COLONIZATION COMES TO A CLOSE
Conflicts between 1973-1974 Arab embargo 1979 Peace treaty
Israel and Egypt
THE ARAB SPRING

13. THE ARAB SPRING: FROM DICTATORS TO REVOLUTION
Above: Former
Egyptian
dictator Hosini
Mubarak
Right:
Egyptian anti-
government
demonstrators
waving
Egpytian flags
in Feb 2011

14. THE ARAB SPRING
Spring Cometh

15. Think about the answer to the following question.
Write/type down the answer for future reference.
Q5. BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED, COME UP WITH AN ORIGINAL THESIS STATEMENT/CLAIM THAT
ANSWERS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHY IS INDEPENDENCE AN IDEAL?

16. PICTURE CITATIONS
 Slide 2  Slide 10
 en.wikipedia.org  animalnewyork.com
 allindiaarts.com  mtholyoke.edu
 altrapoint.com  gwu.edu
 Slide 3  news.eastvillagers.org
 worldphotocollections.blogspot.com  en.wikipedia.org
 en.wikipedia.org  angelasfailure.blogspot.com
 news.bbc.co.uk  goodlifezen.com
 Slide 5  Slide 12
 apwhwiki.pbworks.com  heatingoil.com
 biztechafrica.com  defence.pk
 eutimes.net  laradioisrael.com
 Slide 8  Slide 13
 historyguy.com  en.wikipedia.org
 depotghost.wordpress.com  theatlantic.com
 bodley.ox.ac.uk  Slide 14
 Slide 9  viewpointonline.net
 reuters.com  thenewsignificance.com
 bosniangenocide.wordpress.com  mrchrister.com
 croatia.org  digitaltrends.com
 blogs.thenews.com.pk

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SUMMARY QUESTIONS