1. Strayer Notes Ch. 23-Independence and
Development in the Global South: 1914-
Present
1. What is self-determination? Give examples of self-
determination from around the world. (1083)
2. What “fundamental contradictions” led to the collapse of
Europe’s empires in Africa and Asia? What international,
social, and economic circumstances led to the end of colonial
empires? (1084-1085)
3. What obstacles confronted the leaders of movements for
independence? Who were these leaders (names and
countries)? (1085-1086)
4. Describe the INC. Who were its members? What were their
goals? (1087)
5. What changed in India to allow the INC to gain a larger
following? (1087-1088)
6. Who was Gandhi? Describe his early years and his role in
India’s struggle for independence. What is satyagrha? (1088)
7. What conflicts and differences divided India’s nationalist
movement? Be sure to discuss the Muslim League. (1089)
8. What was the British solution to the conflicts and differences
in India? What was the result? (1089-1090)
9. Why was African majority rule in South Africa delayed until
1994 when independence had occurred much earlier in the
rest of Africa and Asia? (1090-1091)
10. Describe apartheid. How did it ultimately end in Africa? (1091)
11. How was South Africa’s struggle for freedom different from
that of India? (1090-1094)
12. How did South Africa’s struggle against white domination
CHANGE over time? (1091-1094)
13. Describe the Global South. (1094)
14. What set of common conditions did countries in the
developing world have to deal with as they tried to create new
governments? What types of political systems did they have to
choose from? (1095)
15. How did African countries change after gaining their initial
independence? (1096)
16. Why was Africa’s experience with political democracy so
different from that of India? (1096)
17. What accounts for the ups and downs of political democracy
in postcolonial Africa? (1096-1097)
18. What obstacles to economic development were faced by the
developing countries of the Global South? (1098-1099)
19. In what ways did ideas about the role of the government in
the economies of developing countries change? Why did it
change? (1099)
20. What were Ataturk’s goals for modern Turkey (role of Islam)?
What did “modernity” mean to Ataturk (dress, women)?
(1103-1104)
21. How was the situation in Iran (prior to the revolution)
different from that of Turkey (during the time of Ataturk)?
(1105)
22. Which groups in Iran were discontent with the Shah’s regime?
(1105)
23. What role did Islam play in the Iranian revolution? How was it
different from Turkey (government, law, culture, education,
and women)? (1106)
Strayer Notes Ch. 23-Independence and
Development in the Global South: 1914-
Present
1. What is self-determination? Give examples of self-
determination from around the world. (1083)
2. What “fundamental contradictions” led to the collapse of
Europe’s empires in Africa and Asia? What international,
social, and economic circumstances led to the end of colonial
empires? (1084-1085)
3. What obstacles confronted the leaders of movements for
independence? Who were these leaders (names and
countries)? (1085-1086)
4. Describe the INC. Who were its members? What were their
goals? (1087)
5. What changed in India to allow the INC to gain a larger
following? (1087-1088)
6. Who was Gandhi? Describe his early years and his role in
India’s struggle for independence. What is satyagrha? (1088)
7. What conflicts and differences divided India’s nationalist
movement? Be sure to discuss the Muslim League. (1089)
8. What was the British solution to the conflicts and differences
in India? What was the result? (1089-1090)
9. Why was African majority rule in South Africa delayed until
1994 when independence had occurred much earlier in the
rest of Africa and Asia? (1090-1091)
10. Describe apartheid. How did it ultimately end in Africa? (1091)
11. How was South Africa’s struggle for freedom different from
that of India? (1090-1094)
12. How did South Africa’s struggle against white domination
CHANGE over time? (1091-1094)
13. Describe the Global South. (1094)
14. What set of common conditions did countries in the
developing world have to deal with as they tried to create new
governments? What types of political systems did they have to
choose from? (1095)
15. How did African countries change after gaining their initial
independence? (1096)
16. Why was Africa’s experience with political democracy so
different from that of India? (1096)
17. What accounts for the ups and downs of political democracy
in postcolonial Africa? (1096-1097)
18. What obstacles to economic development were faced by the
developing countries of the Global South? (1098-1099)
19. In what ways did ideas about the role of the government in
the economies of developing countries change? Why did it
change? (1099)
20. What were Ataturk’s goals for modern Turkey (role of Islam)?
What did “modernity” mean to Ataturk (dress, women)?
(1103-1104)
21. How was the situation in Iran (prior to the revolution)
different from that of Turkey (during the time of Ataturk)?
(1105)
22. Which groups in Iran were discontent with the Shah’s regime?
(1105)
23. What role did Islam play in the Iranian revolution? How was it
different from Turkey (government, law, culture, education,
and women)? (1106)