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