Decolonization

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Across
  1. 2. Worked for Independence in Kenya and became the 1st President
  2. 5. Berlin ___ 1884–85, regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.
  3. 6. Wanted freedom from Apartheid in South Africa spending 27 years in prison to finally become it 1st president
  4. 8. 1783‐84, occurred southern India, famine caused by drought, population impacted (11 M)
  5. 10. Joint‐stock company that conquered India in 1757
  6. 11. World’s largest democracy
  7. 13. What all colonies wanted
  8. 14. One of the "M&Ms" of Imperialism
Down
  1. 1. Largest country in Africa held by France who fought for freedom
  2. 2. 1st President of India, Gandhi’s friend, supported western style industrialization
  3. 3. “strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people” who won Yom Kippur War
  4. 4. 1857, social, political, & technological reforms by Britain set stage for rebellion in India (Hint: guns)
  5. 7. Leopold II of ___ was keen on establishing his country as an imperial power, formed Congo Free State in 1885, was responsible for widespread atrocities committed under his rule against his colonial subjects. (20 M dead, thousands maimed)
  6. 9. Legal separation of races in South Africa
  7. 12. Former Ottoman states were examples of these