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Ho Chi Minh Questions

Ho Chi Minh Questions. According to Ho Chi Minh, what must the peasants do to overthrow the French ? How does this statement both reaffirm and question Ho Chi Minh's commitment to Communism? According to Ho Chi Minh biographer, William Duiker, what would replace Ho Chi Minh's patriotism?

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Ho Chi Minh Questions

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  1. Ho Chi Minh Questions According to Ho Chi Minh, what must the peasants do to overthrow the French? How does this statement both reaffirm and question Ho Chi Minh's commitment to Communism? According to Ho Chi Minh biographer, William Duiker, what would replace Ho Chi Minh's patriotism? According to Ho Chi Minh, what do the people of Vietnam deserve? How would a non-communist Vietnamese patriot react to this speech? According to Ho Chi Minh biographer, William Duiker, what was Ho Chi Minh's main goal? According to Ho Chi Minh, how are rural areas important to revolutions? How can a person be "half Lenin and half Gandhi?" According to Duiker, was Ho Chi Minh a Communist or nationalist?

  2. THE FALL OF GLOBAL IMPERIALISM DECOLONIZATION

  3. Independence • WWII breaks the camel’s back in India • Independence August 14, 1947 • Two nations: Muslim Pakistan, Hindu India

  4. INDIA & PAKISTAN

  5. FOLLOW THE LEADER Nehru • Indian president - Jawaharlal Nehru • Gandhi still active figure, but not in charge • Assassinated 1/30/1948 • Mohammad Ali Jinnah takes over in Pakistan Jinnah Mohammed Ali (the other one)

  6. 1947-1948 - millions displaced in move from/to Pakistan/India • very violent at times • people left all belongings behind • 1 million killed (including Gandhi)

  7. 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)

  8. Strengths India Today Challenges Huge population caste system religious radicals separatist movements growing industry oil and coal discovered science and technology education expanding

  9. MAP CHALLENGE!!! • WORKING WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, HOW MANY ASIAN COUNTRIES CAN YOU NAME? • YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES! GET TO IT!

  10. What about Africa?

  11. 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

  12. South Africa • British/Dutch colony • small group of whites ruled over black majority • blacks denied rights/power • Apartheid policy – complete separation of races

  13. 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

  14. Africa Today • Gov’t issues • Dictators • Lack of infrastructure • Ethnic conflict • Military conflict • Internal, external

  15. POVERTY • imperial country still benefits from resources • nations lack economic foundations • Often very poor today

  16. HEALTH HAZARDS • widespread famine • terrible diseases – AIDS, cholera, malaria, dysentery • Freshwater shortages

  17. DECOLONIZATION IN AFRICA

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