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S. E. Asia Set 4 #2
S. E. Asia Set 4 #2 Discrimination, Colonialism, Humanitarian, Civil Disobedienc
Term | Definition |
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Domino Theory | the idea that if one country fell to communism, all the others nearby would also fall |
Civil Disobedience | The refusal to obey unjust laws using peaceful protests. |
Great Leap Forward | Mao Zedong’s economic program implemented in 1958 to speed China’s economic development by moving masses of people into communes to live and farm for the government. |
Tiananmen Square | Where the Chinese government sent tanks and opened fire killing hundreds of innocent people that were peacefully protesting against communism and for human rights. |
Mohandas Gandhi | Great Indian leader who urged the Indian people to resist British rule by following nonviolent Hindu practices |
Colonialism | The administrative control by a state over other people. |
Humanitarian | Someone who is devoted to being kind to others & helping them when they are suffering. |
Discrimination | Unequal treatment against another based on gender, race, age, etc. |