Chapter 22 - The End of Empire

Gandhi

________ was born into a devout Hindu family of the Vaisya, or business, caste in the Gujarat state of western India.

Americas

During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, European colonies in the ________ revolted against British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese control.

Philippines

The ________, India, Pakistan, Burma, Indonesia, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Israel made the first important breakthroughs in Asia and the Middle East in the late 1940s.

Indian independence fight

The ________ had lasted a long period, giving time for the country's political leadership to sort itself out.

South Asian peninsula

geographically united since it was surrounded by the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean

Indian National Congress (INC)

founded in 1885 and became the most prominent political manifestation of all-Indian nationalism. This was a group of English-educated Indians – attorneys, journalists, teachers, and business people — who were mostly from prominent high-caste Hindu households in the region