Chapter 03

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-d by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

When did Mountbatten arrive in India charged with overseeing Indian independence?

a) December 1946

b) February 1947

c) March 1947

d) July 1947

What were the implications of the French Union for the Vietnamese anti-colonial movement's success in 1945?

a) The creation of American opposition to colonialism

b) It could not be reconciled with the independent Vietnamese government established by Ho Chi Minh in August 1945

c) The incorporation of part of Vietnam into the Union produced Soviet opposition in Asia

d) The end of European colonialism

What was to undermine the commitment to development in the British and French dependent territories of West Africa in the 1940s?

a) The establishment of connections between African politicians and European communist parties

b) The demands of European economic recovery for greater African exports

c) The devaluation of sterling

d) The riots in the Gold Coast

What was the name of the constitutional commission established after the enquiry into the Accra riots of 1948?

a) The Watson Report

b) The Danquah Commission

c) The Report on Nkrumah's Role in the Accra Riots

d) The Coussey Commission

Who assassinated the UN mediator of the Arab-Israeli war in 1948?

a) The terrorists of the Israeli Stern Gang

b) The terrorists of the Israeli Irgun

c) The Palestinian military

d) The Communists of the Arab League

Who of the following was most favoured by the CIA as desirable allies of the West in 1952?

a) Nuri Said

b) Anwar Sadat

c) Mohammed Mussadiq

d) Gamal Abdul Nasser