IX. Typical Regents Questions and Topics

Unit 10.7 typically generates 4–6 MC questions; very common appearances of Gandhi, the partition of India, the founding of Israel, and Mandela. CRQ sets often pair Gandhi with Mandela (comparing methods of resistance) or contrast Indian and Algerian independence.

• Format 1: Identify Gandhi's methods. Cues: nonviolence, truth force, civil disobedience, spinning wheel, salt, homespun cloth.
• Format 2: Indian partition. Role of Jinnah and the Muslim League, mass migration, Kashmir.
• Format 3: Founding of Israel. Balfour Declaration, UN Partition Plan, 1948 war, Nakba, Six-Day War.
• Format 4: Identify apartheid. Bantustans, pass laws, Sharpeville, Soweto.
• Format 5: Mandela's story. ANC, 27-year imprisonment, 1990 release, 1994 election, TRC.
• Format 6: Compare Gandhi and Mandela. Both: mass movements, imprisonment, moral authority. Differences: Gandhi's strict nonviolence vs. Mandela's eventual armed struggle.
• Format 7: Compare methods of decolonization. Peaceful (India, Ghana) vs. violent (Algeria, Vietnam, southern African liberation wars).
• Format 8: Effects of colonial borders. Kashmir, Rwanda, Israel-Palestine, Congo, Sudan.