Honors History of Europe and Russia

Homework: 10 Points

Independence Leaders

Directions: Use complete sentences. Choose one of the following leaders:

Nehru

Gandhi

Sukarno

Ho Chi Minh

Jomo Kenyatta

1. Write a paragraph that includes the following information:

When born and where born?

What European country was the imperial power in this person’s land?

Where were they educated, either formally or informally?

What if any, was there role in WWII?

What methods did they use to bring about independence for their land?

When was independence achieved?

What was their role after independence?

2. In a paragraph, support the following statement, “In their policies and actions, western powers sowed the seeds of their own destruction.” (Most of the information for this will come in class)