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ASIAN INDEPENDENCEASIAN INDEPENDENCE Post World War IIPost World War II

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INDIA

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INDIAN HISTORYINDIAN HISTORY India is one of the 4 oldest civilizations in history. Home of Hinduism & Buddhism Belief in Reincarnation Hindu Caste System: reward or punishment for previous life Untouchablespeople without caste

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MUSLIM CONQUEST OF INDIAMUSLIM CONQUEST OF INDIA Introduced Islam to India Shah Jahan Build Taj Mahal Hindu population were sometimes discriminated against Sikhs combined religious ideas from Hinduism and Islam

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BRITISH IMPERIAL INDIABRITISH IMPERIAL INDIA 1750s British East India Trading Company 1857 Sepoy Mutiny 1886 Indian National Congress began fight for Indian Independence

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MOHANDAS K. GANDHIMOHANDAS K. GANDHI 1869-1948 1893-1915 fought passport system in South Africa 1930 Salt March 1947 India became independent Live simply so that others can simply live.

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INDIA & PAKISTANINDIA & PAKISTAN

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NEHRU JINNAHNEHRU JINNAH Prime Minister 1947- 1964 Modernized India Equality for women & untouchables Died 1 year after Pakistan became independent

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PROBLEMS FACING MODERN INDIAPROBLEMS FACING MODERN INDIA Overpopulation: Birth Control Green Revolution tripled food production Religious conflict: Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs Political Assassination

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BANGLADESH East Pakistan not treated equal 1971 independent from Pakistan Modern secularism Monsoon Flooding

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PROBLEMS FACING PAKISTANPROBLEMS FACING PAKISTAN Benazir Bhutto elected 1988, assassinated 2007 Growing threat of Islamic extremists including Taliban & Al Qaeda Pakistan Nuclear Weapons Program

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SWAT VALLEYSWAT VALLEY

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MYANMAR Military dictatorship Aung San Suu Kyi Non-violent civil disobedience Won Noble Peace Prize Under house arrest for last 14 years

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CHINA.

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ROAD TO REVOLUTIONROAD TO REVOLUTION 1911 Dr. Sun Yat-sen overthrew Emperor Civil War between Fascist Jiang Kai-shek & Communist Mao Zedong

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COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONCOMMUNIST REVOLUTION 1949 Mao Zedong Communist dictator of China Government ownership of all farms & businesses

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CULTURAL REVOLUTIONCULTURAL REVOLUTION Teenage Red Guard used to attack anyone resisting change Civil Unrest

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CHINA ABANDONED COMMUNISMCHINA ABANDONED COMMUNISM Deng Xiaoping adopts Capitalism Communist Party still controlled Government 1989: Tiananmen Square student protest

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ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICTARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT

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ISRAEL, 1949ISRAEL, 1949

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PALESTINIAN REFUGEESPALESTINIAN REFUGEES

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Gamal Abdul Nasser President of Egypt SUEZ CRISIS - 1956SUEZ CRISIS - 1956 Nasser began modern Islamic & Arab Nationalism

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Six-Day War (1967 Six-Day War (1967) Israel gained West Bank (Jordan) Golan Heights (Syria) Sinai (Egypt)

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Palestine Liberation Organization Yassir Arafat fought for a nation for Palestinians within the nation of Israel

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Peace between Israel & Egypt Camp David Accords (1979) President President Prime Minister Anwar Sadat Jimmy Carter Menachem Begin of Egypt of the U. S. Of Israel

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Uprising within Israel Palestinian Intifada (1987-1993)

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Can the Palestinians & Israelis live in peace?

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GROUP INSTRUCTIONSGROUP INSTRUCTIONS Take turns reading the timeline aloud. Mark each date as P (Palestinians are to blame) or I (Israelis are to blame); or B for both or N for neither. Decide who you think is most to blame in the conflictthe Arabs or Israelis. List the factual details that support your choice.

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IRAN.

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Shah of Iran (r. 1941 1977) Institutes Western reforms. Majority of his people live in poverty. Brutal suppression of dissidents Q5

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AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI LED REVOLUTION

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IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISISIRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS 1979-1981 American Embassy held hostage

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52 Americans Held Hostage for 444 Days!

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AFGHANISTAN

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TALIBAN Islamic Fundamentalist Group Gave refuge to Osama Bin Laden & al Qaeda in 2001 Mistreat women

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TERMS Sharpeville Massacre: Sharpeville Massacre: in 1960, police gunned down 69 peaceful protesters in a black township; beginning of violence in South Africa Soweto: Soweto: site of 1980s student protest movement in South Africa