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
