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ASIAN INDEPENDENCEPost World War II
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INDIA
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INDIAN 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– Untouchables—people
without caste
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MUSLIM 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 INDIA
• 1750’s British East India Trading Company
• 1857 Sepoy Mutiny• 1886 Indian National
Congress began fight for Indian Independence
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MOHANDAS 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 & PAKISTAN
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NEHRU 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 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 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 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 REVOLUTION
• 1911 Dr. Sun Yat-sen overthrew Emperor
• Civil War between Fascist Jiang Kai-shek
• & Communist Mao Zedong
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COMMUNIST REVOLUTION• 1949• Mao Zedong Communist dictator of China• Government ownership of all farms & businesses
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CULTURAL REVOLUTION
• Teenage Red Guard used to attack anyone resisting change
• Civil Unrest
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CHINA ABANDONED COMMUNISM
• Deng Xiaoping adopts Capitalism
• Communist Party still controlled Government
• 1989: Tiananmen Square student protest
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ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT
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ISRAEL, 1949
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PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
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Gamal Abdul Nasser
President of Egypt
SUEZ CRISIS - 1956• Nasser began modern
Islamic & Arab Nationalism
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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 MinisterAnwar 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 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 conflict—the 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 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: in 1960, police gunned down 69 peaceful protesters in a black township; beginning of violence in South Africa
• Soweto: site of 1980’s student protest movement in South Africa