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Review - South and S
A review for the Regents test on South, Southeast Asia, and Korea
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa were known for? | Public sewer systems, a grid layout, and writing |
| Hindu beliefs? | Polytheistic, reincarnation, karma, and dharma |
| The four castes are? | Brahmins,Kshatryia, Vaisya, Sudra |
| Which is not a caste? | Untouchables, Harijans, Dalits |
| The Gupta empire was known for? | smallpox vaccinations, "Arabic" numerals, the decimal system and concept of zero |
| The most famous Mauryan king, he became Buddhist but allowed religious tolerance. | Asoka |
| The Mughal leaders in northern India followed the religion of? | Islam |
| The private stock company that ruled India for profit was the? | British East India Company |
| The Mughal Empire was famous for? | Blending of Persian and Indian culture, advancing of science and astronomy, literature, architecture... |
| The first European to reach India was? | Vasco da Gama, Portuguese |
| Two famous Mughal emperors were | Babur and Akbar |
| The Taj Mahal was | a tomb for the wife of Shah Jahan (Mughal period) |
| What was the Sepoy Mutiny? | Native Indian soldiers revolted against British officers because they believed the use of fat covered bullets violated their Hindu and Muslim beliefs. |
| Complaints against the British in India? | They destroyed native industries, treated the Indians as inferior, plantation agriculture (export crops), taxed them on salt. |
| Practices used by the Indians to defeat the British? | Non-violent, passive resistance (boycotts, hunger strikes, marches) |
| Who advocated for the practice of non-violence and civil disobedience against the British? | Mohandas Gandhi |
| Positives of British colonial rule? | Improved Infrastructure, health care, education, outlawing of widow suicide and infanticide. |
| The partition of India led to? | Outbreaks of violence and floods of refugees |
| The Muslim League wanted? | Freedom from the British and a separate Muslim state |
| Pakistan was established for the? | Muslims |
| The dominant religion of India is? | Hinduism |
| What weapon do India and Pakistan both have? | nuclear weapons |
| What is the significance of India and Pakistan having nuclear weapons? | They have been a war with each other for many years. |
| Despite caste being outlawed it is still practiced because? | traditional beliefs and practices are very hard to end by legislation |
| Clashes between religious/ethnic groups has occurred recently in? | Kashmir and Sri Lanka |
| In Sri Lanka, which group is fighting for a separate homeland? | The Tamils, Hindu's |
| The father of Pakistan is? | Mohammed Ali Jinnah |
| Which Indian president used five year plans and non-alignment? | Nehru |
| This Indian Prime Minister advocated family planning and was assassinated? (daughter of Nehru) | Indira Gandhi |
| A major result of the Green Revolution has been? | Increase in agricultural output |
| Criticism of the Green Revolution hybrid rice is? | Bland taste, requires chemical fertilizers and pesticides (these are costly and require reading), chemicals are harming the environment. |
| Examples of containment are? | The Vietnam War and the Korean War |
| What is the domino theory? | If one country falls to communism, others will. |
| What was Agent Orange? | A cancer and birth defect causing chemical used by the U.S. to defoliate trees during the Vietnam War |
| Which country tried to re-establish control in Vietnam following WWII? | France |
| French Indochina was? | Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia |
| The communist leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia was | Pol Pot |
| What communist leader emptied the cities, killed the educated (teachers, doctors, lawyers...), and force people to work in the rice paddies? | Pol Pot |
| The communist leader of North Korea is? | Kim Jong Un |
| The reasons for communist takeover in both Vietnam and China are similar because? | corrupt dictators lost the support of the peasants |
| This first communist leader of North Vietnam was | Ho Chi Minh |
| Korea was divided at which parallel? | 38th |
| Vietnam was divided at which parallel? | 17th |
| What has North Korea threatened in recent years? | To build and use nuclear weapons. |
| Who supported North Korea during the Korean War? | The Soviet Union and China |
| What is ahimsa? | Avoidance of violence, practiced in India by HIndu's, Jains, Buddhists,...There is a tradition of non-violence yet it exists. |
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