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Chapter 18 and 19
Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What country had troubles between Hindus and Buddhist? | India |
| The Congress Party and the Muslim League played a role in which country? | India |
| Which region did both India and Pakistan fight to control? | Kashmir |
| The partition of India seperated which two groups? | Hindu and Muslim Nations |
| Where is the world's largest democracy? | India |
| What heled to inspire colonial independence movements? | Europeans questioned the cost of governing far away colonies. The idea of democracy spread through many colonies;Japanese pushed out Europeans during WWII. |
| What became of Singapore after it gained its independence? | It became an independent city-state with a higher standard of living than most southeast Asian countries and had one of the worlds busiest ports. |
| What was the source of conflict between the U.S. and the Philippines after independence? What delayed/hindered their development? | Long leases on military bases. Economically and politically dependent on the U.S. |
| Who was Aung San Suu Kyi? | Member of Burmas national league of democracy. Was put on house arrest until 1995 |
| What was the Negritude Movement? | a movement to celebrate African culture, heritage, and values. |
| What was the Mau Mau? | A secret society of Kenyan farmers/tribesman who tried to frighten white farmers to leave their land in the highland. |
| Who was Mobutu Sese Seko? | Dictator who seized/held power in Zaire for 32 years, lost the country and was overthrown in 1992 |
| What were the Camp David Accords? Who signed them? What were the terms? | Peace agreement signed between Israel(begin) and Egypt (sadat) in which egypt agreed to reconize Israel as a legitamate stare in return for Israel returning the Sinai Penninsula to Egypt. |
| Why did the UN plan for a Palestinian state fail? | Palestinians rejected the plan because they felt the entire region belonged to them. |
| What was the Balfour Declaration and what did it do? | Statement issued by Britain in support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It essentially adressed Palestines future as a divided state. |
| What was the outcome of the 1967 Six-Day War? | Israel won and seized Jeruselum, Sinai Penninsula, Golan Heights, West Bank creating a buffer zone between itself on Arab Countries. |
| What was the PLO and what did it do? | Conducted an armed struggle against Israel by using campaigns or violence and terrorism. |
| What was the intifada? Results? | A campaign of civil disobedience that put pressure on Israel to liberate Palestine caused by frustration over Israel dominance. |
| What led to the 1956 Suez Crisis? | Egypt seizing control of Suez Canal from Britain and France. |
| Which similarities existed between the political assassinations of Yitzhak Rabin and Anwar Sadat? | Were born assassinated by extremists from their own religion for peace made with their enemies. |
| How did the republics in Central Asia gain independence? | Soviet Union collapsed/broke up |
| Who were the mujahidden? | holy warriors who fought against the Soviet supported government in Afghanistan. |
| Why did Russia seek possession of Afganistan in the 1800's? | They wanted to gain access to the Indian Ocean. |
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