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72 Cards in this Set
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In the 1940s, tension between Hindus and Muslims led to violence in ______.
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India
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The British decided to partition India into ____.
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two countries
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After the British partition areas where Hindus were a majority became ____.
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India
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After the British partition areas where Muslims were a majority became _____.
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Pakistan
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Pakistan and India became independent nations in _____.
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1947
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After the partition of India millions of Muslims and Hindus moved to the country where their _________.
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faith was the majority
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As Muslims and Hindus moved to new countries on the Indian sub-continent they often ____.
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attacked and killed each other
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India and Pakistan have fought wars over the disputed region of ________.
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Kashmir
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The tension between India and Pakistan is of even greater concern to the rest of the world because they both have developed ______.
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nuclear weapons
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The British colony of Ceylon gained independence in 1948 and changed its name in 1972 to _____.
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Sri Lanka
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In Sri Lanka the minority Hindu Tamils have fought for a separate nation against the majority _____.
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Sinhalese Buddhist majority
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India's first Prime Minister made attempts to improve the conditions of the dalits (outcastes).
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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When Nehru died in office his daughter replaced him in office.
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Indira Gandhi
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Religious minority in India but the majority in the province of Punjab.
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Sikhs
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In 1984, in an effort to gain independence for Punjab, Sikhs occupied their holiest shrine the __________.
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Golden Temple
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After talks failed she sent troops to oust the Sikhs from the Golden Temple and Thousands of Sikhs were killed.
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Indira Gandhi
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She was killed by her Sikh bodyguards.
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Indira Gandhi
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World's most populated democracy.
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India
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A thousand miles separated West Pakistan from _______.
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East Pakistan
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In 1971 the Bengalis declared East Pakistan an independent nation ____.
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Bangladesh
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Pakistan tried to crush the Bengali rebels, but the rebels were successful because of support from ___.
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India
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A new movement started in 1955 which supported political and diplomatic independence from both Cold War superpowers.
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nonalignment
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In Southeast Asia Thailand and Malaysia have prospered as __________.
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market economies
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In Southeast Asia Myanmar has suffered under _____.
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autocratic government
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A nation of 13,000 islands gained independence after WWII and his 90% Muslim.
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Indonesia
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When Indonesia first won independence it was ____.
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democratic
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In 1966, an army general, Suharto took power and ruled as dictator until 1998.
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Indonesia
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After Suharto was forced to resign in 1998, a series of democratically elected governments tried to restore stability.
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Indonesia
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In 1975 Indonesia seized the former Portuguese colony _____.
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East Timor
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Mostly Catholic fought and gained independence from Indonesia in 2002.
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East Timor
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Gained freedom from U.S. control in 1946.
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Philippines.
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The Filipino constitution created a democratic government but politics were controlled by a ______.
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wealthy elite
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Elected President of the Philippines in 1965, abandoned democracy and made himself dictator.
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Ferdinand Marcos
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When Marcos finally held elections in 1986 she was elected.
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Corazon Aquino
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Marcos tried to deny the results and prevent Aquino from becoming president, but demonstrations in Manila forced him to resign.
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"people power" revolution
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In the Philippines, communist and Muslim rebels continue to _______.
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fight across the country
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After WWII many African nations demanded independence, a few developed peace and democracy, but most experienced _________.
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civil wars, military rule, or corrupt dictators
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Because Europeans had divided Africa into colonies without regard for ethnic groups, when African countries did gain independence they often had ________.
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ethnic conflicts
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Most of the people in the Middle East are ______. (religion)
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Muslim
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There are Christian and other religious minorities in the Middle East and Israel is largely _______.
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Jewish
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Borders drawn by Europeans divided their homeland among Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
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Kurds
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In all the countries where they live Kurds are a _____.
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minority
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Kurds have faced the greatest discrimination in ________.
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Turkey & Iraq
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Jews who had been driven out of what is today Palestine in the first century but started to return in the _______.
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1800s
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The Holocaust created worldwide support for a _______.
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Jewish Homeland in Palestine
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After WWII Jews migrated in large numbers to ______.
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Palestine
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The U.N. drew up a plan to divide Palestine into an ______.
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Arab and a Jewish state
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Rejected the idea of a Jewish state in Palestine.
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Arabs
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When Britain withdrew from Palestine the Jews proclaimed the independent state of ______.
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Israel
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After Israel declared its independence the Arabs ______.
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launched the first of several wars against them
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Victors in the Arab Israeli wars.
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Israel
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As a result of the first Arab Israeli war 700,000 Palestinian Arabs ________.
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fled Palestine
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The Middle East is of great importance to the U.S. and other powers because of its huge ______.
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oil reserves
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The Middle East nations with large oil reserves are part of _________.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Nations (OPEC)
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In 1973, OPEC blocked oil shipments to the U.S. to protest the ________.
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U.S. support of Israel
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The OPEC oil embargo contributed to a _____.
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World Wide Recession
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Some Middle Eastern countries have secular, or non-religious, _________.
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governments & laws
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By the 1970s some Muslim leaders were calling for a return to ___________.
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Sharia law
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Laws based upon the Quran and the Hadith.
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Sharia law
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Their rights are severely limited in countries governed by Sharia law.
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Women
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Is strategically important because it shares a border with Israel and controls the Suez Canal.
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Egypt
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Seized power in Egypt in 1952, worked to modernize Egypt and end Western domination.
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Gamel Abdel Nasser
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Nationalized the Suez Canal ending British and French Control.
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Gamel Abdel Nasser
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Nasser fought two unsuccessful wars against __.
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Israel
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Nasser's successor who made peace with Israel.
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Anwar Sadat
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Assassinated Anwar Sadat for not ending corruption & poverty & for making peace with Israel.
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Muslim fundamentalists (Islamists)
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Ruled Iran, with U.S. support.
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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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The Shah's attempts to Westernize Iran upset _________.
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Islamic Fundamentalists
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The Shah's secret police used terror to drive his critics into ______.
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exile
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In the 1970s the Shah's foes rallied behind the cleric the ___________.
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Massive protests drove the Shah into exile, Khomeini returned and Iran became an ____.
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Islamic Republic
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After the Iranian Revolution Islamists seized the American embassy and held 52 Americans ____.
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hostage for more than a year
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