Ch 34 Study Guide
Name: __________________________________________________ Period: ____________
1. Vocab:
A. Partition
B. Kashmir
C. Moros
D. Negritude Movement
E. Indirect Rule
F. Direct Rule
G. Pan-Africanism
H. Genocide
I. Janjaweed
J. Balfour Declaration
K. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
L. Mujahideen
M. Taliban
N. Northern Alliance
2. Why did countries with colonies start to turn against colonialism?
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3. What country had ruled India for over 200 years?
4. What was one of the largest and most populous colonies in the world?
5. What were the 2 dominant religions in India when it was a colony?
Which had more followers?
6. What were the 2 major groups that fought for India’s independence AND what religion did most members practice?
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Why did Britain decide to give India its independence?
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What happened after Britain announced its decision to give India its independence?
What did Britain decide to do as a result?
What 2 countries did this create?
7. What happened to Gandhi and why?
8. Who was India’s 1st prime minister?
What did he do as prime minister?
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9. Today India has a population of what?
What is one reason for India’s problem with social inequality?
Why does violence periodically break out there?
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10. What problems did East and West Pakistan face that kept them from staying unified?
How does Pakistan break up?
What new country is created?
11. Why do Indians and Pakistanis fight over Kashmir?
Why does this fighting concern the rest of the world?
12. Why is there fighting in Sri Lanka?
13. Why did colonial powers lose their Asian colonies during WWII?
What happened when WWII ended?
14. Who was Ferdinand Marcos?
15. What is Burma called today?
What type of government does it currently have?
16. Indonesia is the world’s _______ most populated country and has over _____________ islands with over ________
ethnic groups and ___________ languages. It has many of the world’s major _________________ and the world’s
largest _________________ population.
What country split from Indonesia?
17. In Africa, what type of colonies tended to adapt better to independence?
What types of problems do countries in Africa face?
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18. What are the 2 main ethnic groups in Rwanda?
How did Belgium contribute to the ethnic strife there?
Which group was a victim of genocide?
How long did the genocide last?
How many died?
19. What country is Darfur in?
What brought on the genocide there?
What methods of terrorism do the Janjaweed use?
What is significant about this genocide?
20. What are the reasons for the current problems between the Israelis and Palestinians today?
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21. What 3 major religions began in the Middle East?
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What city is important to all 3 religions?
22. What did the British do that caused conflict in the region?
When did the Jews begin migrating to Palestine?
What did the United Nations decide to do to solve the problem?
23. Why did about ½ million Palestinians leave Israel in 1947-1949?
24. What was the Suez Crisis?
How did it end?
25. What was the 6 Day War?
How did it end?
26. What was the Yom Kippur War?
How did it end?
27. Who met and agreed to the Camp David Accords?
What did they agree to?
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This made ______________ the first Arab country to formally recognize Israel’s right to exist.
28. What was significant about the Oslo Peace Accords?
What did Israel agree to do?
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What did the PLO agree to?
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29. Central Asian countries are some of the _______________ countries in the world.
Why have they struggled economically?
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What other type of problem do many face?
30. The people of Afghanistan are predominately of what religion?
Afghanistan is one of the __________________ countries in the world.
What type of terrain does it have?
Why did many Afghans oppose communism?
What country did they fight?
Who did the US support?
31. Who ruled Afghanistan after their war with the Soviet Union?
Who defeated them?
32. Why were the Taliban viewed favorably at first?
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How did they treat women?
Why would many become concerned about the Taliban?
33. Who drove the Taliban out of power?
Why?