Unit 6: Asia
SS7G9
SS7H3a
SS7H3b
SS7G9
• The student will locate selected features in
Southern and Eastern Asia.
• Words to know:
– Archipelago: a group of series of islands. The
country of Indonesia is the world’s largest
archipelago.
– There are over 17,000 islands in the
Indonesia Archipelago.
Number your paper
from 1 to 9.
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1. Pakistan
2. India
3. China
4. North Korea
5. South Korea
6. Japan
7. Taiwan
8. Vietnam
9. Indonesia
Number your paper
from 1 to 16.
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4.Himalayan Mtns.
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13. Gulf of Tonkin
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SS7H3a
• Describe how nationalism led to independence in India
and Vietnam.
• Words to know:
– Nationalism: a strong sense of pride in one’s own country; often
leading towards an independence movement.
– Indo-China: former French colony located in Southeast Asia that
consisted of the modern countries of Cambodia, Laos, and
Vietnam.
– Jawaharlal Nehru: the first prime minister of independent India
after they gained independence from Great Britain in 1947.
– Kashmir: region claimed both by India and Pakistan because of
its rich fresh water resources.
India: Collapse of Colonialism
• December 31, 1600
– British East India got a royal charter to incorporate.
– They wanted to exploit trade in East Asia, Southeast
Asia, and India.
– They took over the spice trade previously controlled
by Spain and Portugal.
– The company acquired the following items:
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Spices
Cotton
Silk goods
Indigo
Saltpeter
• During the mid-18th century the company
actively traded tea. They illegally imported
opium to pay for the tea which angered
many people and helped build resistance
against colonial powers.
• Sepoy Rebellion of 1857
– East India Company lost much of its power.
– British government took direct control over
India.
– By 1873, the company had lost its power
completely.
• By the end of WWII, many European countries
began to lose control over their colonial empires
due to the social and financial strain caused by
the war.
• There was also a stronger nationalist resistance
that resulted in the eventual freedom of most of
the occupied countries in Asia.
• British colonialism victimized India. For almost
350 years, the British completely controlled
India. They ignored Indian culture, and deprived
Indians of opportunities to succeed in their own
country.
• Nationalism took root in India during the
18th century. Indians educated in British
schools began to wonder why they should
be westernized and become more like the
British.
• There were many organizations in India
working to achieve independence from the
British. The Indian National Congress
held it’s first meeting in Bombay in
December of 1885. They encouraged
people to buy Indian-made products and
were instrumental in boycotting British
goods.
• Another important leader was Mohandas
Gandhi.
• He believed that non-violent resistence as
well as a full boycott on all things British
(goods, schools, universities, and courts),
were ways to bring about the end of British
rule.
• It took many years of struggle but finally
on August 15th, 1947, India gained its
freedom from British colonial rule and
became an independent nation.