Dozier Midterm, India
this upcoming test "strikes fear in the very heart of me"
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- Musharraf
- current leader, overthrows Benazir in a coup, is a US ally
- Muslims
- don't eat pork
- Pakistan and the Maldives
- Which two countries are authoritarian?
- Nehru
- emphasized democracy, secularism, socialism, created status by language, created constitution, coined term "third war"
- Indira Gandhi
- Green Revolution, initiated socialistic reform, nationalized banking, nationalized insurance, nationalized coal, compulsory male sterilization (unpopular obviously), convicted of cheating in 1971 election, declared 'state of emergency', installed Marshall Law, lost election, later re-elected
- Benazir Bhutto
- Ali Bhutto's daughter, first female leader of an Islamic country, accused of corruptness, died recently
- Mumbai (Bombay)
- largest city in India
- coalition politics
- representatives from social groups
- The Great Game
- Russia and Britain compete for Afghanistan
- the Muslim League
- backed the British to gain influence, Jinnah
- 1974 India detonates
- a nuclear bomb
- India and Sri Lanka
- Which two countries are democracies in South Asia?
- West Pakistan
- which part of Pakistan was 'brutal' to the other Pakistan?
- Halloween, 1984
- Indira Gandhi assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards
- Afghanistan
- Which country has an elected but foreign government?
- Indo-Gangetic Plain
- Ganges River runs through what area?
- NW India
- where are the Hindu Kush Mts. located?
- False
- Cyril had visited India many times before he created boundaries in "cracking" India
- "Crown Rule"
- Britain rules India
- gurkha
- Nepalese mercenary soldier
- Cyril Radcliffe
- "cracked" India
- Sinhalese
- Rajiv Gandhi sends in army to Sri Lanka to support which side?
- 1947
- India "cracked"
- farmers
- 60-65% of Indians are what occupation?
- East or West Pakistan, Sikhs went everywhere
- where did the Muslims and Sikhs go after India was "cracked"?
- Manmohan Singh
- current Prime Minister of India
- India and Pakistan
- Kashmir is divided between which two countries?
- Ali Bhutto
- pursued a socialist agenda, nationalized government programs, Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Congress Party of India
- refused to help the British in WWII unless granted independence after the war
- lung cancer
- how did Jinnah die?
- Jinnah
- leader of the Muslim League
- coal
- 4th largest WHAT reserve in the world? (India)
- Pakistan
- Which South Asian country has the largest irrigation system in the world?
- Kashmir
- 70% Muslim; India vs. Pakistan
- 1939
- Indians informed they're at war with Germany
- Nehru
- secret meeting with Jinnah without Gandhi, decided to make India into two countries
- Tamils
- want northern Sri Lanka to be a separate country
- Jinnah
- founding father of Pakistan
- Rajiv Gandhi
- Indira's son, involved with problems in Sri Lanka, broke away from socialst economic policies
- mixed economy
- economy of India (some free enterprise, some public enterprise)
- assassinated by a Hindu fanatic
- what happened to Gandhi?
- primary religions in India
- Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
- dal
- lentil soup
- Hindus
- don't eat beef
- Urdu
- official government and business language in Pakistan
- Muhammed Zia
- overthrew Ali Bhutto, accused him of having a political opponent assassinated, instituted a stricter form of Islam, died in plane explosion (1988)
- Punjabi
- language spoken in the home, casually, in Pakistan
- 1984
- Union Carbine Company (US plant) chemical leak in Bhopal
- a separate Muslim state
- what did Jinnah want?
- Amritsar
- "Golden Temple"
- 1984
- Sikhs causing problems in Punjab
- Bangladesh
- Which country is a struggling democracy?
- Prime Minister
- Nehru was WHAT of India from 1947-1964?
- Nepal and Bhutan
- Which two countries are monarchies?
- Karachi
- (city) chief industrial center
- baksheesh
- "bribe"
- BJP Party
- Hindu Nationalist Party, detonated 5 nuclear bombs
- Indira Gandhi
- Who sent an army to smother West Pakistan army, controlled the army in 2 weeks?
- USA
- India's largest trading partner
- Nepal and Bhutan
- Britain failed in trying to take over two countries
- Islamabad
- What is the capital of Pakistan?
- Sinhalese vs. Tamils
- problems between who in Sri Lanka?