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HIST 112- World Civilization II Chapter_30 Quiz Answered

1. Would the people of the Indian subcontinent have been better off if they had attained independence as one country, rather than two? Explain. Why you think as you do?

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The End of British Raj Independent India Opposing Viewpoints: Two Visions for India

2. Discuss the power of tradition in Indian society, even as it has faced social, economic and political changes. Has tradition hindered efforts to move forward? If so, how?

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Poverty and Pluralism in South Asia Caste, Class, and Gender What is the Future of India?

3. What have been the most significant developments in India since the achievement of independence? Do recent events augur well for the future? Why or why not?

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Independent India

4. Discuss Pakistani development after independence. What have been the most influential events and trends there? Are the trends likely to continue? Why?

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The Land of the Pure: Pakistan Since Independence

5. Compare and contrast the changing roles of women in India, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Which region has shown the most progress; which has shown the least progress? To what do you attribute the pace of change for women in each country?

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Caste, Class, and Gender A Society in Transition Changing Roles for Women The “Japanese Miracle”? Women in Japanese Society

6. Discuss the rise of the “Little Tigers.” What has enabled their economic growth? Give examples.

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Singapore and Hong Kong: The Littlest Tigers Taiwan: The Other China

7. How did colonialism end in Southeast Asia? Why not earlier? Why did it occur earlier in some places than in others? Give examples.

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Southeast Asia In the Shadow of the Cold War On the Road to Political Reform Regional Conflict and Cooperation: The Rise of ASEAN

8. Are there any aspects of post-1950 Japanese politics that reflect the continuation of pre-1940, even Meiji, influences and policies? If so, what are they and are they positive or negative in nature? If not, how was the post-World War II occupation regime able to erase all earlier traits?

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The Transformation of Modern Japan The Economy A Society in Transition

9. Did Japanese militarism truly end with the 1951 constitution? Would a rearmed Japan make the world safer today? Why or why not?

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The Transformation of Modern Japan Japan Renounces War

10. How have the "everyday" options for women in Japan changed since World War II? Have these changes been advantageous for women and/or Japan as a whole? Why or why not?

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A Society in Transition Women in Japanese Society Demographic Crisis

11. What factors assisted the rapid development of Korean industry and agriculture since the early 1960s? Were the same factors used in the same way, with the same results, in Taiwan? Show why or why not, citing evidence to support your position.

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South Korea: A Peninsula Divided

12. What evidence is there of the survival of Confucian values in the nations of East Asia? What Confucian values seem to have been lost? Why?

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Explaining the East Asian Miracle

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).

13. the Pacific Century

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Chapter Introduction

14. "an orgy of blood"

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The End of the British Raj

15. August 15, 1947

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The End of the British Raj

16. Congress Party

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Independent India

17. Jawaharlal Nehru and "democratic socialism"

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Independent India An Experiment in Democratic Socialism

18. Hyderabad and Kashmir

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The End of the British Raj Independent India

19. Indira Gandhi

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The Post-Nehru Era

20. India's enforced sterilization

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The Post-Nehru Era

21. Sikhs and the Golden Temple in Amritsar

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The Post-Nehru Era

22. Rajiv Gandhi

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The Post-Nehru Era

23. India's constitution of 1950

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Caste, Class, and Gender

24. sati/child marriage

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Caste, Class, and Gender

25. dowry

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Caste, Class, and Gender

26. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and A. B. Vajpayee

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The Post-Nehru Era

27. Sri Lanka and the Elam Tigers

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The Post-Nehru Era

28. West Pakistan and East Pakistan/Bangladesh

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The Land of the Pure: Pakistan Since Independence

29. Bengali

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The Land of the Pure: Pakistan Since Independence

30. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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The Land of the Pure: Pakistan Since Independence

31. al-Qaeda

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A Region in Flux

32. communalism

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The Politics of Communalism

33. Bangalore "

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Poverty and Pluralism in South Asia The Economy

34. harijans/dalits

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Caste, Class, and Gender

35. Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses

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South Asian Literature Since Independence

36. Philippines independence, July 1946

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Southeast Asia

37. guided democracy

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The Search for a New Political Culture

38. Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino

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The Search for a New Political Culture On the Road to Political Reform

39. Indonesia's General Suharto, B.J. Habibie, and Susilo Yudhyono

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The Search for a New Political Culture Indonesia after Suharto

40. Tuol Sheng prison/Cambodian Holocaust

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Regional Conflict and Cooperation: The Rise of ASEAN

41. zaibatsu

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The Transformation of Modern Japan

42. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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Regional Conflict and Cooperation: The Rise of ASEAN

43. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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Politics and Government

44. 1997 financial crisis

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Financial Crisis and Recovery

45. 2011 tsunami

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Politics and Government

46. Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot

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Regional Conflict and Cooperation: The Rise of ASEAN

47. the Japanese Miracle

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The Economy

48. Douglas MacArthur

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The Transformation of Modern Japan

49. 1951 Japan peace treaty and the United States-Japan defensive alliance

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The Transformation of Modern Japan

50. Japan's Liberal Democrats and Socialists

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Politics and Government

51. Junichiro Koizumi

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Politics and Government

52. keiretsu

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Occupation Reforms

53. "tea hair"

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A Society in Transition

54. Soka Gakkai Buddhist sect

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Religion and Culture

55. Yukio Mishima and "Coca-Colonization"

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Religion and Culture

56. Kenzaburo Oe and the Nobel Prize for Literature

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Religion and Culture

57. Burakumin

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A Society in Transition

58. Little Tigers

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The Little Tigers Singapore and Hong Kong: The Littlest Tigers

59. Syngman Rhee

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South Korea: A Peninsula Divided

60. Kim Il Sung

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South Korea: A Peninsula Divided

61. chaebol

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South Korea: A Peninsula Divided

62. Republic of China (Taiwan)

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Taiwan: The Other China

63. Republic of Korea (ROK) and the People’s Republic of Korea (PRK)

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South Korea: A Peninsula Divided

64. Hong Kong and Guangdong province

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Singapore and Hong Kong: The Littlest Tigers

65. Lee Kuan-yew and Lee Hsien-luong

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Singapore and Hong Kong: The Littlest Tigers

66. The apparent motivation for the assassination of Gandhi was that Gandhi

was discovered to be a secret Sikh.

favored Indian partition.

didn't want to see the Muslims get what they wanted.

was against creating only a Hindu India.

was staunchly anti-Hindu.

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The End of the British Raj

67. Who was the first prime minister of India after its independence from Great Britain?

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Muhammed Ali Jinnah

Indira Gandhi

Moraji Desai

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Independent India

68. What is true of Kashmir?

Its population is primarily Hindu.

Its population is primarily Christian.

It is mostly controlled by India.

It has been a buffer against violence between India and Pakistan.

It is a coastal region.

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The End of the British Raj Independent India

69. In the 1950s, India

took a neutral, third-world position in the Cold War.

opposed United States "hegemonism" in the Philippines and Manchuria.

took the side of the Soviet Union in the Cold War.

opposed Chinese independence.

rejected the Marxist policies begun by Nehru.

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An Experiment in Democratic Socialism

70. The new Indian government in 1947

was based on that of the Soviet Union.

had a powerful president, as Nehru was an admirer of the United States constitution.

was based on the British system, with a figurehead president and a parliamentary form.

barred only two groups, Sikhs and harijans, from voting.