Study Guide: India in Transition (Chapter 9)



Study Guide: India in Transition (Chapter 9)

Pages 200 – 217 (not section 5)

1. Events of Freedom and Partition (sec. 1): Principles of Gandhi, Amritsar Massacre, Salt March, Quit India Movement, Hindu-Muslim Conflict, Cause and effect of Indian Independence and formation of Pakistan, Assassination of Gandhi

- Gandhi Questions

2. Government and Political Change (sec. 2): Parliamentary democracy, dividing and unifying forces,

leaders

3. Economic Development (sec. 3): goals of government to improve economy, Industrial and agricultural growth, cause of land reform, Green Revolution, goals of Nehru, move from socialism (Nehru 1950-60) to free/private enterprise and the liberalization of the economy (Rajiv Gandhi 1980)

4. Changing Patterns of Life (sec. 4): village life, modernization and the caste system, gap between law and tradition for the caste system, education, changes to traditional family, changing role of women, role of religion

- causes of social change: economic development and technology

- affected by social change: caste system and family life (identify change or lack of change)

Terms/People/Events:

Amritsar Massacre Satyagraha civil disobedience Salt March

Mahatma Parliamentary democracy Jawaharlal Nehru Indira Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi Nathuram Godse INC socialism

Green Revolution Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muslim League compensatory discrimination secular government Mohandas Gandhi

Open-ended Questions:

Obstacles to development in India

Cultural change is occurring throughout South Asia. Identify examples to show how the caste system, economic development, technology, and family life have been causes of cultural change or have been affected by cultural change.

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