Guided Reading Activity netw rks - WORLD HISTORY

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Guided Reading Activity

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Independence and Nationalism in the Developing World

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Lesson 1 South and Southeast Asia

Review Questions

Directions: Read the lesson and complete the outline below. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks.

I. India Divided A. After British India was split into three independent nations, violence erupted as most Hindus migrated to __________________ and most Muslims to __________________ .

B. On January 30, 1948, ________________ was assassinated by a Hindu militant; ________________ took charge of the Congress Party, formerly the Indian National Congress.

C. Leaders of the Congress Party established a ________________ government and adopted the foreign policy principle of ________________ , but they still faced poverty and political challenges from within.

D. In 1966, the Congress Party selected ________________ as prime minister; she faced a conflict with the Sikhs, who wanted ________________ from India for their province of ________________ .

E. In 1971, East Pakistan declared its independence and, after a brief ________________ , became the new nation of ________________ .

II. Southeast Asia A. Many nations in Southeast Asia hoped to form ________________ , capitalist states, but internal disputes opened the door to __________________ and one?party __________________ regimes.

B. Pro-democracy activist ____________________ and others are still struggling for democracy in Myanmar, which was once called __________________ .

C. In Cambodia, the ____________________ , under the leadership of ______________________ , massacred more than a million people.

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Guided Reading Activity Cont.

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Independence and Nationalism in the Developing World

D. In the Philippines, the corrupt ________________ regime ended when Corazon ________________ became president and worked for ________________ reforms.

E. India's constitution of 1950 forbade ________________ against women, and across South and Southeast Asia, women's rights have ________________ .

Summary and Reflection

Directions: Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the question below.

What obstacles to democracy have South and Southeast Asian nations faced? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

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