Deck 30: Toward the Pacific Century

Question 1

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Hyderabad and Kashmir

Answer 1

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Question 2

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Congress Party

Answer 2

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Question 3

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? How did the Allied occupation after World War II change Japan's political and economic institutions,and what remained unchanged?

Answer 3

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Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

Would the people of the Indian subcontinent have been better off if they had attained independence as one country,rather than two? Elaborate on your answer.How did Gandhi's and Nehru's goals for India differ,and what role has each leader's views played in shaping modern India?

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
the Pacific Century?

Question 8

How has the role of women been affected by independence in India? In Pakistan?

Question 9

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.

Question 10

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Jawaharlal Nehru and "democratic socialism"

Question 11

What kinds of environmental problems are currently being faced by the nations of southern and eastern Asia? How have the region's political leaders sought to deal with the problems?

Question 12

Discuss Pakistani development after independence.What have been the most influential events and trends there? Are the trends likely to continue? What has been the impact of 9/11 on Pakistan?

Question 13

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Petronas Towers

Question 14

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

Question 15

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August 15,1947

Question 16

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

Question 17

How has independence affected the role of women in southern and eastern Asia? What factors are involved? How have the nations in the region dealt with the challenge of integrating their ethnic and religious minorities into their political systems?

Question 18

What factors have contributed to the economic success achieved by the Little Tigers? To what degree have they applied the Japanese model in forging their developmental strategies?

Question 19

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"an orgy of blood"

Question 20

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?

Question 21

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General Pervaiz Musharraf,the Taliban,and al-Qaeda

Question 22

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

Question 23

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India's enforced sterilization

Question 24

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-Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos,Corazon Aquino,and Joseph Estrada

Question 25

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Indonesia's Sukarno and "guided democracy"

Question 26

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communalism

Question 27

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Rajiv Gandhi

Question 28

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Muslims and Christians in Indonesia

Question 29

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Urdu and Bengali

Question 30

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

Question 31

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Green Revolution

Question 32

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Philippines independence,July 1946

Question 33

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West Pakistan and East Pakistan/Bangladesh

Question 34

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Indira Gandhi

Question 35

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Benazir Bhutto

Question 36

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East Timor

Question 37

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

Question 38

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harijans/dalits

Question 39

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Sikhs and the Golden Temple in Amritsar

Question 40

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Sri Lanka and the Elam Tigers

Question 41

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Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists

Question 42

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ANZUS

Question 43

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the "Japanese Miracle"

Question 44

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Kenzaburo Oe and the Nobel Prize for Literature

Question 45

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zaibatsu and keiretsu

Question 46

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Republic of China (Taiwan)

Question 47

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Japan's Liberal Democrats and Socialists

Question 48

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"Little Tigers"

Question 49

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North Korea's Kim Il Sung

Question 50

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"tea hair"

Question 51

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Burakumin

Question 52

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Syngman Rhee and Chung Hee Park

Question 53

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and General Ne Win

Question 54

The apparent motivation for the assassination of Gandhi was that Gandhi

A) was discovered to be a secret Sikh.
B) favored Indian partition.
C) didn't want to see the Muslims get what they wanted.
D) was against creating a strictly Hindu India.
E) was staunchly anti-Hindu.

Question 55

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Yukio Mishima and "Coca-Colonization"

Question 56

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Douglas MacArthur

Question 57

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Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot

Question 58

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Hong Kong and Guangdong province

Question 59

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Question 60

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-chaebol (Samsung,Daewoo,Hyundai)

Question 61

All of the following are correct about Kashmir except

A) a majority of the population in Hindu.
B) most of the population is Muslim.
C) India controls most of Kashmir.
D) it has led to violence between India and Pakistan.
E) in 2003, the governments of India and Pakistan agreed to seek a peaceful solution to the Kashmir dispute.

Question 62

In 1971,East Pakistan became the new independent nation of

A) Myanmar.
B) Sri Lanka.
C) Belize.
D) Bangladesh.
E) Kampuchea.

Question 63

President Sukarno of Indonesia

A) was actually from Sri Lanka and arrived in the Dutch East Indies only in 1941.
B) was a boring speaker, but was supported because of fear of his konfrontasi gangs.
C) used economic aid from China and the Soviet Union to counter Western influence, and used domestic Indonesian Communists to counter domestic Muslim opponents.
D) was pro-Western in both his domestic and foreign policies.
E) was radically pro-Muslim.

Question 64

All of the following are correct about Pakistan since September 11,2001,except

A) much of the local population supported the Taliban, which had been driven from Afghanistan.
B) President Musharaff gave support to the anti-terrorist campaign.
C) Benazir Bhutto was elected president in 2008.
D) there were renewed tensions with India over Kashmir.
E) by 2008, many observers expressed concern that Pakistan might disintegrate as a country into squabbling ethnic blocs.

Question 65

The new Indian government in 1947

A) was based on that of the Soviet Union.
B) had a powerful president, as Nehru was an admirer of the United States constitution.
C) was based on the British system, with a figurehead president and a parliamentary form.
D) barred only two groups, Sikhs and harijans, from voting.
E) allowed for only one political party, the Congress Party.

Question 66

Following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi,

A) Kashmir was ceded to Pakistan.
B) the Congress Party began to increase its political hold over the Indian people.
C) the Indian economy showed its first signs of a slowdown since 1950.
D) the Bharatiya Janata Party began to directly challenge the Congress Party for power.
E) relations between Hindus and Muslims improved rapidly.

Question 67

The country that suffered a domestic holocaust at the hands of the Khmer Rouge is

A) Thailand.
B) Cambodia.
C) Laos.
D) Burma.
E) Indonesia.

Question 68

The regional organization initially formed by Indonesia,Malaysia,Thailand,Singapore,and the Philippines is known as

A) TIPAM.
B) ASEAN.
C) SEATO.
D) NATO.
E) CENTO.

Question 69

In the 1950s,India

A) took a neutral, third-world position in the Cold War.
B) opposed United States "hegemonism" in the Philippines and Manchuria.
C) took the side of the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
D) opposed Chinese independence.
E) rejected the Marxist policies begun by Nehru.

Question 70

In the aftermath of independence,India's greatest economic weakness was in

A) consumer products.
B) industrial production.
C) agriculture.
D) a declining birthrate.
E) too much Western investment.

Question 71

Who was the first prime minister of India?

A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Muhammed Ali Jinnah
D) Indira Gandhi
E) Moraji Desai

Question 72

Which of the following statements best characterizes the nature of India today?

A) India, unlike China, has rejected its cultural traditions and adopted those of the West.
B) The majority of India's population is part of a large and growing middle class.
C) India's economy is a perfect model of the modern, successful socialist state.
D) India today is a nation of contrasts, with nearly one-third of its population living in poverty.
E) Rural and urban poverty in India is rapidly becoming the norm for the first time in Indian history.

Question 73

Which of the following statements is accurate regarding Indian developments after the death of Nehru?

A) The following government produced dramatic policy shifts.
B) Indira Gandhi retreated from the bold economic and social program of her father.
C) Cold War politics led to the tensions that provoked Sikhs to assassinate Indira Gandhi.
D) Rajiv Gandhi weakened the socialist programs of his mother and grandfather.
E) Nehru's successors implemented a true Marxist program.

Question 74

The conflict that developed between East and West Pakistan,and eventually led to the establishment of the state of Bangladesh,was caused by

A) competition over internal development of the nation's natural resources.
B) differences in language, history, and ethnic tradition.
C) many years of international warfare between the two regions.
D) the demand of the people of East Pakistan to establish an independent Marxist state.
E) both b and c

Question 75

The Petronas Towers

A) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are among the world's tallest buildings.
B) are located in Jakarta, Indonesia.
C) are the newest, and largest, buildings in Calcutta.
D) are a symbol of Pakistan's desire for international recognition.
E) were destroyed by Buddhist fanatics.

Question 76

Indira Gandhi

A) developed a policy of forced sterilization to try to cut population growth.
B) abandoned her father's activist policies to aid the poor.
C) used troops to attack and secure the Hindu Golden Temple in Agra.
D) was assassinated by her Buddhist bodyguards.
E) was the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi.

Question 77

Which of the following statements is not correct about the role of women in India today?

A) Female children are less likely to be educated than are their male counterparts.
B) There is a more positive attitude toward female education and employment.
C) Gender relationships in urban India have been affected by the consequences of independence.
D) Traditional domestic behavior is still an accepted part of Indian female deportment.
E) Rural Indian women often have greater advantages than urban women.

Question 78

Pakistan's early history

A) was unexpectedly smooth, as industrial production rose by ninety-three percent and the country became agriculturally self-sufficient.
B) was marked by deep internal struggles over language, religious, and regional issues.
C) produced a Constitution in 1956 with a Western-style parliamentary system.
D) saw unexpectedly peaceful relations develop between it and India.
E) saw Pakistan become a secular society.

Question 79

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A) Gandhi believed that, ultimately, a non-materialist village society was best.
B) Many Congress Party leaders had little in common with the masses.
C) Nehru rejected complete socialism and favored a "free market" at the state level.
D) Foreign control of commerce in India was strongly encouraged after independence.
E) The Muslim League demanded partition.

Question 80

The controversial Indian writer who uses the technique of magical realism and who has angered Moslems is

A) Anita Desai.
B) Salmon Rushdie.
C) R. K. Narayan.
D) V. S. Naipaul.
E) E. M. Forster.