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was India's national political party..
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Congress Party
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was mostly hindu's
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Congress Party
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an organization founded in 1906 in India to protect Muslim interests.
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Muslim League
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was mostly Muslims
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Muslim League
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leader of the Muslim League; insisted that all Muslims resign from the Congress Party
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Great Britain gave who independance
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India
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India was split into two nations what were they called
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muslim india and hindu india
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Who is still fighting over Kashmir
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Pakistan and India
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Who was assasinated by a Hindu extremist
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Gandi
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Who controlled India for 200 years
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Great Britain
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Who got India
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Congress Party
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Who got Pakistan and Bangladesh
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Muslim League
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was the term given to the division of India into seperate Hindu and Muslim nations
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Partition
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fighting broke out between who when the movenment began happening and 100 million were killed
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Hindus and Muslims
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what was divided between the Muslims and hindus
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Kashmir
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who got most of Kashmir
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Muslims
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after india got its independance from great britain, it went into a what
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a civial war between the hindus and muslims
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the independent nations' 1st prime minister
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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took Nehrus place; assassinated
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Indira Gandhi
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becomes prime minister and is assassinated
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Rajiv Gandhi
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Who is a major problem because they have nuclear weapons
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Pakistan
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after Zia's death was twice elected prime minister
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Benazir Bhutto
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dictator of Pakistan; died in an airplane crash
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General Zia
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Broke off from east and west Pakistan
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Bangladesh
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launched a nonviolent campaign of Indian non-corporation with the british
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Mohandas Gandhi
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new nation created by the division of India
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Pakistan
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small region at the northern point of India next to Pakistan causing conflict between India's Muslims and Hindus
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Kashmir
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women elected as Indias prime minister iin 1966
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Indira Gandhi
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New name for East Pakistan after it declared independence
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Bangladesh
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small island nation off the southwest coast of India that has been the site of a civial war between Tamils and other groups
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Sri Lanka
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established free trade between the United States and the Phillippines for 8 years, to be followed by gradually increased tariffs
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bell act
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why were the Filipinos against the bell act
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because they were worried that the American Businesses would exploit the resources and enviroment of the Philippines
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why was the bell act signed
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because the philippines needed the money
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why did the United States demand a long lease on its military and naval bases in the Phillippines.
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because china and the soviet union were rivals, and the pacific powers were bases close to allies of the United States and the resources were vital to the United States interests
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why does the Phillippines constitution restrict the president to a single term of office
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to prevent the abuse of power
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what role did General Ne Win play in Burmese history
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he set up a military government and wanted to make Burma a socialist state
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what role did National League for Democracy play in recent Burmese history
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they won major of the seat in 1990
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what is the current political status of Singapore
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independent city state
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what is the current political status of Malaya, sarawak, and sabah
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federation of Malaja
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what factors forced Indonesian dicctatior Suharto to step down
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growing unrest over both governemtn repression and crippling economic crisis
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elected president of the Phillippines in 1965
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ferdinand Marcos
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challenged Marcos in the election
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Corazon Aquino
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returned to Burma after many years abroad ; was in house arrest for 3 different times for expressing her ideas
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Aung Sa Suu Kyi
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lead and effort to establish an Independent Indonesia
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Sukarno
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a general that put down the rebellion; 500,000 to 1 million Indonesian killed; turned Indonesia into a police state
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Suharto
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what were the goals of the phippines immefiately following world war II
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to rebuild the economy and to restore the capital of Manila
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what postwar issues caused conflict between the United States and the Phillippines
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the bell act
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what affect did Ferdinand Marcos's rule have on the Phillippines
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he imposed an authoritarian regime and stole millions of dollars from the public treasury
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how did Corazon Aquino come into office
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promised to usher in a more open and democratic form of government and her husband was assassinated
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how have rebels terrorist tactics affected life in the Phillipines
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it has made them aware and have there military ready at any point
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what event kept Burma from gaining independence
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burma becoming a sovereign republic and had repressive military government
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how did Singapore become such a preosperous nation
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because it has one of the busiest ports in the world and the banking center and trade is good
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how did Indonesia achieve independence
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by the japanese surrenduring and Indonesia moving to establish a free nation
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tactics used by Nkrumah
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strikes and boycotts
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Nkrumah's reforms
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new roads, new schools, and new health care facilities
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the problem in Ghana
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economic and political instabily and spending to much money
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tactics used by Mau Mau
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guerilla war tactics to frighten the white farmers
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whos plan was to unite tge various ethnic and language groups
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Kenyatta's reform
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what was the problem in Kenya
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cival disorder
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how was independence gained in Zaire
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it was given to them by Belgium
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who was brutal and corrupt during their rule in Zaire
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Mobutu
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what was the problem in Zaire
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extreme poverty and social unrest
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how was independence gained in algeria
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they fought a war with the french and the french gave them there independence
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who attempted to make algeria a socialist state
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Ben Bella's Program
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what was the problem in algeria
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unemployment was high and a cival war goin on
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how was independence gained in angola
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they fought against the Portugeses and portugal gave them there independence
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what was the cause of the civial war in angola
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communist groups against rebel groups
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what was some problems in angola
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caused tensionamong foreign countries that came to help
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the postwar movenment that celebrated African culture and heriatge was called
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the Negritude movement
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the first african colony south of the Sahara to gain independence was
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Gold Coast (Ghana)
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the leader who worked to liberate Gold Coast from the British was
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Kwame Nkrumah
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the kenyan nationalist leader who forced the British to accept African self-goverment was
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jomo Kenyatta
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the secret society made up mostly of African farmers forced out by the British was
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the Mau Mau
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the first president of newly-independent algeria was
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Ahmed Ben Bella
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Mobutu Sese Seko changed the name of the Congo to
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Zaire
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Angolas independence movement was an attemot to free itself from the control of
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Portugal
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