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Independence and Nationalism in the Developing World

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 __________________
India and most Muslims to
__________________
Pakistan .

B. On January 30, 1948, ________________

Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu militant;
________________
Jawharlal Nehru took charge of the Congress Party, formerly the Indian National
Congress.

C. Leaders of the Congress Party established a ________________

Parliamentary government and
adopted the foreign policy principle of ________________
nonalignment , but they still faced poverty

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and political challenges from within.

D. In 1966, the Congress Party selected ________________

Indira Gandhi as prime minister; she
faced a conflict with the Sikhs, who wanted ________________
independence from India for their
province of ________________
Punjab .

E. In 1971, East Pakistan declared its independence and, after a brief

________________
civil war , became the new nation of ________________
Bangladesh .

II. Southeast Asia

A. Many nations in Southeast Asia hoped to form ________________

democratic , capitalist
states, but internal disputes opened the door to __________________
military and one–party
__________________
autocratic regimes.

B. Pro-democracy activist ____________________

Aung San Suu Kyi and others are still struggling
for democracy in Myanmar, which was once called __________________
Burma .

Khmer Rouge
C. In Cambodia, the ____________________ , under the leadership of
Pol Pot
______________________ , massacred more than a million people.
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Independence and Nationalism in the Developing World

D. In the Philippines, the corrupt ________________

Marcos regime ended when Corazon
________________
Aquino became president and worked for ________________
democratic reforms.

E. India’s constitution of 1950 forbade ________________

discrimination against women, and across
South and Southeast Asia, women’s rights have ________________
changed .

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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