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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
India
as most Hindus migrated to __________________ and most Muslims to
Pakistan
__________________ .

Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu militant;

B. On January 30, 1948, ________________
Jawaharlal Nehru
________________ took charge of the Congress Party, formerly the Indian National
Congress.

Parlimentary
C. Leaders of the Congress Party established a ________________ government and
nonalignment
adopted the foreign policy principle of ________________ , but they still faced poverty

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and political challenges from within.

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

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

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

II. Southeast Asia

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

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

Khmer Rouge
C. In Cambodia, the ____________________ , under the leadership of
Pol Pot
______________________ , massacred more than a million people.
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marcos
D. In the Philippines, the corrupt ________________ regime ended when Corazon
Aquino
________________ democratic
became president and worked for ________________ reforms.

discrimination
E. India’s constitution of 1950 forbade ________________ against women, and across
changed
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?
Many South and Southeast Asian states gained their independence. But countries like British
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India were split in to naitions, Myanmar became an independent country that practiced the
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democracy ideology under the ruled of General Aung Sann. However, its democracy system
faced problems when a coup d'état happened in 1962.
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