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India. How did India earn it’s independence? Gandhi Nehru, Jinnah and the Indian National Congress Creation of Pakistan. India. What problems did India face after it’s independence? Nonalignment Green Revolution National emergency (dictator?) Overpopulation (ouch!) Sikh extremists

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  1. India How did India earn it’s independence? Gandhi Nehru, Jinnah and the Indian National Congress Creation of Pakistan
  2. India What problems did India face after it’s independence? Nonalignment Green Revolution National emergency (dictator?) Overpopulation (ouch!) Sikh extremists Sectarian differences
  3. Vietnam What conflicts attempted to prevent Vietnam from nationalizing? French Control Ho Chi Minh Northern Communists
  4. Israel How did Israel become a country? Balfour Declaration Pan-Arabism after WWII UN 1947 1948 = Israel=War w/ Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq Israel gains land
  5. Egypt How is Egypt different from other Arab Nationalist Nations? Abdel Nasser (1952), bloodless coup that ends monarchy Neutral in Cold War – condemns Baghdad Pact (Turkey, Iran, Iraq) Nationalize Suez Canal U.S. and Soviets condemn attacks
  6. Africa When and how did most African nations gain independence? 1960 De-colonization Granted independence Some peacefully (Ghana) Some violent (Algeria, Kenya) Tribal conflicts
  7. China Explain the difference between Mao and Deng? Mao Great Leap Forward…and then back Sparrows, bugs, starvation, malnutrition Cultural Revolution…purge? Deng U.S. relations Intellectual class…dumb move, bring in the tanks
  8. Iran How did the Iranian revolution lead to the Iran-Iraq War? CIA supported Shah Pahlavi (Anti-communism) Reject secularism and U.S. Capitalism Ayatollah Khomeini U.S. Embassy hostages/U.S. owned businesses Revolution led by minority sect of Shia = Iraqi invasion (Hussein) 1980 – 1988 = war of attrition
  9. Argentina How was Juan Peron able to gain and hold power? Former colonel, elected Appeal to lower classes Evita Overthrown by military dictators (death squads)
  10. Nicaragua How do Latin American land distirbution issues get WAY out of control? Guatemalan president spoils United Fruit Company Communist? CIA supports Nicaragua and Honduras Sandinistas (communists) take power in Nicaragua Carter supports Reagan supports Contra’s (CIA) Congress bans U.S. Secretly sells weapons to Iran to support Contras
  11. South Africa How is S. Africa’s Independence different and similar from other sub-Saharan countries? Different Afrikaners Apartheid – political, economic, and social subordination Similar Black majority Mandela jailed
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