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Global History & Geography 10 th Grade Boys & Girls Teacher: Br. Siraj Thursday, January 2, 2020

This article discusses how the collapse of European imperialism helped the emergence of independent states in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. It explores the Indian independence and partition, problems of nation-building in India and Pakistan, independent nations of Africa, and the independence of Southeast Asian nations.

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Global History & Geography 10 th Grade Boys & Girls Teacher: Br. Siraj Thursday, January 2, 2020

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  1. How did the Collapse of European Imperialism Help the Emergence of Independent States in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa? Global History & Geography 10th Grade Boys & Girls Teacher: Br. Siraj Thursday, January 2, 2020

  2. Indian Independence & Partition • Indian Nationalists demanded independence since 1800s • After WW-II demand for independence became intense. • Gandhi, Jinnah and Nehru were some of the most important leaders of Independence • Independence was achieved with division of India as India & Pakistan in 1947 Global History & Geography / Br. Siraj

  3. Problems of Nation Building in India Pakistan • Mistrust Between Hindus and Muslims caused India’s Partition. • Pakistan and India continue to clash over disputed territories, especially over Kashmir • Pakistan further divided into Pakistan and Bangladesh 24 years after the independence. Global History & Geography / Br. Siraj

  4. Problems of Nation Building in India • Social Inequality & Caste System • Separatist Movements • Lack of many crucial natural resources Global History & Geography / Br. Siraj

  5. Independent Nations of Africa • Pan-Africanism Started in the early 1920s • Ghana, under Kwame Nkrumah, became first independent African State in 1957 • Algeria gained independence from France in 1962 after a bloody war from 1954 to1962. • Jomo Kenyatta led Kenya’s Independence Movement and led its independence in 1963. Global History & Geography / Br. Siraj

  6. Problems of Africa • Ethnic Tension and Nationalism • Present boundaries are unnatural • Civil war in Nigeria in the 1960s • Conflict Between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda and Burundi in the 1990s. • Dependence on former colonial powers • Political Instability • Military Coups Global History & Geography / Br. Siraj

  7. Independence of Southeast Asian Nations • Vietnam • Ho Chi Minh led the nationalist Independence movement against imperialist France. • Western Powers Divided Vietnam leading to war • North Vietnamese Communists became victorious and Vietnam united. • Cambodia • Communist Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia after the fall of south Vietnam. • They Started a reign of terror and killed hundreds of thousands of people. Global History & Geography / Br. Siraj

  8. Homework • Questions 1, 2, 5 & 6 on page 956 Global History & Geography / Br. Siraj

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