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New Nations In South Asia And Southeast Asia

Fletcher Perez avatar Fletcher Perez
25 August 2022
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What was the purpose of the policy of nonalignment?
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A. To separate smaller independent nations from the Cold War superpowers
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How did the nations of South and Southeast Asia respond to the U.S. and U.S.S.R policies of expanding the Cold War?
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B. The South and Southeast Asian nations rejected both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. policies of expanding the Cold War
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Which of Indira Gandhi's policies most likely angered people within her own party?
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B. Population control measures
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How did Indira Gandhi's policy toward Sikh activists impact India?
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B. It caused riots and destruction
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For which reason did India most likely intervene in the conflict between Pakistani military forces and Bengali rebels?
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D. Geographic proximity to the conflict
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Why did the British partition of India cause a refugee crisis?
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D. Fearing violence. Muslims and Hindus each left areas where they were in the minority
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How did independence in India impact dalits, or lower-case Hindus?
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B. The constitution banned discrimination, but practices still favored higher castes
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Which of these quotes most likely came from a high-caste Indian after independence?
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B. "We now have equal rights in this country, but I still do not want to send my children to a school with the low-caste."
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What characterized the reign of both Sukarno and Suharto over Indonesia?
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A. Authoritarianism
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How did the rights of citizens change in the Philippines after Ferdinand Marcos was elected president?
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D. Citizens lost their basic freedoms
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What was the main reason for the partition of South Asia?
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C. The Muslim minority feared discrimination by Hindus
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Why did Bangladesh separate from Pakistan?
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B. Because ethnic and political differences divided East and West Pakistan