Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 39: THE END OF EMPIRE

Study Questions

1
What factors led to the partition of India? What kinds of states emerged?
2
What were the goals of the nonaligned movement? How successful was this effort? What were some of the obstacles to nonalignment?
3
Trace the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1947 to 1980. Why has this conflict been so difficult to resolve?
4
What factors have tended to unite the Arab nations since independence? What factors have divided them?
5
Compare the process of independence for both Ghana and Kenya. What factors might account for the differences?
6
What steps did the Chinese Communist Party take to transform the economy of China after the revolution? What were the results of these measures?
7
What have been the greatest challenges confronting the new Indian democracy after independence in 1947? How has India managed to survive as a democracy while other nations of east Asia have not?
8
What are the goals and concerns of the modern Islamist movement? What specific policies and actions have emerged from this movement?
9
Compare the recent political history of Mexico and Argentina. What factors might account for the differences?
10
What factors led the Reagan administration to support the Contra rebels of Nicaragua? What was the outcome of this policy?
11
What kind of society emerged in South Africa under apartheid? What factors led to the end of apartheid?
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