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2nd Midterm Flashcards

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capital of Afghanistan

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Kabul

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capital of Bangladesh

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Dhaka

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capital of Nepal

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Kathmandu

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Capital of Sri Lanka

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Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

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“Bangladesh” means

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“country of Bengal”

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Bangladesh’s political culture/heritage experienced these 4 periods

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Hindu/Buddhist, Muslim, British, Pakistani

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earliest record of Bangladesh region 10th century

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Ramacharitam by Sandhyakaranandi

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2 largest cities in Blangladesh

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Dhaka, Chittagong

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preeminent leader & 1st PM of Bangladesh Awami League (liberation movement)

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Mujibur Rahman

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10
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current party leader of Bangladesh Awami League

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Sheikh Hasina Wajid

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founder of Bangladesh National Party

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Ziaur Rahman

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current party leader of Bangladesh National Party

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Begum Khaleda Zia

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3 leading political parties of Nepal

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Napali Congress, Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

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In Nepal, Shah dynasty lasted 240 yrs, from

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1768 to 2008

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1st king to unify Kathmandu valley

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Prithvi Narayan Shah

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birth place of lord Gautam Buddha in Nepal, one of holiest places of Buddhism in the world

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Lumbini

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17
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Sushil Koirala

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incumbent PM of Coalition Gov in Nepal, leader of Nepali Congress, 4th member of Koirla family to be PM

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May 28, 2008 Nepal’s constitution altered by Constituent Assembly made the country

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secular republic instead of Hindu Kingdom

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19
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last king of Nepal

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Gyanendra Shah

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20
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2 countries located b/t China & India

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Bhutan & Nepal

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21
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2 island countries

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Sri Lanka & Maldives

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22
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3 land-locked countries

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Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal

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23
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incumbent pres of Afghanistan

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Ashraf Ghani

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incumbent pres of Afghanistan

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Ashraf Ghani

25
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exec officer of Afghanistan

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Abdulah Abdulah

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ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001; leader

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Taliban; Mullah Omar

27
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established terrorist bases in Afghanistan; leader

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al-Qaeda; Osama bin Laden

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Afghanistan’s majority ethnic group, 40 % of pop.

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last king of Afghanistan, 1933-1973

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Zahir Shah

30
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invaded Afghanistan in 1979, lasted 10 yrs w/ 1M deaths, most of them civilian

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Soviet Union

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After Taliban regime, new Afghan govmt. formed. ___ est. by UN Sec. Council to help the new govmt. & provide basic sec. to the ppl.

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International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

32
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2 main ethnic groups of Sri Lanka

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Sinhala & Tamils

33
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Ceylon became independent from UK w/ Dominion status in 1948; name changed to ___ in 1972

34
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1st female PM in the world, became PM of Sri Lanka in 1960

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike

35
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Sri Lanka called this bc of its geographical shape & location

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tear drop of India

36
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Sri Lanka called this bc of its natural beauty

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“Pearl of the Indian Ocean”

37
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civil war b/t Sinhalese dominated govm. & Tamil separatists 1983-2009. separatist Tamil org. called __

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

38
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regional cooperation organization est. in SA 1985; full name:

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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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As of Jan 15, Pres. of Sri Lanka

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Maithripala Sirisena

40
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only country under unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in SA

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2 leading political parties of Bangladesh

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Awami League & Bangladesh National Party

42
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2 leading political parties of Nepal

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Nepali Congress & Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

43
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2 leading political parties of Sri Lanka

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United National Party & Sri Lanka Freedom Party

44
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SLFP & UNP in Sri Lanka have each created their own coalitions bc they cannot gain parliamentary majorities

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United People’s Freedom Alliance (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) & United National Front (United National Party)

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3 political transformations in Nepal since overthrow of Rana Regime in 1951 (led by Nepali Congress)

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1951-1990 Absolute Monarchy
1991-2008 Parliamentary Monarchy
2008-now Federal Democratic Republic

46
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official name of Afghanistan

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The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

47
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official name of Bangladesh

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The People’s Republic of Bangladesh

48
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official name of Nepal

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The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

49
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official name of Sri Lanka

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The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

50
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During Muslim period, Bangladesh rulers were outsiders. What is the cultural feature of Bangladesh now?

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mixture of Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim religions, w/ Islam becoming dominant

51
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3 transformations of Bangladesh’s political institution

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Constitution of 1972 based on Parliamentary system
Amendments to the Constitution in 1975 based on Presidential system
Constitution of 1991, back to Parliamentary system

52
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political tragedy Nepal 2001

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Royal Massacre; Crown Prince Dipendra shot & killed his father, King Birendra, his mother, Queen Aishwarya, & several other royal family members. Then he shot himself & committed suicide.

53
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defining feature of Sri Lankan politics since independence in 1948

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politics reflect historical/political differences b/t 2 main ethnic groups: maj. Sinhala (dominant in national political life) & min. Tamils (concentrated in NE of the island

54
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main features of Sri Lankan legal system

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reflects diverse cultural influences; criminal law is fundamentally British; basic civil law is Roman-Dutch, but laws pertaining to marriage, divorce, & inheritance are communal

55
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define Sri Lankan party system

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multi-party system dominated by socialist Sri Lanks Freedom Party & conservative United National Party

56
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fundamental causes of Bangladesh liberation movement

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1) Geographic/thnic gaps (E/W Pakistan separated by 1000 miles & are ethnically different)
2) immediate issue: national language (Pakistani leadership decided to make Urdu the sole national language)
3) dispute over power sharing in national govmt. b/t 2 wings of Pakistan
4) Economically, E Pakistan maj. foreign exchange earner, but only small % reinvested back in E Pakistan
5) Bengali nationalism came to the forefront of E Pakistan’s political culture.

57
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Why has SAARC made slow progress in promoting regional cooperation/integration in SA?

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1) political/military rivalry b/t leading countries (India & Pakistan)
2) mutual suspicion/untrusting (Asymmetry & Indo-centrism: India seen as trying to dominate the org., while India concerned abt joint agenda of neighbors targeting them)
3) all members have developing economies (primarily trade w/ outside countries instead of w/in SA)
4) BIMSTEC created in 1997. SAARC members agreed to create free trade area, framework signed in 2004. BIMSTEC overshadowing SAARC

58
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since 1947, 6 guidelines for SA’s political development

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geo-political asymmetry & imbalance of regional power
communalism & sectarian politics
overlapping of state & nation building
traditional to modern society
multi-party system & alliance politics
federalism & coalition govmt.

South Asia (2 decks)

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