Chapter 9.5 And 10

Question 1

Buffer state

Answer 1

A small country in between larger, hostile powers

Question 2

Calligraphy

Answer 2

An ornate and detailed form of writing

Question 3

Stupa

Answer 3

Dome shaped burial mounds

Question 4

Mudra

Answer 4

Symbolic hand gestures

Question 5

Pakistan’s creation

Answer 5

At independence, the British divided Pakistan and India

Question 6

Conflict in East and West Pakistan

Answer 6

West Pakistan dominated the govt, gave aid to people in the west, east got mad, especially when a cyclone damaged their land and the govt was slow to send help, East Pak became Bangladesh

Question 7

Conflict in Kashmir

Answer 7

K borders I and P, both wanted it. Fighting, K divided with 1/3 for P. Still fought, Muslim K’s want separate K, P wants plebiscite. Terrorism in I blamed on K with help of P

Question 8

India and Bangladesh strains

Answer 8

B wants I to build more flood control, I slow to invest. Bs flee B to escape poverty, I closed borders

Question 9

Pakistan and Middle East connections

Answer 9

P is friends with Iran and Turkey, taken aid from oil rich countries, Ps work in ME and send important money home

Question 10

Problems with Narmada Valley Project

Answer 10

Building dams- flood farmland, destroy wildlife, displace 250,000 ppl, submerge sacred shrines

Question 11

Why has South Asia had such intense population growth?

Answer 11

Better medical care= more ppl live longer to have more children, infant mortality has gone down

Question 12

Plebiscite

Answer 12

Popular vote

Question 13

Indian urban growth

Answer 13

population growth= people moving to cities, more jobs in cities, most people are very poor

Question 14

Calligraphy and Muslim art

Answer 14

mosques and tombs, can’t use people or animals, fruits, flowers, leaves, decorated buildings with passages from the Koran written in calligraphy

Question 15

Ramayana and Mahabharata

Answer 15

Hindu epics, M= tells of 12 year war between branches of a royal family, R= Rama should inherit his fathers throne, doesn’t, brother Lakshama wants him to

Question 16

SA lit and cultural diversity

Answer 16

early stories passed down orally and then written down, spread to other parts of the world, Indian writers show the struggles of the poor

Question 17

Performing arts

Answer 17

dance- every movement has a meaning, theater combines music, dance, and dialogue, many based on epics and well known tales, movies-very popular, based on stories, modern love stories with dancing and singing

Question 18

Indian urban growth

Answer 18

rich and poor, population growth= more ppl living in cities

Question 19

Calligraphy and muslim art

Answer 19

can’t use people or animals, fruits, flowers, leaves