1. ASIAN INDEPENDENCEASIAN INDEPENDENCE Post World War IIPost World War II

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How are the countries of Southern and Southwest Asia similar and different?

4. INDIA

5. INDIAN HISTORYINDIAN HISTORY India is one of the 4 oldest civilizations in history. Home of Hinduism & Buddhism – Belief in Reincarnation Hindu Caste System: reward or punishment for previous life – Untouchables—people without caste

6. MUSLIM CONQUEST OF INDIAMUSLIM CONQUEST OF INDIA Introduced Islam to India – Shah Jahan Build Taj Mahal Hindu population were sometimes discriminated against Sikhs combined religious ideas from Hinduism and Islam

7. BRITISH IMPERIAL INDIABRITISH IMPERIAL INDIA 1750’s British East India Trading Company 1857 Sepoy Mutiny 1886 Indian National Congress began fight for Indian Independence

8. MOHANDAS K. GANDHIMOHANDAS K. GANDHI 1869-1948 1893-1915 fought passport system in South Africa 1930 Salt March 1947 India became independent “Live simply so that others can simply live.”

9. INDIA & PAKISTANINDIA & PAKISTAN

10. NEHRU JINNAHNEHRU JINNAH Prime Minister 1947- 1964 Modernized India Equality for women & untouchables Died 1 year after Pakistan became independent

11. PROBLEMS FACING MODERN INDIAPROBLEMS FACING MODERN INDIA Overpopulation: Birth Control Green Revolution tripled food production Religious conflict: Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs Political Assassination

12. BANGLADESH East Pakistan not treated equal 1971 independent from Pakistan Modern secularism Monsoon Flooding

13. PROBLEMS FACING PAKISTANPROBLEMS FACING PAKISTAN Benazir Bhutto elected 1988, assassinated 2007 Growing threat of Islamic extremists including Taliban & Al Qaeda Pakistan Nuclear Weapons Program

14. SWAT VALLEYSWAT VALLEY

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18. MYANMAR Military dictatorship Aung San Suu Kyi Non-violent civil disobedience Won Noble Peace Prize Under house arrest for last 14 years

19. B2 STOPPED HERE ON 5/6B2 STOPPED HERE ON 5/6 B3 and B4 Keep GoingB3 and B4 Keep Going

20. ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICTARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT

21. ISRAEL, 1949ISRAEL, 1949

22. PALESTINIAN REFUGEESPALESTINIAN REFUGEES

23. Gamal Abdul Nasser President of Egypt SUEZ CRISIS - 1956SUEZ CRISIS - 1956 Nasser began modern Islamic & Arab Nationalism

24. Six-Day War (1967 Six-Day War (1967) Israel gained – West Bank (Jordan) – Golan Heights (Syria) – Sinai (Egypt)

25. B3 & B4 STOPPED HERE ON 5/6B3 & B4 STOPPED HERE ON 5/6

26. Palestine Liberation Organization Yassir Arafat fought for a nation for Palestinians within the nation of Israel

27. Peace between Israel & Egypt Camp David Accords (1979) President President Prime Minister Anwar Sadat Jimmy Carter Menachem Begin of Egypt of the U. S. Of Israel

29. Uprising within Israel Palestinian Intifada (1987-1993)

30. Can the Palestinians & Israelis live in peace?

31. GROUP INSTRUCTIONSGROUP INSTRUCTIONS Take turns reading the timeline aloud. Mark each date as –P (Palestinians are to blame) or –I (Israelis are to blame); or B for both or N for neither. Decide who you think is most to blame in the conflict—the Arabs or Israelis. List the factual details that support your choice.

32. IRAN.

33. Shah of Iran (r. 1941 – 1977)  Institutes Western reforms.  Majority of his people live in poverty.  Brutal suppression of dissidents Q5

34. AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI LED REVOLUTION

35. IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISISIRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS 1979-1981 American Embassy held hostage

36. 52 Americans Held Hostage for 444 Days!

38. AFGHANISTAN

39. TALIBAN Islamic Fundamentalist Group Gave refuge to Osama Bin Laden & al Qaeda in 2001 Mistreat women

40. TERMS Sharpeville Massacre: Sharpeville Massacre: in 1960, police gunned down 69 peaceful protesters in a black township; beginning of violence in South Africa Soweto: Soweto: site of 1980’s student protest movement in South Africa