Vocabulary
The holiest Sikh shrine.
What is the Golden Temple?
Nehru's daughter who served as prime minister between 1966-1984.
Who is Indira Gandhi?
Most common religion of India.
What is Hinduism?
Main Religion of Pakistan.
What is Islam?
Outcast/lowest caste
What is dalits?
Leader of the Congress Party, India's prime minister from 1947-1964
Who is Jawaharlal Nehru
India's smallest minority's religion
What is buddhism
Part of Pakistan that broke off and declared independence.
What is East Pakistan that called themselves Bangladesh "Bengali nation"?
A prosperous largely Sikh state in northern India
What is Punjab?
Jawaharlal Nehru (describe who he is/accomplishments)
Leader of the Congress Party, promoted economic growth and social change, rising of food output, India's prime minister.
Type of government India established after Independence.
What is parliamentary democracy?
Extreme Islamist group that seized power with the support of Pakistan.
What is Taliban?
Political and diplomatic independence from the Cold War Superpowers
What is nonalignment?
Indira Gandhi (deeds, accomplishment, who she is)
Prime minister for 1966-1984, challenged traditional discrimination against women.
Hindu nationalist party that challenged the secular Congress Party.
What is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Two main struggles Bangladesh faces
What is?
1. Geographic conditions such a tropical storms and floods.
2. Overcrowding
What is Kashmir?
Muhammad Yunus
What is..Bangladeshi economist who gave tiny loans to poor people and rewarded the Nobel peace Prize?
The religion of most people in Kahmir
What is Islam
Al Qaeda and United States relation.
What is...
terrorist attacks on the United States which led to U.S forces invading Afghanistan and overthrowing the government