Pakistani leaders since Jinnah have relied on personal power and ______________, which is favoritism shown to relatives and friends by those with power and influence.
What is NEPOTISM
100
This was an Indian policy in the 1970s that introduced high-yielding varieties of seeds, increased fertilizers and irrigation to make India self-sufficient in producing food grains.
What is the Green Revolution
100
This man was Pakistan's first governor-general.
Who was Mohammad Ali Jinnah
100
Jinnah called for _______________ on August 16, 1946 so that Muslims would show their disapproval of the proposed interim government. Rallies turned violent, especially in Calcutta, where 5,000 Hindus were killed.
What is Direct Action Day
100
Initially, when Hindus and Muslims discussed independence, both sides agreed that their new countries would have _____________ status in the British Empire.
They would be self-governing, but part of the British Commonwealth.
What is Dominion Status
200
East Pakistan revolted against Pakistan in 1971 and became the independent country of ________________.
What is Bangladesh
200
What are the THREE major problems that India is facing today?
What are poverty, malnutrition and environmental pollution.
200
Viceroy ____________, the last Governor-General Viceroy of India, feared civil war and saw no choice but to partition India after the failure of the Cabinet Mission.
Who was Mountbatten
200
This boundary separates Pakistani Kashmir and Indian Kashmir.
What is the LoC or Line of Control.
200
_____________ is the movement of people from one area to another. The largest in world history happened at the time of partition.
What is migration
300
In 1991 Pakistani fundamentalists passed the ___________ _________ which stated that Pakistan's laws would be based on the Koran.
What is the Shariat Bill.
300
This ruler of India from 1985-1989 ( who was also the grandson of Nehru) was influenced by capitalism and supported private enterprise.
Who was Rajiv Gandhi
300
Nehru was a _____________ . Under his tenure India had a democratic government which controlled the airlines, railroad, and energy industries.
What is a socialist.
300
In a second war over Kashmir in ___________ (which year?) both sides' infantries and fighter planes crossed the 1948 ceasefire line.
What is 1965.
300
This is the view that religion should have no place in civil affairs.
What is secularism
400
1/4 of Pakistanis live below the poverty line and the literacy rate is only ______ for women.
What is 36%.
400
These people in the Punjab region of India pressed for their own state for much of the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Who are the Sikhs.
400
This Indian leader (Nehru's daughter) was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards.
Who is Indira Gandhi.
400
Pakistan successfully conducted its first nuclear tests in _________.
What is 1998.
400
These are strict followers of religious principles.
What are fundamentalists.
500
In 1974, Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto stated that Pakistanis would "eat grass" in order to develop their own ______________ ____________.
What are nuclear weapons.
500
This city is known as India's "City of Dreams". LeT Terrorists attacked this city in 2008.
What is Mumbai.
500
This man was the military Dictator of Pakistan from 1999-2008 and also the head of the Pakistani military.
Who is Pervez Musharraf
500
The last official war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir lasted from 1999 until 2003. It was called the ____________ War.
What is the Kargil War.
500
Osama bin Laden was found and killed by Navy Seal Team 6 in his compound in _____________, Pakistan.