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What are seasonal Winds of Asia?
Monsoons
What is the main religion of India?
Hinduism
What is the sacred river in India?
Ganges
Who was the first European country to get some control in Asia?
Portugal
What is the key link in Spanish overseas trading?
The Philippines
How did the Dutch East India Company become the main Asian trade?
It had sovereign powers
While Mughal Empire weakened, who fought for control?
British and French
Who invaded Korea in the late 1500's early 1600's?
Japan
How was the Indian National Congress formed?
Push for Indian self-rule
Britain gained control of what; from the Treaty of Nanjing
Hong Kong
By the late 1800's Britain began to profit from what import from Southern Malaya?
Singapore
What complaint did the Filipinos have about Spanish rule in the late 1800's?
The Catholic Church abused its power
Mohandas Gandhi preached what?
Preached that the power of love could change wrongdoers
Chinese province of what was seized by the Japanese ultra nationalists in 1931?
Manchuria
What was the turning point in the Indian independence movement of 1919?
Hundreds of Indians were killed at Amritsar
Gandhi urged the Indians to do what for Indian independence?
Boycott British goods
What event happened that convinced many Indians to govern itself?
The Amritsar Massacre
Japan had what kind of natural disaster in 1923?
Earthquake
Japan became attracted to Manchuria for what reason?
Japan allied with what country in 1938?
Italy and Germany
Why did India break in to two countries after independence in 1947?
Muslim leaders feared discrimination in a Hindu-dominated India
Kashmir became a source of tension between India and Pakistan for what reason?
The nations continue to clash over Kashmir's' status
What is the most important task Nehru faced?
Improving India's economy
What is Bangladesh?
Former eastern part of Pakistan and one of the world's poorest nations
China gained strong support from what country, as they moved to Marxism?