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Mohandas Gandhi
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Agriculture
Village Life
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When did Mohandas return to India?
1914
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When did Indian leaders write a constitution?
1949
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What did the Indian leaders create to supply constant water?
Dams, canals, and wells.
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How many villages have electricity?
Only about half
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What 2 areas is Pakistan made up of?
West and East Pakistan
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What is the nonviolent resistance method Gandhi used?
Satyagraha
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What kind of government is India?
Parliament Democracy
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True or False: Farming is the heart of India's economy.
True
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What are cottage industries?
Small businesses run from home
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True or False: Bangladesh is densely populated.
True
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Who were Gandhi's ideas appealed to?
Hindus
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How many political parties does India have?
More than a dozen
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What is the program that redistributes land?
Land Reform
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What has put people in touch with the wider world?
Roads,buses,movies, and television
300
How many languages do Afghans speak?
More than 70
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Why did Gandhi travel to India?
He was urging nonviolent resistance to British rule.
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How old do you have to be to vote in India?
18
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What did scientists develop in the 1960's and 1970's for farming?
New types of wheat and rice seeds
400
True or False: The government has not taken steps to improve health care.
False
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True or False: Afghanistan is not one of the world's poorest countries.
False
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How did Gandhi protest the tax on salt?
Satyagraha-nonviolent resistance
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What happens in a coalition government?
Several parties join to rule.
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True or False: Millions of people own large farms.
False
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Has infant mortality increased or decreased?
Decreased
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Why do people clear land in Nepal?
For farming and burn wood for fuel