Thursday, October 23, 2014

Geography - Asian Country Relations

Please answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.
Title each of your sections as A/B/C and then number your responses (1,2,3,etc)

A. China - Taiwan Relations
Please visit the following link: ( http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1950_taiwan.htm ), and answer the 2 discussion questions listed at the bottom of the article.


B. India - Pakistan Relations
Please visit the following link: ( https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonialstudies/2014/06/21/partition-of-india/ ), and read the sections titled Reasons for Partition & Impact and Aftermath of Partition. Summarize the reading into a paragraph.


C. Kashmir
Please visit the following link ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1762146.stm ), and answer the following questions:
    1. Why were new territorial boundaries drawn in 1947?
    2. When the Indian subcontinent was partitioned, why do you think the leader of Jammu & Kashmir did not choose either India or Pakistan?
    3. What was the Instrument of Accession? 
    4. What is the common Indian understanding of it? 
    5. What is the common Pakistani understanding of it?

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