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2 of 3 most pronounced under age twenty but persists into middle age? Summarize its cause. 3A. The s created a new religion about five centuries ago in order to They are most concentrated in the Indian State of Some of the more zealous followers of the faith became strongly politicized in the 1970s and 80s, when they posed a major devolutionary threat. 3B. s form the largest religious minority in India but, unlike 3A, they have not have not posed a devolutionary threat because they are not 4A. is a movement whose most fanatical followers seeks “to forge an India in which non-Hindus are essentially outsiders” by restricting proselytizers of other religions and and making various changes in school curriculum and family law. Although this movement has provided a “guiding agenda” for the powerful (BJP), it has been restrained by the robust vitality of India's secular democracy, at least so far. 4B. The social stratification in traditional Hindu society was manifested in the caste system. (1) How did different castes develop? (2) Why are Westerners (and many Indians) critical of it? - 2 - 3 of 3 (3) How does the religion justify this? (4) Who are the dalits ? (5) Did their status change at independence (1947)? How or how not? 5A. India's cultural divide is north-south, but its economic divide is Relate this to the geography of the Naxalite rebellion as shown in Figure 8-17. 53. Describe India's "Silicon Plateau” in and around Bengaluru. 6. In 1971, fought a successful war of independence against (It became part of that country back in 1947 due to its majority.) Its impressive social progress is due to a various of health, literacy, and economic programs of (NGOs), most famously the provision of 7. The poorest country in the South Asian realm, even poorer than Afghanistan, is 8. experienced more than three decades of impressive post-independence development but then succumbed to ethno-religious tensions that spawned a 26-year civil war. - 3 - 1. is the doctrine of reducing government regulation of busi- ness, privatizing state-run companies, and cutting international trade tariffs, subsidies, and taxes. Since the 1 s, this ideology has become increasingly dominant all around the world. Over the decades South Asia's middle class has grown to % of the population as these policies have taken hold and generated unprecedented economic growth. There is now a market of million middle-class consumers, but this leaves well over a billion South Asians who have experienced no upward mobility, and most of them continue to face bleak prospects. “As in so many other parts of the world, here, too, increased overall growth has mostly been accompanied by ever greater economic and social 2. Examine India's 2016 population pyramid in Figure 8-13. What is the gender difference that is 1-
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