World Cultures PowerPoint

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World Cultures PowerPoint

• Chap 10-1
• By Bill N.

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India and the Subcontinent

• Relations between India and Pakistan remain
  tense.
• They fight over the Kashmir region, which
  controls the source of irrigation water.
• The people that live in Kashmir are mostly
  Muslims who favor Islamic Pakistan.

• Today, both nations have nuclear weapons and the
  situation remains tense.

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India and the World

• During the Cold War, India chose nonalignment.
• While it rejected military alliance from either
  the Soviet Union or the United States, it
  accepted aid from both.

• India also has strained relations with China, who
  occupies the Tibet region just north of India.
• This is why India continues to develop nuclear
  weapons.

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Pakistan and the World

• Unlike India who chose nonalignment, Pakistan
  took a anti-communist stance during the Cold War.
• It saw the Soviet Union as a threat.

• Pakistan is also friendly with Muslim Middle East
  countries.
• It has ties with Turkey, and Iran.

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Afghanistan and the World

• Afghanistan was invaded and ruled by the Soviet
  Union for 10 years.
• When Soviet troops withdrew, battles for power
  were fought.
• The Taliban gained control.

• The Taliban protected Osama Bin Laden. After the
  2001 attack on the World Trade Center, the U.S.
  launched a campaign to overthrow the Taliban.
• A new Afghan government is now in place, but the
  country is still not in peace.