Study Questions for Chapter 22 Pages 654 - 669

Chapter 22 Lesson1
Study Questions

1. Why can Gandhi's renaming the untouchables the "children of God" be a form of passive resistance
2. Would you label Gandhi's struggle, one for human rights or civil rights?
3. What way of working to gain rights did Gandhi encourage? Explain your answer
4. How did Gandhi help achieve India's freedom from Britain?
5. Where in India are other religions practiced?
6. Most of the people who live in India today practice the religion of Hinduism. Why did Muslims move north while Hindus moved south?
7. What forms of passive resistance were used by Indians to gain independence?
8. Of the world's approximately 6 billion people, about how many practice Hinduism?
9. Why do you think Muslim and Hindu countries have begun to include women as political leaders?
10. Who are the Sikhs?
11. What two women have been important political leaders in India and Pakistan?
12. How can religious beliefs shape people's lives?
13. What is satyagraha? Explain
14. What is passive resistance?
15. Define Mahatma.
16. Who were the Indian people trying to gain freedom and independence from?
17. What happened in April 1919? Explain what happened.
18. What did Gandhi and his followers do after the tragedy of April 1919?
19. Who did the British pass the governing power to in 1947?
20. What happened on January 1948?

Chapter 22 Lesson 2
Study Questions

1. Why would both the Arab Muslims and the Jews want Jerusalem under their control?
2. What unifying root do the Arabs and Jews share?
3. Do you think the Arab-Israeli conflict will ever be resolved? Explain why or why not?
4. Why did Jews and Arabs both feel that Palestine was their homeland?
5. Why do you think Israelis and Palestinians disagree about control of Jerusalem?
6. Judging from eh boundary changes shown on the map who do you think gained from the conflicts---the Arabs or the Israelis?
7. In what Middle Eastern country are most people Persian? How else are the people different from others in the Middle East?
8. What role did oil play in the conflict between Israel and the Arab nations?
9. What major peace agreements did the Arabs and Israelis sign between 1979 and 1994?
10. Do you think Camp David Accords would have been more effective if more Arab countries had been included? Explain
11. Why do you think the PLO was not included in the first peace talks with Israel?
12. What is meant by Islamic renewal?
13. Why did the Iraqis invade Kuwait?
14. How can different people live together in peace?
15. What was Operation Desert Storm?