Introduction REVIEW

Review Questions

1.What is culture? What are the roots of the Western and non-Western cultures?
What are the major differences between the Western and non-Western cultures?

2.How and when large-scale interaction started between the West and the non-Western peoples?

3. What was the result of the interaction between the West and the non-Western world? What was the response of the non-Western people?

4.What are the major cultural areas of the non-Western world? What are their distinctive characteristics?

5.What is modernization? What is development? How is development generally measured? How do the non-Western countries rank in development? What is the relationship between human freedom and human development? Explain, with examples from various non-Western countries.

6. Why spices played an important role in the discovery of sea route to the non-Western lands?

7. What are the major items which have hampered development in the non-Western lands?

8.Why women have been left out of the development process in many non-Western countries? What can be done to involve women more fully in the economic, social and political development process in the non-Western countries?

9. What is the future of economic reforms in Asia and Africa? Discuss the role of structural adjustments in economic reforms?

10. What are human rights? Discuss the status of human rights in the non-Western world?

11. Discuss the relationship between population growth and food supply in Asia. Explain various views on this topic and formulate your own opinion on the subject.

12.What are the future prospects for peace and stability in Asia Pacific region ?

13. Why are ethnic, tribal, and religious conflicts so widespread in the non-Western world?

14.Why environmental degradation is a rapidly growing problem in most countries of the non-Western world? What can be done to protect and preserve the environment?

15.In your opinion, what are the critical issues facing the non-Western world?

Key terms/Names and Places

Key Terms/Names Places

Ferdinand Magellan

Roman Law

Greek Philosophy

Greco-Judaic-Christian tradition

Confucius

Li Po

Tu Fu

Vedic Hymns

Upanishad

Mahabharat

Kalidasa

Koran

Omar Khyyam

Hafiz

Silk Route

Vasco da Gama

Age of Exploration

Age of Colonialism

Age of Imperialism

Spice trade

Agricultural Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Post-Industrial Revolution

Green Revolution

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Neo-Malthusians

Ecological Balance