LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                       HT 3801 – HIST.OF ASIA, AFRICA & LAT. AMERICA

 

 

Date & Time : 17-04-2006/AFTERNOON   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A                  (4 ´ 5 = 20 marks)

 

Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each:

 

1. Christopher Columbus
2. Pedro I of Brazil
3. French West Africa
4. Apartheid
5. Formation of ‘Straits Settlements’
6. The Dipo Negoro Revolt

 

PART – B                  (2 ´ 10 = 20 marks)

 

Answer any TWO of the following in 200 words each:

 

7. Assess the role of conquerors in the establishment of Spanish rule in Latin America
8. Explain the internal and external causes for the outbreak of nationalism in the Latin

American countries

9. What led to the ‘Scramble for Africa’ and explain it in the background of Berlin

Conference

10. Sketch the role of Ho-Chi-Minh in Vietnamese independence

 

PART – C                  (3 ´ 20 = 60 marks)

 

Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each:

 

11 Describe the role of Simon Bolivar and San Martin in achieving the independence

of Central and South America.

12. Explain the US relations with Latin American countries since the Spanish-

American war

13. “Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 was at once the last major act of Europe’s

colonization of Africa and a curtain raiser for Africa’s decolonization” –

Substantiate

14. Trace the origin, meaning and impact of the ‘Culture system’ in Indonesia.
15. Narrate the various stages in the Burmese Nationalist Movement.

 

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