LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034.

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – history

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2003

ht 3801 / h 916  –  history of ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA

 

26.04.2003

1.00 – 4.00                                                                                                      Max : 100 Marks

                                                                PART – A                                         (4´ 5=20 marks)

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

 

1. Early Discoverers
2. Social classes in the Latin American Society
3. Dark Continent
4. Battle of Manila Bay
5. F.P.F.L
6. Apartheid

 

 

                                                                PART – B                                       (2´ 10=20 marks)

      Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each.

 

7. Write briefly on Columbus and his four voyages.
8. Examine the work of early discoverers of Africa.
9. Analyze the external and internal causes responsible for the outbreak of the liberation Movement in Latin America.
10. Comment on the Character and achievements of Jose Rizal.

 

 

                                                               PART – C                                         (3´20=60 marks)

Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each.

 

11. Indicate the countries which go to constitute Asia and identify the means and methods adopted by Asian countries to find answers to their problems.
12. Sketch the role of Ho-Chi-Minh in the Vietnamese National Movement.
13. Explain the causes for the scramble of Africa and the process of colonization by different European powers.
14. Describe the role of Simon Bolivar in the liberation of Latin America.
15. Write an essay on the US policy towards Asia and Latin America in the 20^th

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI– 60034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION  –     HISTORY

third SEMESTER  – NOVEMBER 2003

HT 3801/H  916  HISTORY OF ASIA,  AFRICA  AND   LATIN  AMERICA              

05.11.2003                                                                                        Max: 100 Marks

1.00 – 4.00

 

PART –A                              (4 ´ 5= 20 Marks)

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

1. Discoverers of Americas
2. Monroe Doctrine
3. French West Africa
4. Apartheid
5. HO-CHI-MINH
6. KATIPUNAN

 

Part – b                              (2 ´ 10 = 20 Marks)

Answer any TWO of the following in 200 words each

7. Briefly write on the conquerors of Latin America.
8. Highlight the features of the Spanish Administration in the colonies.
9. Point out the role of explorers of Africa during the 19^th
10. Analyse the role played by Jose Rizal in the Filippino nationalist movement.

 

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 the liberation movement

in South America.

12. Critically examine the US relations with Latin American countries.
13. Examine the various stages through which South Africa obtained its independence.

 

14. Explain how Burmese nationalism fully triumphed over obstinate British

colonialism.

 

15. Critically examine the various states of Indonesian struggle for independence.

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             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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