LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
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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:
- Christopher Columbus
- Pedro I of Brazil
- French West Africa
- Apartheid
- Formation of ‘Straits Settlements’
- The Dipo Negoro Revolt
PART – B (2 ´ 10 = 20 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in 200 words each:
- Assess the role of conquerors in the establishment of Spanish rule in Latin America
- Explain the internal and external causes for the outbreak of nationalism in the Latin
American countries
- What led to the ‘Scramble for Africa’ and explain it in the background of Berlin
Conference
- 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.
- Explain the US relations with Latin American countries since the Spanish-
American war
- “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
- Trace the origin, meaning and impact of the ‘Culture system’ in Indonesia.
- Narrate the various stages in the Burmese Nationalist Movement.