Historical Map   Map List   Instructions: Click the "View Interactive Map" button to experience an interactive version of the map below. Enter your answers to the Critical Thinking Questions in the boxes below. If you'd like a print-out of your responses, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page, and you will be taken to a printer-friendly page. If you have been instructed to submit your exercise online, enter both your and your instructor's name and e-mail address, then click the Email button at the bottom of the page. Your answers will be e-mailed immediately. Macintosh Users: If you have been instructed to submit your reponses to your instructor, you must enter your responses, then click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page to receive a printer-friendly version of your responses that you can then print and turn in to your instructor.     Critical Thinking Questions     1. If a colonial power was primarily interested in trade, what would be the advantages to establishing only coastal enclaves, as opposed to seeking access or control to large parts of the interior? 2. Find a contemporary map of India and neighboring countries. What two countries now contain much of the Muslim population of colonial India? What is the geographical relationship of Assam to India? 3. Search in your textbook, in the library, and on the Internet for information on the recent history of the Punjab region. What do separatist Sikhs demand, and why? What has been the response of the Indian government? What have been some of the important events in Punjab over the last 20 or so years? 4. Search in your textbook, in the library, and on the Internet for information on the conflict between Pakistan and India over the Kashmir region. What are the central issues of the dispute? What has been the history of conflict between India and Pakistan over the region? What recent events have occurred? What is the prognosis for the future?   Student Name:* Student Email:*   Professor Name:*   Professor Email:*         *required