In 2002, east timor won independence from
a. india
b. the philippines
c. malaysia
d. indonesia

In 2002, East Timor won independence from Indonesia. Option D is correct.

East Timor is a country in Maritime Southeast Asia which was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, and was called Portuguese Timor until 28 November 1975, when the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor  declared East Timow as an independent territory. The, Indonesian occupied East Timor through a highly violent, decades-long conflict. However, it relinquished control of the territory after the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns