Independent Southeast Asia

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Southeast Asia

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Learning Target 🎯

SS7H3e. Explain the reasons for foreign involvement in Korea and Vietnam in terms of containment of communism.
SS7CG4. Compare and contrast various forms of government.

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

Vietnam War
1955 - 1975

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Why Was the Vietnam War Fought?

• The period after World War II was dominated by the Cold War.

  • The Cold War was a struggle between communist countries, like the Soviet Union, and democratic countries like the United States.

  • The United States and the Soviet Union were both competing for influence around the world but they never fought each other directly or used violence.
    

Domino Effect

What would happen if I knocked over the first domino? 🤔

Open Ended

What is the message behind this political cartoon?

Your answer should tell me what you believe the artist is saying.

Match

Match the following definitions with their terms.

• The fear that one country after another would fall to communism

• Policy of preventing communism from spreading

• The ruthless communist government in Cambodia

• Tactic used by North Vietnamese to surprise attack American troops

• the period of hostility between the United States and its allies on one side and the Soviet Union and its allies on the other side

Domino Theory

Containment

Khmer Rouge

Guerilla Warfare

Cold War

• Domino Theory

• Containment

• Khmer Rouge

• Guerilla Warfare

• Cold War

Southeast Asia
Governments

Multiple Choice

True or False: Many Southeast Asian nations were controlled by Western powers until after WWII?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Vietnam War was caused by...

• Communists taking over North Vietnam.

• France and the United States opposing communism and supporting South Vietnam.

• The United States supporting containment to prevent the domino effect.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

The Philippines and Indonesia have become more ____________ recently, due to movements that became popular and started winning elections?

• democratic

• autocratic

• communist

Multiple Choice

In the countries of Malaysia and Singapore, there were ______________ governments, where the same political party always won elections and ruled over the countries.

• democratic

• presidential republic

• autocratic

• market