Unit 11 - History of Southern & Eastern Asia

_____ was the communist leader of China, and _____ was the communist leader of Vietnam.

• Ho Chi Minh; Mao Zedong

• Mao Zedong; Mohandas Gandhi

• Mao Zedong;Ho Chi Minh

• General Douglas MacArthur; Ho Chi Minh

How did the USA force Japan to surrender during World War II?

• Bombed Pearl Harbor

• Dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• Divided the country into communist north and democratic south

• Eliminated the Four Olds

What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?

• The United States won and communism was eliminated in Vietnam.

• Vietnam was split into the communist south and democratic north.

• Vietnam was split into the communist north and democratic south.

• Vietnam united as a communist country.

Why did the United States get involved in the Korean War and the Vietnam War?

• To contain the spread democracy around the world.

• To encourage the spread of communism around the world.

• To contain the spread of communism around the world.

• To end World War II.

Boycotts and strikes are two examples of civil disobedience used by...

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

• General Douglas MacArthur

• Mohandas Gandhi

The Cold War was a conflict between...

• USA & Japan

• USA & Vietnam

• USA & Korea

• USA & USSR

Which of the following choices correctly lists the cause & effect of the events in Tiananmen Square in 1989?

• cause: students protesting in support of communism

  effect: China remains communist

• cause: students protesting in support of democracy

  effect: hundreds are killed by Chinese police

• cause: students are trying to escape from North to South Korea

  effect: hundreds are jailed by North Korean police

• cause: Ho Chi Minh led a protest to bring democracy to Vietnam

  effect: Vietnam becomes a democratic nation

What was the campaign led by Mao Zedong to rid the country of people opposed to his communist ideas and erase the country of the Four Olds?

• Great Leap Forward

• Domino Theory

• Cold War

• Cultural Revolution

The American military leader responsible for rebuilding Japan after World War II was...

• Tsutomu Yamaguchi

• Mao Zedong

• Harry Truman

• General Douglas MacArthur

What was the reason for partitioning India into India and East (later Bangladesh) & West Pakistan?

• Government - Communist / Democracy

• Religion - Hinduism / Islam

• Language - Arabic / Farsi

• Economy - Market / Command