Southeast Asia History

How did nationalism lead to independence in India?

• Leaders like Gandhi worked to help the British keep their Indian colony.

• Indians sought to be more like Great Britain

• Hindus and Muslims worked together using Gandhi's nonviolence to end British control

• India wanted to be a Muslim dominated Theocracy

Mohandas Ghandi's ideas of rebellion and protest are BEST described by which term?

• ineffective

• communist

• Christian-based

• non-violent

How did the United States treat the Japanese at the end of World War II?

• The U.S. forced the emperor to give up his throne.

• The U.S. military occupied Japan, but began to help the Japanese rebuild economically.

• The U.S. refused to help the Japanese rebuild their war torn country.

• The U.S. military put all of the Japanese to death which caused widespread protests.

Following World War II, what is one reason the United States led the rebuilding effort in Japan?

• According to the rules of war, they had to.

• The US wanted to prevent Chinese Communism from spreading.

• Japan paid the United States large amounts of money to help rebuild.

• After WWII, the United States was the only country that could help Japan.

What is the theme that ties The Great Leap Forward, The Cultural Revolution, and Tiananmen Square Massacre together?

• Mao Zedong led each of them

• Improvements to China's economy

• They all led to fewer freedoms for China

• They all led to more opportunities for China

What was the result of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward?

• Well educated people in the cities were forced to work as laborers in the rural areas which caused the standard of living to decrease.

• The standard of living increased tremendously during this time.

• The majority of educated people emigrated from China to escape life in rural areas.

• Millions of people immigrated to China in order to take advantage of the high standard of living.

On June 4, 1989, Chinese troops marched on protesters, many of them students, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Why did this confrontation occur?

• The troops were practicing military drills and the students got in the way.

• The protesters wanted a more open, democratic system of government.

• The students were not happy with the level of education they were receiving.

• The protesters believed that their wages had been mistakenly reduced.

Even though Mao Zedong was a communist, he was strongly supported by the Chinese people in the early stages of the revolution. What did he do to get the support of so many of the Chinese people?

• He promised land reform to the Chinese peasants.

• He promised an end to the Vietnam War.

• He promised a college education for the majority of the people.

• He promised a factory job in the city for the majority of the people.

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

• To start the Domino Theory

• To stop the spread of Communism

• To retrieve oil they had purchased and never received.

• They believed there were nuclear weapons in those countries.

What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?

• The war was fought to a stalemate and the country was separated at the 19th Parallel

• South Vietnam became a Communist State and North Vietnam became a democracy

• The Communists took control after the Americans left and united North and South under Communism

• French Indochina was reunited