Vocabulary of Southern and Southeastern Asia History Quiz

An economic structure or government that promotes the establishment of a classless society based on common ownership of products and property.

• communism

• nationalism

• independence

• containment

The name given to the 6000 mile journey

that Mao Zedong and his followers took in 1933 to avoid capture by the Chinese Nationalist.

• The Salt March

• Holocaust

• The Long March

• Great Leap Forward

Who was the main political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian Independence Movement. He encouraged non-violent civil disobedience in protesting unjust British laws.

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Mao Zedong

• Deng Xiaoping

The self-government of a nation or country by its citizens.

• non-violent protest

• nationalism

• containment

• independence

A foreign policy theory during the 1950's to 1980's that speculated that if one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.

• Non-violent protest

• Domino Theory

• Containment Theory

• Cultural Revolution

The belief that people should be loyal to those whom they share common history, customs, origins, and sometimes language, or religion.

• Nationalism

• Religion

• Containment

• Independence

A United States policy using military,

economic, and diplomatic strategies to prevent the spread of Communism and prevent a "domino effect".

• Domino Theory

• Containment

• Communism

• Nationalism

A name given to China's attempt in the 1960's to improve

its economy by reorganizing its farms, businesses, and most of society.

• Great Leap Forward

• Containment

• Cultural Revolution

• Tiananmen Square

A founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1921), he led the Long March (1934-1935) and proclaimed the People's Republic of China in 1949.

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Deng Xiaoping

• Chiang Kai-shek

• Mao Zedong

A large plaza in central Beijing, China; noted especially as the site of major student demonstrations in 1989 suppressed by the government.

• Tiananmen Square

• Grand Central Park

• Non-violent protest

• Cultural Revolution