History of SE Asia

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.

The attempt to organize small farms into larger collective farms, in which everything was shared was known as this

• Cultural Revolution

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Green Revolution

• Tienanmen Square

This program was designed to stop opposition, and adhere to the ideals of communism in China.

• Cultural Revolution

• Great Leap Forward

• Green Revolution

• Collective teaming

Which was an effect of the "Great Leap Forward" in China in the 1950s?

• China experienced one of the worst famines in history

• The Red Army began a Cultural Revolution.

• China's economy grew to one of the strongest in the world.

• Peasants sold their farms to the government in exchange for food.

In the 1800s, a movement called nationalism began in India, which caused many Indian people to move the country away from its traditional practices.

What was a result of nationalism in India?

• The British took away all freedom from the Indians.

• Before World War I, the Indians overthrew British rule.

• Indians peacefully accepted British rule even to this day

• India eventually became a self-governing nation.

What was involved in Mohandas Gandhi's plan of civil disobedience?

• Violent Demonstrations

• Passing new laws in the Indian National Congress

• People should refuse to obey a law they felt unfair, but do it without violence

• He felt it was best to go along with the British laws and do nothing.

Marches, demonstrations, boycotts, and fasts are all examples of _____________, used by Indian people under the leadership of _____________, to help stage a revolution against______________.

• passive resistance, Mohandas Ghandi, Britain

• revolution, Buddha, Japan

• fighting, Confucious, Portugal

• arguments, Ho Chi Minh, France

The containment of communism was an important part of American foreign policy in the twentieth century. The idea of containing communism was involved with America's entry into which war? 

• World War I
• World War II 
• The Vietnam War
• The Gulf War

After WWII, Korea was

• divided into a republic in the south and communism in the north.
• governed by an alliance of western European nations.
• divided into a republic in the north and communism in the south.
• unified for the first time in many years.

Where is Korea divided?

• 36th Parallel
• 34th Parallel
• 39th Parallel
• 38th Parallel