SE Asia History: China, India, and Vietnam

Why were Chinese citizens protesting at Tiananmen Square?

• They wanted Mao Zedong to try again with the Great Leap Forward plan

• They wanted more rights like freedom of speech

• They wanted China to become more Communist

• They wanted freedom from the British

How did the Chinese government respond to the protests in Tiananmen Square?

• They decided to replace their Communist government with a democratic one

• They agreed to give more freedom to the citizens

• They sent the military down there to violently break up the protestors

• They asked the protestors to stop and they obeyed

Who were the Red Guard?

• Chinese army that invaded neighboring Korea

• Student soldiers that carried out the Cultural Revolution

• Group of American CIA operatives who infiltrated China's government

• Guerilla army that fought for independence from the British

What was the purpose of The Cultural Revolution?

• For Mao Zedong to re-establish full control over Communist China by destroying old ways

• For Mao Zedong to step down and allow China to become a capitalist country

• For Mao Zedong to try and improve China's agricultural output

• For Mao Zedong to make China's government more like America

Which one of these things would be destroyed by the Red Guards?

• A picture of Mao Zedong

• A poster saying how amazing Communism is

• A book describing the major failures of Communism as a system

• A statue celebrating the day China became Communist in 1958

What were the Red Guards supposed to do?

• Teach classes to younger students about Communism

• Invade other countries in order to turn them to Communism

• Move China towards a more democratic style of government

• Destroy anything that was anti-Communist

What was the outcome of The Cultural Revolution?

• It spiraled out of control and hundreds of thousands of people were killed

• It ended peacefully with citizens becoming happier about Communism

• It removed Mao Zedong from power and turned China into a full capitalist country

• It increased agricultural and industrial production

What type of government does the People's Republic of China have?

• Market

• Democratic

• Communist

• Capitalist

Who is Mao Zedong?

• Emperor of China who gave freedom to the people

• Leader of the Chinese community party who took control in 1958

• Democratically elected president of Vietnam who introduced a market economy

• Vietnamese independence leader who fought for freedom against the British

Which one of these things would a Communist most likely believe?

• The government must own all property and redistribute equally to the citizens

• People should be allowed to own their own businesses and make their own products

• Citizen freedom is the most important part of the economy

• Capitalism is the strongest economic system