South And East Asia History Review

What was one reason the U.S. left the Vietnam War after fighting for 20 years?

• The US was out of money

• The war was not popular back home in the US

• The US won the Vietnam War

• The US wanted to negotiate with North Vietnam

What started the Korean War?

• South Korea invaded the North

• The Communist North invaded the South

• Both nations wanted to become communist

A political movement initiated by Mao Zedong that lasted from 1966 to 1976. It was a campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation. It was also called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. They wanted to cleanse China of revisionists.

• Cultural Revolution

• The Great Leap Forward

• Independence Movement

Why did the Cultural Revolution in China end?

• Mao Zedong passed away in 1976

• The students started to protest

• The people in China wanted to be democratic

What was one reason the Great Leap forward failed in China?

• There was not enough farm land

• Too many people who moved to the cities

• Drought caused famine

An economic program that was a series of efforts by Mao to modernize and industrialize the largely agricultural Chinese economy

• Tiananmen Square

• The Great Leap Forward

• Cold War

What was one goal of the Cultural Revolution?

• To spread communism in South Korea

• To spread the idea of a democracy in China

• Red guards attacked anything considered a threat to Mao Zedong

What are some of the actions of the Red Guards?

• execution of political leaders opposed to Mao and persecution of unproductive workers

• military to protect China and all political leaders

• to contain communism in China

What was the final result of the protest in the Tiananmen Square?

• The protest successfully promoted communism in China

• Chinese troops killed and arrested the protestors

• The protest successfully promoted democracy in China

How was the Korean peninsula divided after WWII?

• Soviet Union controlled the South and the US controlled the North

• Soviet Union controlled the North and China controlled the South

• Soviet Union controlled the North and the US controlled the South