SE Asia History (2)

What connection can be drawn between U.S. involvement in the Vietnam and Korean Wars?

• In both instances, the United States acted in violation of major international peace agreements.

• Both were proxy wars of the larger conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

• In both instances, the United Nations condemned the involvement of the United States.

• Both were efforts by the United States to acquire territory in the Pacific region.

Why did the United States take part in the Korean War?

• to prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons

• to establish a colony on the Korean peninsula

• to aid its Chinese allies against an aggressive neighbor

• to defend South Korea against communist aggression

Student protesters in Tiananmen Square chiefly sought...

• membership in the Red Guard.

• democratic reforms.

• better working conditions.

• stricter collectivization policies.

The 1966 Cultural Revolution in China was a campaign to...

• extend China's borders by appealing to its struggling neighbors with offers of economics assistance.

• purge China of capitalist elements and any individuals deemed counterrevolutionaries.

• redistribute wealth from owners to workers in an effort to create an egalitarian society.

• enforce laws requiring equal pay for equal work.

Which of the following was NOT linked to the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution?

• enforcement of equal pay for equal work

• destruction of Chinese national treasures

• execution of intellectuals and political protesters

• persecution of unproductive farmers and workers

China's Great Leap Forward was hurt by...

• punishing taxes.

• international spies.

• poor decision making.

• mass protests.

  The government responded to student protests in Tiananmen Square by  

• forcing the protesters into exile.

• introducing government-regulated capitalism.

• instituting democratic and economic reforms.

• sending tanks and troops to put down the protest.

  Based on the photograph and your knowledge of social studies, what was the ultimate goal of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward?  

• to rapidly industrialize the Chinese economy

• to replicate the Soviet economic model in China

• to rebuild the infrastructure of China after World War II

• to improve working conditions in Chinese factories

  Mao's Little Red Book is associated with what time period in China?  

• Communist Revolution

• Cultural Revolution

• Great Leap Forward

• Tiananmen Square Massacre

  How did the domino theory effect the US policy in Vietnam?  

• it led to the US fighting against North Vietnam

• it led to the US supporting North Vietnam

• it led to the US fighting against South Vietnam

• it led to the US doing nothing and hoping Communism didn't spread