Cold War in Asia Review

The Domino theory refers to the belief that ________.

• A. a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism
• B. a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause North Vietnam to declare war on the United States
• C. a South Vietnamese victory would cause communist governments in Asia to declare war on the United States
• D. a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause the people of Vietnam to rebel against the communist government

The Great Leap Forward was a program designed to ________.

• A. spread Chinese communism throughout Asia
• B. increase farm and industrial output in China
• C. purge China of bourgeois tendencies
• D. protect North Korea from South Korea

The "boat people" in the photograph were refugees from ______.

• A. Cambodia
• B. South Korea
• C. South Vietnam
• D. China

What is represented in the accompanying image?

• A. the difference in prosperity between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
• B. the difference in prosperity between North Korea and South Korea
• C. a satellite view of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War
• D. a satellite view of China's bombing of South Korea during the Korean War

Why did the Vietnamese fight the French in Indochina?

• A. Ho Chi Minh's forces were backed by China.
• B. Ngo Dinh Diem had American support.
• C. The Viet Minh wanted independence.
• D. The Viet Minh wanted to be ruled by the Soviet Union.

What prompted the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution referred to in the text? President Lyndon Johnson used the attacks to win Congressional approval for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It authorized the President to take all necessary measures to prevent further aggression.

• A. attacks on an American warship, the Maddox
• B. attacks on American troops during the Tet Offensive
• C. attacks on the Vietnamese refugees known as the "boat people"
• D. attacks on American gunboats in the Mekong Delta

Complete the sentence with the best answer. The failure of a program known as the ________ led to the crisis described in the accompanying text. "The term 'famine‘, or even 'Great Famine‘, is often used to describe these four to five years of the Maoist era, but the term fails to capture the many ways in which people died under radical collectivization."

• A. Cultural Revolution
• B. Great Leap Forward
• C. Dynastic Cycle
• D. Caste System

Mao's "little red book" was widely used during the Cultural Revolution, a program designed to ________.

• A. increase industrial productivity
• B. purge China of "bourgeois" tendencies
• C. educate China's peasants
• D. challenge Soviet style communism

Ho Chi Minh was a significant figure in the history of Southeast Asia because

• A. supported by the United States, he led the non-communist South Vietnamese government.
• B. he led local guerrillas against the Japanese who overran Indochina during World War I.
• C. he led his people against French control and later against the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government.
• D. supported by the French, he led the North Vietnamese in their fight against South Vietnam.

What were the main reasons for the failure of Mao's Great Leap Forward?

• A. Counterrevolutionaries seized control of China's farmland.
• B. Too many Chinese belonged to the middle class, or bourgeoisie.
• C. The Cultural Revolution proved to be a more effective way to move China forward.
• D. Industries turned out useless goods and communes removed incentives.