Cold War in Asia

U.S. supported South Vietnamese leader who turned out to be maybe not such a great guy, but he did hate him some Communism.

• Mao Zedong

• Chang Kai Shek

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Ho Chi Minh

How has the Chinese government addressed the protest pictured?

• They've admitted their wrong doing

• They do not admit it happened and have blocked any mention of it online

• They have paid reparations to those affected

• They have used it as a national symbol

Site of a massive student protest against Chinese communism?

• Red Square

• Tiananmen Square

• The Kremlin

• Hong Kong

Militant young supporters of Mao were known as the

• Communist Guard

• Color Guard

• Red Guard

• Red Skull

What was the main purpose of the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

• To transport goods to China

• To supply North Vietnamese forces in the South

• To evacuate civilians from war zones

• To serve as a tourist route

Why did Nixon want to build a relationship with China

• For economic purposes

• To gain leverage over the Soviet Union

• It's nice to be friends

• To establish an eastern empire

In the early parts of the Vietnam war how did the United States media portray the war?

• The United States was winning

• The United States was losing

• The war was a stalemate

• The United States had no business being there

In the 1950s, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War. Why did the United States become involved in this war?

• to prevent the collapse of the government of North Vietnam

• to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam

• to stop Vietnam from taking over Hong Kong

• to prevent attacks against United States shipping

National Guard troops opened fire on protestors at the U.S. University

• Wright State

• Kent State

• Murray State

• Texas State

This Vietnam capital fell and was renamed Ho Chi Minh City

• Taipei

• Taiwan

• Saigon

• Khmer