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Southeast Asia Since WW2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these countries is shown in yellow?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Cambodia

c)

Indonesia

d)

Burma

2.

Why did the United States become heavily involved in Korea and Vietnam after World War 2?

a)

To contain communism

b)

To gain colonies

c)

To create an open door policy for trade

d)

To support Kim Jong Il and Ho Chi Minh

3.

Which country is shown in red?

a)

Indonesia

b)

Laos

c)

Cambodia

d)

Vietnam

4.

Who is this?

a)

Pol Pot

b)

Aung San Suu Kyi

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Ho Chi Minh

5.

Who is this?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Pol Pot

c)

Aung San Suu Kui

d)

Ngo Din Diem

6.

What was the name of the communist independence movement party in Vietnam?

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Viet Minh

c)

Khmer Rouge

d)

ARVIN

7.

Who was the opponent of the Vietnamese in the first Indochina War?

a)

France

b)

United States

c)

Britain

d)

Soviet Union

8.

Who was the opponent of the Vietnamese in the second Indochina War?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

United States

d)

Soviet Union

9.

By 1975, who controlled all of Vietnam?

a)

North Vietnam

b)

South Vietnam

c)

United States

d)

France

10.

What was the name of the communist party of Cambodia?

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Viet Minh

c)

Khmer Rouge

d)

Pathet Lao

11.

What language do people speak in Camobodia?

a)

Vietnamese

b)

Laotian

c)

Khmer

d)

Thai

12.

Who liberated Cambodia in 1979?

a)

The United States

b)

The Soviet Union

c)

The French

d)

Vietnam

13.

Which group is responsible for the "killing fields?"

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Viet Minh

c)

The Thai army

d)

Khmer Rouge

14.

Name the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Myanmar who was imprisoned for several years?

a)

Pol Pot

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Corazon Aquino

d)

Aung San Suu Kyi

15.

What is the name of the minority group that has been subject to genocide in Myanmar?

a)

The Khmer

b)

The Viet

c)

The Rohingya

d)

The Burmese Buddhists

16.

The Burmese military dictatorship in the early 21st century would best be described as a

a)

junta

b)

autocracy

c)

absolute monarchy

d)

aristocracy

17.

Which group was targeted in the Cambodian genocide

a)

a religious minority

b)

an ethnic minority

c)

immigrants

d)

potential political opponents

18.

Which Southeast Asian nation could be described as a modern island city-state?

a)

Borneo

b)

Singapore

c)

Brunei

d)

The Philippines

19.

Which Southeast Asian nation could be described as an archipelago that is home to the world's largest Muslim population?

a)

Indonesia

b)

Philippines

c)

Singapore

d)

Malaysia

20.

Which country in Southeast Asia could be described as: a long time military dictatorship, now led by a former Nobel Peace Prize winner who has stood by as her country conducts a genocide?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Laos

c)

Cambodia

d)

Myanmar

21.

Who is this?

a)

Corazon Aquino

b)

Aung San Suu Kyi

c)

Ngo Din Diem

d)

Pol Pot

22.

Which of the following countries is typically considered to have one of the best standards of living in the world?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Myanmar

c)

Indonesia

d)

Singapore

23.

Which country is accused of human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingya minority?

a)

Cambodia

b)

Myanmar

c)

Indonesia

d)

Singapore

24.

What was the name of the group who worked for Indochinese independence after World War 2?

a)

Viet Cong

b)

Khmer Rouge

c)

Viet Minh

d)

Burmese Army

25.

Which country could be described as "a city-state that is prosperous because of its location along major trade routes."

a)

Laos

b)

Thailand

c)

Myanmar

d)

Singapore