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S&E Asia History Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which European country colonized India in 1765?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

the Netherlands

2.

What is "a belief that people should be loyal to those with whom they share a common culture and history"?

a)

Fascism

b)

Communism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Hinduism

3.

What event spurred Mohandas Gandhi to fight for India's independence?

a)

World War I

b)

the Amritsar Massacre

c)

the Great Salt March

d)

Gandhi's assassination

4.

After WWII, Great Britain granted India its independence. Why?

a)

They realized how wrong they had been, and wanted forgiveness.

b)

India became a nuclear power, and scared England into backing down.

c)

They could no longer afford the money or people to hold onto India.

d)

The French convinced them that having overseas colonies was morally wrong.

5.

Why was Gandhi assassinated?

a)

Because he insisted on equality for Hindus and Muslims.

b)

Because he owed money to some very powerful people.

c)

Because he was dying anyway, and this would be a politically significant death.

d)

He wasn't; he died of old age in 1958.

6.

Who did Mao Zedong and the Communists fight against in the Chinese Civil War?

a)

Pu Yi and the Monarchists

b)

Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists

c)

Hirohito and the Empire of Japan

d)

Mohandas Gandhi and the Pacifists

7.

Aside from working on collective farms, what did Mao expect the people to do in The Great Leap Forward?

a)

fight against the Japanese

b)

cultivate the Tibetan Plateau

c)

begin coal, iron, and steel industries

d)

achieve a 100% literacy rate

8.

"Destroy the Old World. Forge the New World."

Which of Mao's policies would this make a good slogan for?

a)

the Chinese Civil War

b)

the Great Leap Forward

c)

the Cultural Revolution

d)

the Gang of Four

9.

Upon his death in 1976, who replaced Mao Zedong as the leader of the Communist Party and China?

a)

Deng Xiaoping

b)

Sun Yet-sen

c)

Chiang Kai-shek

d)

Kim Jong-un

10.

What happened to the protesters in Tiananmen Square in June, 1989?

a)

they gave up and went home

b)

they were massacred by the Chinese government

c)

they convinced China to adopt democracy

d)

they got allowances to be allowed to earn a profit and own land

11.

What "theory" implied that most of Asia would turn to Communism, if not stopped?

a)

the Theory of Natural Selection

b)

the Great Man Theory

c)

the Domino Theory

d)

Germ Theory

12.

Before the end of World War II, who was in control of the Korean Peninsula?

a)

the United States

b)

the Japanese Empire

c)

China

d)

they were independent

13.

Who led the American troops in the Korean War?

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Douglas MacArthur

c)

Edwin Rommel

d)

Chester Nimitz

14.

Who led the Communist North Vietnamese?

a)

Chiang Kai-shek

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Kim Il-sung

d)

Ho Chi Minh

15.

What happened to South Vietnam in 1975?

a)

They pushed back and defeated the North.

b)

They had Mao Zedong assassinated.

c)

They joined the United Nations.

d)

They surrendered to the North.

16.

How did Japan end the Second World War?

a)

They surrendered, after being hit by Atomic Bombs.

b)

They forced the United States to sign a treaty.

c)

They agreed to give back Pearl Harbor, if the U.S. would stop fighting.

d)

They got scared because the Soviet Union finally entered the War.

17.

What is "infrastructure"?

a)

The secret, "inner government".

b)

The banking and other financial systems.

c)

All the systems that keep a place running properly, like sewage and electricity.

d)

The reinforced concrete that keeps large buildings from falling over.

18.

Why did the United States give money to Japan, after defeating them in war?

a)

We owed them from an earlier trade agreement.

b)

To get us a non-Communist, economic partner in Asia

c)

The Soviet Union goaded us into it.

d)

Because we felt guilty about using nuclear weapons.

19.

What did the citizens of Japan do for the first time ever, after WWII ended?

a)

They industrialized.

b)

They voted.

c)

They built an incredibly large military.

d)

They started a fishing industry.

20.

Which of the parts of this unit did you find the most interesting?

a)

India and Mohandas Gandhi

b)

China and Mao Zedong

c)

Korea and Vietnam

d)

Japan