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Communism in SE Asia

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these are the communist countries in Southeast Asia?

a)

China

b)

North Korea

c)

Vietnam

d)

South Korea

2.

1. What two groups were fighting over control of China in the early 1900’s?

a)

The nationalist and the communist

b)

The loyalist and the traitors

c)

The Xi dynasty and the Huns

d)

None of these

3.

1. What group took control of China in 1949 after defeating the nationalist?

a)

The Vietcong

b)

The nationalist did not get defeated

c)

The Chang Dynasty

d)

The Communist

4.

Who was the first communist leader of China?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Ho Chi Minh

c)

Gorbechev

d)

Xi Jinping

5.

How many people died as the result of the failures of the Great Leap Forward.

a)

20 Million People

b)

6.2 Million People

c)

1000 People

d)

This plan was a success and no one died

6.

What is the name of the plan that Mao created to modernize China’s economy while putting people into collective farms that were run by the government?

a)

The Cultural Revolution

b)

The Great Leap Forward

c)

The Red Guard

d)

The Little Red Book

7.

Mao’s plan to attack and silence any opposition to communism following the Great Leap Forward by encouraging the Red Guard to attack intellectuals was called what?

a)

The Red Guard

b)

The Little Red Book

c)

Mao's plan

d)

The Cultural Revolution

8.

What were Chinese citizens required to memorize and carry during the Cultural Revolution?

a)

The Little Red Book

b)

Their Red Card

c)

Their driver's license

d)

None of these

9.

What was the name of the group of young people that enforced communist ideals and attacked anyone in opposition to communism during the Cultural Revolution?

a)

The Red Guard

b)

The VietCong

c)

Mao's minions

d)

The nationalist

10.

What was the site of student protest that were violently put down by the Chinese government?

a)

Tiananmen Square

b)

Beijing

c)

Kent State Campus

d)

Singapore

11.

What was the term given to the idea that if a country fell to communism then other countries near it would also fall to communism?

a)

Containment Policy

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Geneva Convention

12.

Where was Korea divided after the Korean War?

a)

17th Parallel

b)

38th Parallel

c)

Mason Dixon Line

d)

Fall Line

13.

What does this image explain?

a)

The Domino Theory

b)

The Containment Policy

c)

Soviet Aggression

d)

Vietnam War

14.

What kind of government did North Korea establish under Soviet influence?

a)

Parliamentarian Democracy

b)

Presidential Democracy

c)

Communism

d)

Oligarchy

15.

Who was the leader of the allied forces in Korea?

a)

Creighton Abrams

b)

William Westmoreland

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

General Douglas MacArthur

16.

1. The area of land located at the 38th parallel upon which neither North Korea or South Korea is allowed to have weapons is considered the border between both countries is called…

(a)  

17.

After Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh defeated the French, why did the US not want him to have total control of Vietnam?

a)

He wanted to establish a communist government

b)

He was too young

c)

He would not agree to let the United States help Vietnam

d)

He was too radical

18.

Who led the independence movement in Vietnam?

a)

Ho Chi Minh

b)

Gandhi

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Pol Pot

19.

What country did Vietnam gain their independence from in 1954?

a)

United States

b)

England

c)

France

d)

China

20.

The area made up of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam that was controlled by the French was known as what?

a)

Indonesia

b)

Indochina

c)

Polynesia

d)

Malaysia

21.

How did the Korean War end?

a)

Stalemate

b)

All of Korea became communist

c)

South Korea became a colony of the United States

d)

None of these

22.

Who did the Vietnamese fight for close to 20 years starting the 1950s for nearly 20 years?

a)

Australia

b)

England

c)

New Zealand

d)

America

23.

What reasons did the US have for withdrawing its forces in 1969 from Vietnam?

a)

lack of support

b)

running out of funding

c)

government conflict in America

d)

All of the above

24.

Communism is a threat to (a)  

25.

Why did the US defend South Korea and South Vietnam from the northern parts of each country?

a)

We helped establish a democracy

b)

To gain land

c)

To gain money

d)

To show off our military's force