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S & E Asia Historical Understanding (SS7Hc)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nationalism is:

a)

A. A sense of belonging that is based on the constitution.

b)

B. Loyalty to a group with whom one shares a common history, culture, or religion.

c)

C. Loyalty based on geographic location only.

d)

D. A feeling of belonging to a group that is highly educated & wealthy.

2.

What was involved in Mohandas Gandhi's plan of civil disobedience?

a)

A. Violent demonstrations

b)

B. Passing new laws in the the Indian National Congress

c)

C. People should refuse to obey a law they felt unfair, but do it without violence.

d)

D. He felt it was best to go along with the British laws and do nothing.

3.

India broke free from this country in 1947:

a)

A. Great Britain

b)

B. France

c)

C. China

d)

D. Germany

4.

What European power was the colonial ruler of Vietnam in the 1800s and early 1900s?

a)

A. Great Britain

b)

B. France

c)

C. United States

d)

D. Germany

5.

Who created a guerilla army to fight against the French in Vietnam?

a)

A. Mao Zedong

b)

B. Mohandas Gandhi

c)

C. Nelson Mandela

d)

D. Ho Chi Minh

6.

The goal of Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh League was:

a)

A. Independence for Vietnam

b)

B. Worldwide communist revolution

c)

C. To defeat the US in the Cold War

d)

D. To bring ore industry to Vietnam

7.

The U.S. helped rebuild this country and its economy after World War II?

a)

A. China

b)

B. Vietnam

c)

C. France

d)

D. Japan

8.

What US General was given the job of rebuilding Japan after WWII?

a)

A. Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

B. George Marshall

c)

C. Douglas MacArthur

d)

D. Franklin D. Roosevelt

9.

What was the role of the Japanese emperor in the new government after WWII?

a)

A. He became the leader of the parliament.

b)

B. His role was mostly ceremonial.

c)

C. The office of emperor was eliminated.

d)

D. He was given control of the military.

10.

The US intervened in Korea and Vietnam to stop the spread of:

a)

A. Communism

b)

B. Dictatorships

c)

C. Weapons of mass destruction

d)

D. genocide

11.

Today, this country has a communist North and a democratic South:

a)

A. Germany

b)

B. Japan

c)

C. Korea

d)

D. China

12.

Who established the People's Republic of China in 1949?

a)

A. Ho Chi Minh

b)

B. Kim Jung-il

c)

C. Mao Zedong

d)

D. Mohandas Gandhi

13.

This program was designed to make farming more productive in China:

a)

A. Great Leap Forward

b)

B. Cultural Revolution

c)

C. Red Guard

d)

D. Long March

14.

What was the period of time called when Mao Zedong tried to eliminate anyone that criticized the government?

a)

A. Great Leap Forward

b)

B. Cultural Revolution

c)

C. Middle Way

d)

$. Long March

15.

Student protestors were attacked by Chinese troops and many were killed or arrested here in 1989:

a)

A. Red Square

b)

B. World Trade Center

c)

C. Tiananmen Square

d)

D. 38th Parallel