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Southeast Asia History Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the last emperor was overthrown, what two political parties emerged in China?

a)

Nationalist & Communist

b)

Communist & Democratic

c)

Republican & Democratic

d)

Whigs & Tories

2.

Who was the leader of the Communist party?

a)

Chiang Kai-Shek

b)

Sun Yat-Sen

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Ho Chi Minh

3.

What did the Communist party promise to bring to China?

a)

Government own all land, property, and business

b)

Improve peasants living conditions

c)

Command economy

d)

All of the above

4.

When was the People's Republic of China established?

a)

1911

b)

1921

c)

1949

d)

1958

5.

Why did poor peasants support the Communist party?

a)

The government promised to take land from the rich and give to the poor.

b)

The Nationalist were going to sacrifice them.

c)

China was really good at producing steel.

d)

They wanted government jobs.

6.

Which country was China's key ally throughout the 1900's?

a)

USA

b)

Soviet Union

c)

India

d)

Great Britain

7.

What plan did Mao Zedong come up with to boost China's economy?

a)

The Great Leap Forward

b)

The Great Leap Backward

c)

The 100 Flowers Campaign

d)

The Cultural Revolution

8.

What was the Great Leap Forward like?

a)

Everyone had to live on communes

b)

Food was rationed and no one had enough

c)

A lot of people starved to death

d)

All of the above

9.

What was the Cultural Revolution?

a)

A plan to rid China of people who were anti-communists

b)

A plan to revitalize education in China

c)

A plan to celebrate China's ancient history

d)

A return to the dynasty system

10.

What did they Cultural Revolution create?

a)

Mass chaos

b)

The red guard, a student army

c)

Fear and an uneducated generation

d)

All of the above

11.

In 1989, where did students gather to protest?

a)

Red Square

b)

Tienanmen Square

c)

Tokyo

d)

Washington D.C.

12.

Why did the government get involved in the Tienanmen Square Massacre ?

a)

The protest spread to other cities and rural areas

b)

The students were violent

c)

China decided to meet the student's demands

13.

Germany, Italy and Japan are members of the ________ Powers

a)

Axis

b)

Nazis

c)

Allied

d)

USAFE

14.

What lead to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII in the Pacific?

a)

US dropped atomic bombs on 2 Japanese cities.

b)

Russia defeated the Japanese in North Korea.

c)

Japan dropped atomic bombs on Pearl Harbor Naval base.

d)

United States agreed to help rebuild Japan

15.

Why did the US enter World War II?

a)

Japan attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941

b)

The United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan in 1941

c)

Japan invaded Poland whom the United States had an alliance with

d)

Japan signed an alliance with Nazi Germany, which the United States was at war with.

16.

What form of government did General MacArthur establish for Japan after WWII?

a)

Constitutional Monarchy (Parliamentary Democracy)

b)

Presidential Democracy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Communist Oligarchy

17.

What was the role of the Emperor in the new government of Japan after WWII?

a)

Symbolic Figurehead (Head of State)

b)

Head of Government

c)

Autocratic Dictator

d)

Removed from all involvement

18.

How could the relationship between the United States and Japan be described after WWII?

a)

strong relationship economically, politically, and militarily

b)

weak relationship economically, politically, and militarily

c)

strong economic relationship but at odds militarily

d)

weak economic relationship but strong political and military relationship

19.

Before World War II, Korea was ruled by

a)

Russia

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

USA

20.

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

a)

35th

b)

36th

c)

37th

d)

38th

21.

Who decided to split Korea before WWII ended?

a)

The USSR.

b)

The USA.

c)

The USSR and the USA.

d)

The UN.

22.
Who was the Korean War between?
a)
U.S. and Korea
b)
Russia and China
c)
North Korea and South Korea 
d)
All of the above
23.

Who backs North Korea after World War II?

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Japan

d)

China

24.

The Korean War ended in a stalemate.

a)

True

b)

False

25.
What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
a)
38th Parallel
b)
17th Parallel
c)
Mekong River
d)
It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country
26.
In Vietnam the fighters used an irregular warfare tactic that made it difficult for our soldiers to be successful...it was called?
a)
Vietnamese Warfare tactics
b)
Cheetah Warfare
c)
Hidden Warfare
d)
Guerrilla warfare
27.
Who was the communist leader of North Vietnam?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Ngo Dien Diem
d)
Hideki Tojo
28.
Who were the communists in South Vietnam?
a)
Vietminh
b)
Vietcong
c)
Ho Chi Minhions
29.

What country laid claim to the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam) in the 1900s?

a)

England

b)

Japan

c)

United States

d)

France

30.

One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to

a)

prevent the spread of communism in Indochina

b)

reduce French influence in Vietnam

c)

stop china from seizing Vietnam

d)

support the government of North Vietnam

31.
Partition means to
a)
Separate/divide
b)
Conquer 
c)
Overtake
d)
Throw out
32.
What is one of Gandhi's main aims?
a)
For lower taxes
b)
Religious equality
c)
Freedom from the British
d)
Boosting the British economy
33.
Gandhi encouraged his followers to protest British laws by all of the following means EXCEPT
a)
withholding of taxes
b)
boycotting British goods
c)
using homemade salt
d)
blowing up British railroad tracks
34.

What country ruled over colonial India?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

35.

What type of protests did Gandhi use in his fight for Indian independence?

a)

violent

b)

popular

c)

guerrilla

d)

non-violent

36.

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

a)

Violent demonstrations

b)

Passing new laws in the Indian National Congress

c)

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

d)

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

37.

Which two religious groups could not reach a solution as to how to rule an independent India.

a)

Christians and Buddhists

b)

Hindus and Christians

c)

Christians and Muslims

d)

Hindus and Muslims