WorksheetsSoutheast Asia History Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
After the last emperor was overthrown, what two political parties emerged in China?
Nationalist & Communist
Communist & Democratic
Republican & Democratic
Whigs & Tories
Who was the leader of the Communist party?
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat-Sen
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
What did the Communist party promise to bring to China?
Government own all land, property, and business
Improve peasants living conditions
Command economy
All of the above
When was the People's Republic of China established?
1911
1921
1949
1958
Why did poor peasants support the Communist party?
The government promised to take land from the rich and give to the poor.
The Nationalist were going to sacrifice them.
China was really good at producing steel.
They wanted government jobs.
Which country was China's key ally throughout the 1900's?
USA
Soviet Union
India
Great Britain
What plan did Mao Zedong come up with to boost China's economy?
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Backward
The 100 Flowers Campaign
The Cultural Revolution
What was the Great Leap Forward like?
Everyone had to live on communes
Food was rationed and no one had enough
A lot of people starved to death
All of the above
What was the Cultural Revolution?
A plan to rid China of people who were anti-communists
A plan to revitalize education in China
A plan to celebrate China's ancient history
A return to the dynasty system
What did they Cultural Revolution create?
Mass chaos
The red guard, a student army
Fear and an uneducated generation
All of the above
In 1989, where did students gather to protest?
Red Square
Tienanmen Square
Tokyo
Washington D.C.
Why did the government get involved in the Tienanmen Square Massacre ?
The protest spread to other cities and rural areas
The students were violent
China decided to meet the student's demands
Germany, Italy and Japan are members of the ________ Powers
Axis
Nazis
Allied
USAFE
What lead to the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII in the Pacific?
US dropped atomic bombs on 2 Japanese cities.
Russia defeated the Japanese in North Korea.
Japan dropped atomic bombs on Pearl Harbor Naval base.
United States agreed to help rebuild Japan
Why did the US enter World War II?
Japan attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941
The United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan in 1941
Japan invaded Poland whom the United States had an alliance with
Japan signed an alliance with Nazi Germany, which the United States was at war with.
What form of government did General MacArthur establish for Japan after WWII?
Constitutional Monarchy (Parliamentary Democracy)
Presidential Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Communist Oligarchy
What was the role of the Emperor in the new government of Japan after WWII?
Symbolic Figurehead (Head of State)
Head of Government
Autocratic Dictator
Removed from all involvement
How could the relationship between the United States and Japan be described after WWII?
strong relationship economically, politically, and militarily
weak relationship economically, politically, and militarily
strong economic relationship but at odds militarily
weak economic relationship but strong political and military relationship
Before World War II, Korea was ruled by
Russia
China
Japan
USA
Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.
35th
36th
37th
38th
Who decided to split Korea before WWII ended?
The USSR.
The USA.
The USSR and the USA.
The UN.
Who backs North Korea after World War II?
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
China
The Korean War ended in a stalemate.
True
False
What country laid claim to the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam) in the 1900s?
England
Japan
United States
France
One reason the USA was involved in the Vietnam War was to
prevent the spread of communism in Indochina
reduce French influence in Vietnam
stop china from seizing Vietnam
support the government of North Vietnam
What country ruled over colonial India?
Great Britain
France
Spain
Portugal
What type of protests did Gandhi use in his fight for Indian independence?
violent
popular
guerrilla
non-violent
What was involved in Mohandas Gandhi’s plan of civil disobedience?
Violent demonstrations
Passing new laws in the Indian National Congress
People should refuse to obey a law they felt unfair, but do it without violence.
He felt it was best to go along with the British laws and do nothing.
Which two religious groups could not reach a solution as to how to rule an independent India.
Christians and Buddhists
Hindus and Christians
Christians and Muslims
Hindus and Muslims
