WorksheetsTopic 20B Cold War in Asia Vocab (WS)
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 18mins
Match the following leaders
Communist leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of North Korea; his attack on South Korea in 1950 started the Korean War. He remained in power until 1994
Kim Il Sung
Non-communist dictator who led the forces of South Korea and was backed by the United States
Syngman Rhee
Leader of the Chinese Communists whose revolutionary army seized power in China in 1949
Mao Zedong
Nationalist leader of China whose goal was to crush Communism led by Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai Shek
6,000 mile march of Chinese Communists led by Mao Zedong from Southwestern to Northwestern China (a)
the Radical youth of the Cultural Revolution in China starting in 1966. Often wore red armbands and carried Mao's Little Red Book
Red Guard
Guerilla
Khmer Rouge
Vietcong
The place that the final battle took place that forced the French out of Vietnam (a)
Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation (a)
A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited (a)
Match the following
in China during the 1950s, a group of collective farms which contained more than 30,000 people who lived and worked together
Commune
line of latitude that separated North and South Korea
38th Parallel
small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks
Guerilla
South Vietnamese Communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War.
Vietcong
Communist supporters of Ho Chi Minh whose intention was to get foreigners out of Vietnam
Viet Minh
Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People's Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years
Cultural Revolution
May Fourth Movement
Great Leap Forward
Tet Offensive
Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea and came to involve the United Nations (primarily the United States) allying with South Korea and the People's Republic of China allying with North Korea
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
Cold War
War between communist Mao Zedong and nationalist Chiang-Kai Shek. The communists took over and forced the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan
Korean War
Vietnam War
Cold War
Chinese Civil War
A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam (a)
a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968
Tet Offensive
Demilitarized Zone
Cultural Revolution
Domino Theory
Nations that are economically and technologically less developed than industrialized nations. Commonly referred to as 3rd World countries
Domino Theory
Demilitarized Zone
Developing Nation
Collective
Comintern
The idea that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control. (a)
Often referred to as the first Vietnam War, the Vietnamese were able to successfully able to push out the French.
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Vietnam War
French-Indochina War
a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam (a)
Communist International, international association of communist parties led by the Soviet Union for the purpose of encouraging worldwide communist revolution
Viet Minh
Comintern
Cultural Revolution
Commune
Domino Theory
