ORIGINS AND RISE
What are two reasons why the French were determined to recover as much of its pre-war colonial empire as possible?
(1) economic reasons; (2) to restore some of France's international prestige following the country's defeat and occupation by Germany
A method of waging warfare that places emphasis on small raids, assassination and sabotage.
What is guerrilla warfare?
Name of the country following unification in 1976.
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
This policy, used by the French in Indochina, referred to setting one part of the region against another, emphasizing cultural differences between them.
What is 'divide and rule'?
These three meetings were held to determine Kenya's new constitution.
Lancaster House Conferences
What are two ways the Second World War gave the Viet Minh a huge boost?
(1) allowed the group to gain legitimacy; (2) established an independent state in the Tonkin region.
A method of organizing agriculture by grouping farms into large, state-owned collectives.
What is collectivisation?
'What they have done in the past is forgotten. These people in the forest have been hunted like animals just because of politics. Now they are back with us. Now we have got our freedom...Is it not what we have struggled for? now you must help the government, because it is not a European or Asian who is ruling you but an African government'. Elsewhere he said, 'We shall not allow hooligans to rule Kenya. Mau Mau was a disease which has been eradicated and must never be remembered again.' (Name the speaker)
Who was Jomo Kenyatta?
In 1961 this country gained independence from Britain.
What is Tanganyika?
"In Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said, 'If you don't have callouses on your heart you will bleed to death.' In Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese fat cats..made fortunes by supplying unseaworthy craft....Since the end of the war in 1975 the united States has taken 560,000 refugees, Canada 94,000 and Australia 91 000.'" This is referring to what group of people?
Who are the 'boat people'?
This was the French-controlled 'puppet' leader / Vietnamese emperor.
Who was Bao Dai?
This was the first significant blow by the Mau Mau against the British colonial government in 1962.
What was the attack and murder of Senior Chief Waruhiu?
This is the swahili name for regionalism.
The French imposed a monopoly on the sale of these three items.
What are salt, opium and alcohol?
The third largest religion in Vietnam.
This term refers to the practice of Kikuyu families settling on European farms and in return for labouring for the European owner for about a third of the year, could also cultivate a plot of land, graze their cattle and goats and raise their children.
What is squatting?
This was the massive cordon and search operation in Nairobi by the British.
What was Operation Anvil?
Two economic challenges facing a united and independent Vietnam.
This person gave the historic Winds of Change speech.
Who is Harold MacMillan?
These are strategies used by the Viet Cong to gain support in the South.
(1) politicizing the peasantry; (2) raids; (3) terror; (4) infiltration from the North
This was the leader of the East African Association.
Who was Harry Thuku?
This was a group of white businessmen who wanted a negotiated settlement with African politicians in order to protect their business interests in Kenya
This was the New Kenyan Group.
In the years following Kenya's independence, a state of emergency was declared in the North Eastern region and the resulting unofficial border war continued for several years. __________ used guerrilla tactics and in response the Kenyans adopted the British counter-insurgency measures that had been used in fighting the Mau Mau, including the establishment of collective villages surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by troops, mass beatings and killings of civilians.
What is the shifta?
(1) Atlantic Charter; (2) San Francisco Charter
This is the Vietnamese Nationalist Party.
What is Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (VNQDD)?