Indian Independence
The leader of the independence movement in India
Gandhi
Which European country colonized Vietnam?
France
Which US General was in charge of the rebuilding of Japan and wrote a new constitution for Japan?
General Douglas MacArthur
Who was the first communist leader of China?
Mao Zedong
Which country was divided into two different countries at the 38th parallel?
Korea
India was colonized by what European country?
Great Britain
Who was the leader of the Vietnam independence movement?
Ho Chi Minh
What kind of government does Japan have today?
Constitutional Monarchy
Mao's program to bridge the gap between the educated elite and the poor uneducated peasants. Many artists, writers, and teachers were persecuted, and churches, artwork, and books were destroyed.
The Cultural Revolution
What is the domino theory?
The US government believed that if one country fell to communism, the surrounding countries would become communist also.
What do Gandhi and Nelson Mandela have in common?
nonviolence
What type of government did Ho Chi Minh want Vietnam to have?
Communist
Why did the US want to rebuild Japan?
So it would not become communist.
The "army" of young people who destroyed art, churches and persecuted people during the Cultural Revolution.
Red Guard
What was the reason for the US going to war in Korea and Vietnam?
Containment of communism
Gandhi led this 240 mile walk to the sea in protest of the British tax on salt.
Salt March
Did Vietnam use violence or nonviolence to gain independence from France?
Violence, war
Name one of the US goals for Japan that was accomplished during the US occupation of Japan.
1. Make sure Japan was no longer an aggressor nation.
2. build a stable democratic government
3. build a stable mixed/market economy
A book of Mao's sayings that had to be carried with people at all times and memorized.
Little Red Book
Was the US successful at containing communism in Korea?
Yes. It did not spread to South Korea.
India gained independence from Britain in what year?
1947
What type of government does Vietnam have today?
Communist
How was Japan able to go from the destruction of WW2 to being on of the largest economies in the world?
the US helped them shift from making weapons to industries that manufacture goods that people want to buy.
Mao's economic program that was supposed to make China as big as the economies of Western nations.
The Great Leap forward
Was the US successful at containing communism in Vietnam?
No. After the US military left South Vietnam, it was taken over by communist North Vietnam.