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100

Cambodia was a supply route for who during the Vietnam War? 

Vietcong 

North Vietnam

100

Who played an important part in the independence movement with his polo of passive resistance? 

Mohandas Ghandi 

100

Who was General Douglas MacArthur? 

The supreme commander of the US military government and administered postwar Japan
100

Invasion of what country prompted WW2

Poland

100
Who are the 4 Asian Tigers? 

Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea. 

200

Vietnam War- 

North Vietnam- Who was the leader?

South Vietnam- Who was the leader? 

Who did America Support? 

North Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh

South Vietnam- Ngo Dinh Diem

South Vietnam 

200

Who is the Roman Catholic nun that found the Missionaries of Charity to provide food and medical care for the ill?

Mother Teresa

200

What were the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan by the US in 1945? 

Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

200

D-Day was an invasion in what region in what country

Normandy, France

200

What were some reasons the communists won in China over the Guomindang? 

Moa won support of hue peasant population through concepts in communism 

Moas army made good use of guerrilla warfare 

many people saw nationalism as corrupt 

300

Name of the communist guerrilla group that tried to take control of the Cambodian government? 

 

Khmer Rouge 

300

What is a mixed economy? 

Combines elements of market and command economy


300

How did Feudal society have an impact on modern Japan? 

It gave each individual a very clear place in society 

300

openess

Glasnost 

300
What was the Great Leap Forward? 


Bonus 100 pts: What are communes? 

A program that Moa pursued that would attempts to increase agricultural and industrial output

groups of people who live and work together and hold property in common. 

400

Why did President Nixon withdraw American forces from Vietnam in 1975? How did this have an effect on the Vietnam War? 

Antiwar sentiment 

Saigon, the capital of the south fell and the Vietnam reunited under communist control

400
What policy did India follow during the Cold War in terms of its national affairs?

nonalignment

400
How did the Japanese economy succeed? 

Japan sent many manufactured items to other countries, building a favorable balance of trade. A country that has a favorable balance of trace exports more goods than it important. 

Adapted last western technology, well-educated and skilled workforce, gave banks capital to invest in industry, imposed high tariffs which limited foreign competition. 

400

A continuing state of tension and hostility between superpowers 

Cold War 

400

What impact did Deng Xiaoping make as leader of China?   

Instilled 4 modernizations, limited privatization, welcomed foreign investment and capital, got rid of communes. 

500

Communist leader of Cambodia? 

Pol Pot

500

What was the reason for the Indian Partition of 1947?What new countries were formed? How was the land divided? 

Bonus 100 pts: what is East Pakistan today? 

Tensions between Muslims and Hindus. muslims were a minority in India and wanted an independent Muslim state

West and East Pakistan 

Muslims in Pakistan and Hindus in India 

Bangladesh 

500

Why was it important that much of Japans new constitution consisted of limited their arms? 

Since during WWII, Japan used their militarism in aggression 

500

Japan Launched a surprise attack on American military bases in 1941

Peal Harbor

500
What is the main difference between North Korea and South Korea? 

North Korea has a communist dictatorship, spend a lot on military

South Korea Democratic and one of the Asian tigers, has strong health care.