Great Leap Forward/Cultural Revolution
Tiananmen Square
Rebuilding Japan
Korean War
Vietnam War
100

True Or False

The Great Leap Forward was based on the Communist idea that citizens don’t work for personal gain, but rather for the good of the community and country. 


True

100

True Or False

In 1989 almost 5,000 Chinese students took place in a pro-democracy movement to protest China’s corrupt Communist government in Tiananmen Square. 

False, over 10,000 Students showed up.

100

True Or False: After Japan's surrender in WWII, Japan’s economy and government were devastated.  

True

100

The Korean War started because of this.  

What is North Korea Sent troops to invade South Korea?

100

The Vietnam War started because this person wanted full control of Veitnam. 

What is Ho Chi Minh?

200

True Or False

The Cultural Revolution in China started before 1960. 

False, The Cultural Revolution started in 1966.

200

The Students Protesting in Tiananmen Square stayed there for this many weeks peacefully protesting Communism and calling for a move towards democracy.  

What is 7 weeks?

200

After WWII General MacArthur helped Japan install this type of government. 

What is a democratic government?

200

The UN saw North Koreas invasion into South Korea as this.  

What is illegal?

200

The US feared the spread of communism so they supported this side of Vietnam in the war.  

What is South Vietnam?

300

During the Great Leap Forward in China, Mao Zedong controlled this to tell the public in China what he wanted them to hear about communism and “shutdown” any negative ideas about what was happening. 

What is The media (radio, newspaper, etc.)?

300

The government reacted to the peaceful protest of Tiananmen Square by doing this.

What is the government sent soldiers and tanks into the square and opened fire on the protestors that refused to leave?

300

The US occupied Japan at this time.  

What is 1945 to 1952?

300

The combined UN forces were able to drive North Korean soldiers out of South Korea all the way to this place.  

What is the Chinese Border?

300

True Or False: The Us sent over 500,000 soldiers to help defend South Vietnam During the Vietnamese War.  

True

400

During the Great Leap Forward in China up to this many people lived and worked as a group in a single commune.  

What is 25,000?

400

In Tiananmen Square 2,600 people were killed and 6,000 were injured; the tragedy became known as this. 

What is the Tiananmen Square Massacre?

400

The Constitution written for Japan by General MacArthur said that the Japanese  could not declare war or fight with other countries unless what.  

What is unless they are attacked first?

400

When the UN pushed North Korea passed the 38th parallel this countries army attacked the UN pushing them back into South Korea.

What is China?

400

The Vietcong were this.  

What is communist supporters in South Vietnam

500

The real reason for the start of The Cultural Revolution.  

What is to stop all opposition to Mao Zedong’s Communist rule?

500

The Tiananmen Square Massacre raised international attention to what. 

What is China’s poor treatment of human rights.

500

Japans constitution written by General MacArthur is still considered this today.  

What is one of the most democratic documents in the world today.

500

When the war ended this side came out on top. 

What is neither side because the war resulted in a stalemate?

500

These countries also supported South Vietnam in the Vietnamese War. 

What is Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Philippines, and Thailand?