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What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?
US withdrew, South Vietnam fell to the communists, and Vietnam became a united, communist country
What country occupied Vietnam before and after WWII?
France
Mao Zedong became the leader of the largest Chinese nation when the Communist Party established
the People's Republic of China.
What two Vietnamese forces did the US fight during the Vietnam War? Where were they located?
North Vietnamese Army- North Vietnam
Vietcong- South Vietnam
The Viet Cong was a strong adversary to our US troops during the Vietnam War due to what type of warfare?
Guerilla Warfare
What did Mohandas Gandhi urge his supporters to do to demonstrate their opposition to British rule?
marches
hunger strikes
refuse to pay British taxes
boycott British goods
During the rule of Mao Zedong, which group was known for breaking into the homes of people they considered bourgeois and destroying artworks, antiquities, and genealogical records?
the Red Guards
What was the ultimate goal of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward?
to rapidly industrialize the Chinese economy
Student protesters in Tiananmen Square chiefly sought
democratic reforms
Describe the communes established under Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward program
They were small-scale farming and industrial communities in which thousands of individuals lived and worked.
What was one of the key goals of China's 1958–1962 Great Leap Forward campaign?
to industrialize the economy
What hurt the Great Leap Forward's chances of success?
an extended drought
What was the result of the Korean War?
Korea is divided in half between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea
During the 1950s, China sided with which country during a major conflict?
North Korea
How did the results of World War II help lead to India's independence from Great Britain?
The financial and human costs of the war made it difficult for Great Britain to maintain control of India
How were the Korean and Vietnam wars similar?
Mission: stop the spread of communism
Explain the domino theory
If one country in a region became communist, others would quickly follow.
After Vietnam won independence from French rule in 1954, civil war broke out between North and South Vietnam. Why did the United States involve itself in the conflict?
The United States wanted to prevent North Vietnam's communist government from taking control of South Vietnam.
Which of the following statements about the role of the Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution is correct?
The Red Guard arrested, tortured, and sometimes executed individuals deemed a threat to Mao Zedong's rule and communism in general, including capitalists, intellectuals, and political dissidents.
The government responded to student protests in Tiananmen Square by
sending tanks and troops to put down the protest
What were two reasons that the United States became involved in the Vietnam War?
The United States was rivals with the Soviet Union and China during the Cold War.
The United States feared that communism would continue to spread if Vietnam became communist.
What new restrictions were included in Japan's post–World War II constitution?
Japan was not allowed to rebuild its military forces.
Japan could not declare war on another nation unless it was first attacked.
How did Mohandas Gandhi's time in other countries affect his actions when he returned to India?
Gandhi spent time in South Africa during apartheid, and the oppression he witnessed led him to dedicate his life to ending the oppression of Indians
Was the US-led rebuilding of Japan after World War II successful? Why or why not?
Yes, Japan became a stable democracy with one of the biggest economies in the world.
The Chinese Civil War ended with which result in 1949?
Members of the Nationalist Party were exiled to Taiwan