Rebuilding of Japan
India Independence
Communism in China
Communism in Korea & Vietnam
Vocabulary
100

Who was the U.S. General responsible for the rebuilding of Japan? 

Who is General Douglas A. MacArthur?

100

Who was the leader that inspired the India Independence Movement through his sacrifices of nonviolent protests? 

Who is Mohandas Gandhi? 

100

Mao ZeDong's party was called the ___________ and he called his country ______________

What is the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China?

100

Who did Vietnam seek independence from after WWII?

Who is France?

100

A strong feeling of pride and loyalty to one's own country.

What is Nationalism?

200

What event lead to the United States entering World War II?

What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?

200

Which of the following is NOT an example of nonviolent protests? 

A.) Embargos

B.) Riots

C.) Boycotts

D.) Strikes

What is Riots? (B)

200

Student protesters in China were killed here in 1989. 

What is Tiananmen Square?

200

T or F: The Vietnam War was a victory for the United States. Vietnam was able to unify and become one democratic nation. 

False: The United States lost the Vietnam War and Vietnam unified as a communist state. 

200

The theory that if one country falls to communism that neighboring countries will fall as well. 

What is the Domino Theory?

300

T or F: Japan's economy was able to recover after WWII due to significant investment by the United States and Japan's economic policies. 

True

300

Gandhi spent time in this country, which ultimately inspired him to end Indian oppression against Great Britain. 

What is South Africa? 

300

These were small-scaled farming and industrial communities in which thousands of individuals lived and worked. 

What are communes? 

300

In the 1950's, these countries sided with North Korea during the Korean War. 

What is China and the Soviet Union? 

300

Aimed to prevent the spread of communism after WWII by containing its influence through military, economic, and political means. 

What is Containment?

400

What were THREE reasons in the U.S. involvement of the rebuilding of Japan? 

What is:

1. The use of nuclear weapons against Japanese cities (sorry)

2. Gain a new trading partner and ally

3. To stop the spread of communism 

400

Gandhi was able to increase the appeal of the Indian Nationalist Movement by focusing on the hardships of the ______________.


(Hint: a class of people)

What is the poor? or common people? 

400

During the Cultural Revolution this student army arrested, tortured, and sometimes killed individuals deemed a threat to Mao ZeDong and the communist party. 

What is the Red Guard?

400

What was the United States justification for entering the Korean and Vietnam war? 

To stop the spread of communism in the region

400

A way of organizing a society where everyone shares resources and goods equally, and the government controls everything instead of individuals owning things like land or factories.

What is Communism?

500

During World War II, the United States dropped atomic bombs of these TWO Japanese cities.....

What were the name of those cities? 

What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki? 

500

All of the following are methods of nonviolent protests Gandhi used during the Indian Independence movement except:

A.) Refusing to pay British taxes

B.) Organizing marches

C.) Freeing political prisoners

D.) Boycotting British products

What is freeing political prisoners? (C)

500

What were TWO goals that Mao ZeDong was trying to accomplish with the Great Leap Forward? 

1. Rapid Industrialization of China's economy

2. Growth in China's Agricultural Production

500

*BONUS QUESTION* WORTH 1,000 points. 

The Korean War is was given this nickname, since it only lasted for 2 years and there was no real winner or loser. 

What is "The Forgotten War"?

500
The refusal to comply with certain laws as a peaceful form of political protest.


What is Civil Disobedience?