Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion 1 AnswerIndependence

movements in India and Vietnam began with the idea of __________________, the idea that citizens of the country have the right to have their own government away from colonial rule.

Nationalism

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion 2 AnswerWhich piece of British

legislation, allowed the government to send Indians to jail without a trial?

Rowlett Act

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion 3 AnswerAfter independence

many Indians were still unhappy because of fighting between _____________ and _________________.

Hindu’s and Muslims

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWhat country colonized

Vietnam?France

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerGandhi believed in what

form of protest?Nonviolent

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWhile a colony of France

Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were known as?

Indochina

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWho led the movement

for independence in Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWho led the United

States army occupation of Japan?

General Douglas MacArthur

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerThe 1954 Geneva

Conference had what impact on Vietnam?

Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel. The United States assisted South Vietnam as being democratic while the North wished to be communist.

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerAfter the Japanese

surrendered and WWII in the Pacific was over what type of government was established?

A Constitutional Monarchy which is democratic

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion Answer (part a)What three events led to

fewer freedoms for Chinese citizens? Describe each of these events in chronological order.

The Great Leap Forward -The Great Leap Forward planned to develop agriculture and industry. Mao believed that both had to grow to allow the other to grow. Industry could only prosper if the work force was well fed, while the agricultural workers needed industry to produce the modern tools needed for modernization.

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWhat three events led to

fewer freedoms for Chinese citizens? Describe each of these events in chronological order.

The Cultural Revolution had a massive impact on China from 1965 to 1968. The Cultural Revolution is the name given to Mao’s attempt to reassert his beliefs in China. The Cultural revolution led to a denouncement of old Chinese cultural ideas.

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWhat three events led to

fewer freedoms for Chinese citizens? Describe each of these events in chronological order.

Tiananmen Square was a massive demonstration for democratic reform, begun on Tiananmen Square by Chinese students in April, 1989, was brutally repressed on June 3 and 4, 1989. Martial law was declared on May 20. The protesters demanded that the leadership resign, but the government answered on the nights of June 3 and 4 with troops and tanks, killing thousands to quell a "counter-revolutionary rebellion."

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWho was the leader of

the communist revolution in China?

Mao Ze Dong

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerHow did the U.S. assist

Japan in recovering from WWII?

By providing funding for industry, rebuilding, infrastructure and helping to establish a new government

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWhat policy led to the

U.S. becoming involved in both Vietnam and Korea?

Containment

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerAt the end of WWII

Korea was split at the __________________ and which two countries occupied each region?

38th

Soviet Union occupied the North (communist)

The U.S. occupied the South (democratic)

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerNationalist groups in

India grew because of the desire to end ______________ rule of the country.

British

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerIndia assisted the British

in WWI in the hopes of possibly gaining their _________________________.

Independence

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerIn the beginning the goal

of the Indian National congress was to achieve greater freedom from ____________________.

Great Britain

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerIndia fought for

independence for many years but did not gain this independence until after ______________________________.

World War II

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerDescribe the Red Guard. A group of young people

used by Mao Ze Dong to enforce his Cultural Revolution

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerThe disagreements

between the U.S. and the Soviet Union as to what the world should look like after WWII became known as the _____________________.

Cold War

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerExplain the domino

theory and explain which wars it led to U.S. to enter.

The domino theory stated that if one country in Asia were to fall to communism the eventually all would fall like dominoes.

Korea and Vietnam

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerThe communist promised

to do what in Vietnam after WWII?

Boost the economy and rapidly industrialize the country

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerWhy did the United

States become involved in the Korean and Vietnam War?

To contain communism

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerHow did Indians feel

after witnessing or hearing about the Massacre at Amritsar?

They were outraged and more focused upon achieving independence

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerHo Chi Minh was the

leader of what political party in Vietnam?

Communist

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerEthnic group A cultural community of

people sharing a common ancestry, genealogy, language, customs, and traditions.

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion AnswerNationalism Strong pride in one’s

country and a desire for self government. May also be described as loyalty to a group one share similar qualities with.

Unit 5 Posttest BQuestion Answercommunism A political and economic

system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions

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