SE Asia History

Who was the non-violent leader of India's independence movement?

Who was the leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party and leader of North Vietnam?

Who was the leader of South Vietnam?

Who was the leader of the U.S. during WWII?

Who was the first leader of the Chinese Communist Party?

While under the rule of the British, the people of India rejected European culture and tried to maintain their own cultures instead.

The Vietnam War ended with a united communist Vietnam.

During the Great Leap Forward kids were recruted into the Red Guard, Mao's military that stopped opposition to communism.

Chinese people were willing to try communism because they were living in poverty and thought it would make their lives better

The U.S. bombed Japan as revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor

After WWII, Russia was trying to spread communism, was competing with the U.S. to be the world's most powerful country, and backed N. Korea and N. Vietnam in their wars with the U.S.

The Chinese program that was supposed to speed up economic growth was called the Cultural Revolution.

The Chinese program that was supposed to convince more people to fight the communist government was the Cultural Revolution.

Protesters in Tienanmen Square were protesting to try and remove Mao Zedong from power and get a different leader for their communist party.

What country was helping spread communism through Europe and Asia, competing with the U.S. to be the most powerful country in the world, and backed the communist governments in North Korea and North Vietnam?