SE Asia History

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

Who was the leader of the Vietnamese Communist Party?

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 embraced European culture and made it their own.

The Vietnam War ended with no clear winner and they signed a treaty, each going back to their original land.

During the Cultural Revolution, kids were recruited 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 their attack on Pearl Harbor.

After WWII, China was trying to spread communism through Europe and Asia, was competing with the U.S. to be the most powerful country in the world, and backed North Korea and North 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 stop opposition to the government was called the Great Leap Forward.

Protesters in Tiananmen 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, was in competition with the U.S. to be the most powerful country in the world, and was backing the communist governments in the Korean and Vietnam Wars?