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S & E Asia Set 4 #4
S & E Asia Set 4 #4 Nationalism, Ho Chi Minh, Gen. MacArthur, VJ Day
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Domino Theory | the idea that if one country fell to communism, all the others nearby would also fall |
| Civil Disobedience | The refusal to obey unjust laws using peaceful protests. |
| Mao Zedong | The Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. He ruled China until 1976. |
| Great Leap Forward | Mao Zedong’s economic program implemented in 1958 to speed China’s economic development by moving masses of people into communes to live and farm for the government. |
| Tiananmen Square | Where the Chinese government sent tanks and opened fire killing hundreds of innocent people that were peacefully protesting against communism and for human rights. |
| Containment | A United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism. |
| Rowlatt Act | A law passed by the British colonial government giving them the power to arrest and imprison any person for two years without a trial. |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Great Indian leader who urged the Indian people to resist British rule by following nonviolent Hindu practices |
| Colonialism | The administrative control by a state over other people. |
| Independence | Freedom from the influence or control of others. |
| Humanitarian | Someone who is devoted to being kind to others & helping them when they are suffering. |
| Discrimination | Unequal treatment against another based on gender, race, age, etc |
| Nationalism | Strong pride in one’s nation or ethnic group. |
| Ho Chi Minh | Organized the Indochinese Communist Party in Vietnam. He wanted independence for Vietnam and fought the French and later United States. |
| Gen. Douglas MacArthur | He commanded the Allied Forces in the Pacific. He oversaw the rebuilding of Japan and helped establish their new form of government - a constitutional monarchy. |
| VJ Day | Aug. 14th, 1945 and also Sept. 2, 1945 The day that Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces ending WWII. |
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