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Unit 10
S & E Asia History
| Description | Term |
|---|---|
| country which colonized India from 1765 until India gained independence in 1947 | Great Britain |
| leader of the fight for Vietnam's independence from France; later became the communist leader of North Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh |
| the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest. | civil disobedience |
| leader of India's independence movement; used non-violent means to gain independence | Mohandas Gandhi |
| the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, or other methods, while being nonviolent. | non-violent protests |
| concept introduced in the early 20th century by Mahatma Gandhi to designate a determined but nonviolent resistance to evil. | satyagraha |
| the policy that communism needed to be contained and isolated, or else it would spread to neighboring countries. | policy of containment |
| the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. | domino theory |
| country which colonized Vietnam from the early 20th century until Vietnam gained its independence in 1954 | France |
| an act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi to protest the British salt tax in India. During the march, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi to the Arabian Sea coast, a distance of some 240 miles. | Salt March |
| the provisional military demarcation line established in Vietnam which divided Vietnam into North Vietnam & South Vietnam | 17th parallel |
| pride in one's country; a desire for self-rule of one's own country | nationalism |
| freedom from the control of others | independence |
| economic program that was a series of efforts by Mao to modernize and industrialize the largely agricultural Chinese economy | Great Leap Forward |
| Mao's plan to change the culture of China by eliminating old ideas and enemies of communism | Cultural Revolution |
| theory of land ownership and means of production by the people (the government); used in China during the Great Leap Forward | collectivism |
| a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities; communal farms were common during the Great Leap Forward | commune |
| a mass student-led paramilitary social movement mobilized and guided by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 through 1967, during the first phase of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which he had instituted. | Red Guards |
| a government crackdown on Chinese students protesting for more democratic and political rights; on June 4th, 1989 Chinese military forcefully removed the protestors using tanks and machine guns | Tiananmen Square Massacre |
| leader of the Communists during the Chinese Civil War; became leader of the Communist China in 1949 | Mao Zedong |
| Japanese towns where atomic bombs were dropped by the U.S. military ending World War II | Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
| U.S. general who led the occupation of Japan from 1945 - 1952; led in the rebuilding of Japan | General Douglas MacArthur |
| line of demarcation dividing North Korea from South Korea | 38th parallel |
| state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action; most commonly used to refer to the American-Soviet conflict of 1947–1991. | Cold War |
| a guerilla army created by Ho Chi Minh to fight against the French during Vietnam's fight for independence | Viet Minh |
| a political party established in 1906 in British India; Its strong advocacy led to the partition of India in 1947 | Muslim League |
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