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World History Ch 33
Asia and the Pacific
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which general oversaw the rebuilding of Japan after the war | General Douglas MacArthur |
| Who was the communist leader of China after WWII | Mao Zedong |
| Name the Chinese economic plan that caused food shortages and mismanagement and peasant resistance when 20 million died of starvation | Great Leap Forward |
| North Korea | a communist nation |
| South Korea | a non-communist nation |
| Led UN forces in Korea | General Douglas MacArthur |
| Chinese nationalist leader after WWII | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Three reasons relations went bad between China and the Soviet Union | Mao's methods of Marxism, rivalry for influence among developing countries, border disputes |
| Three reasons the Great Leap Forward failed | food shortages, mismanagement, peasant resistance |
| Leader of the Chinese pragmatists | Deng Xiaoping |
| What did Mao begin to end the influence of the pragmatists | the Cultural Revolution |
| Which American President reestablished relations between the US and China | Richard Nixon |
| Areas in which the Four Modernizations were to take place | agriculture, industry, science and defense |
| What was the main demand of the Tiananmen Square protesters | more open political system in China |
| In which region in China is opposed to Chinese Communist rule particularly strong? | Tibet |
| Which two issues caused tensions between the US and China in the 1990s | human rights and continuing US support for Taiwan |
| Why was 1997 a momentous year for Hong Kong | became part of China |
| Why does China oppose independence for Taiwan | views Taiwan as part of China |
| Before WWII who controlled Korea | Japan |
| After WWII who controlled Korea | Soviets occupied the North, US occupied the South |
| What happened in Korea in 1950 to start the Korean War | North Korea invaded South Korea |
| Led United Nations troops in Korea | Douglas MacArthur |
| Which side did China support in the Korean War | north |
| What is ironic about how the Korean War ended | Korea was divided in half in almost the exact same place the 38th Pprallel |
| Who ruled Korea from 1948 to 1994 | Kim Il Sung |
| What did Kim Il Sung's policies do to North Korea | isolated |
| How did Kim Il Sung organize North Korea's farmland | collective farms |
| Who was elected president of South Korea in 1987 | Roh Tae Woo |
| What was the greatest move toward democracy in South Korea? | constitution |
| What led to France withdrawing from Vietnam | Vietminh victory at Dien Bien Phu |
| Along which parallel was Vietnam divided | 17th |
| Along which parallel was Korea divided | 38th |
| Why did the US send troops to Vietnam | to defeat the Viet Cong |
| What is known as the turning point of the Vietnam War | Tet Offensive |
| Leader of Cambodia overthrown in 1970 | Norodom Sihanouk |
| American backed leader behind the overthrow of Cambodia's leader in 1970 | Lon Nol |
| Cambodian communists | Khmer Rouge |
| Leader of the Cambodian communists | Pol Pot |
| Who is known for devastating Cambodia | Pol Pot |
| Why was Thailand spared from the violent actions of the time? | it was never an European colony |
| Who was leader of the opposition party advocating democracy in Myanmar | Daw Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Who came to power in the 1960s in Indonesia | General Suharto |
| Who is the leader of Singapore | Lee Kuan Yew |
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