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Asia's History
Independence & the Spread of Communism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| He led India’s independence struggle against the British. | Mohandas Gandhi |
| He led Vietnam’s independence struggle against the French | Ho Chi Minh |
| He started the Communist Revolution in China. | Mao Zedong |
| How did Gandhi protest for freedom from the British? | peacefully |
| How did Ho Chi Minh protest for freedom for his country? | violently |
| loyalty to your country; it helped India and Vietnam get freedom | nationalism |
| the type of government Mao Zedong created in China | communism |
| the belief that if one country fell to communism, other countries nearby would fall to communism as well | domino theory |
| a plan to keep communism from spreading to other countries in Asia | containment policy |
| What did India and Vietnam fight for in the 1900s? | independence |
| The U.S. fought wars in ______________and ____________ to keep communism from spreading. | Korea Vietnam |
| Country that supported the communist governments of North Korea and North Vietnam | Soviet Union |
| Country that supported the democractic governmetns of Japan, South Korea, and South Vietnam | United States |
| Country that became communist in 1949. Its leader was Mao Zedong. | China |
| a plan to increase China’s farms and factories; it failed and caused many people to go hungry and die | Great Leap Forward |
| when Chinese students protested against communism in 1989 | Tiananmen Square |
| A plan to increase support for the Communist government. The Red Guards destroyed old Chinese ideas and foreign ideas. The Red Guards punished people if they did not support the communist government. | Great Leap Forward |
| 18. The United States helped set up a democratic government in Japan because they wanted to keep communism from ________________in Asia | spreading |
| What type of government does China, North Korea, and Vietnam still have today? | communist |
| What type of government does Japan and South Korea have today? | democratic |
| The U.S. WAS or WAS NOT able to keep communism from spreading to EVERY country in Asia. | was not |