Unit 5 Posttest B

1. Unit 5 Posttest B

2. Unit 5 Posttest B Question 1 Answer • Independence movements in India and Vietnam began with the idea of __________________, the idea that citizens of the country have the right to have their own government away from colonial rule. • Nationalism

3. Unit 5 Posttest B Question 2 Answer • Which piece of British legislation, allowed the government to send Indians to jail without a trial? • Rowlett Act

4. Unit 5 Posttest B Question 3 Answer • After independence many Indians were still unhappy because of fighting between _____________ and _________________. • Hindu’s and Muslims

5. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • What country colonized Vietnam? • France

6. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Gandhi believed in what form of protest? • Nonviolent

7. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • While a colony of France Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos were known as? • Indochina

8. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Who led the movement for independence in Vietnam? • Ho Chi Minh

9. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Who led the United States army occupation of Japan? • General Douglas MacArthur

10. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • The 1954 Geneva Conference had what impact on Vietnam? • Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel. The United States assisted South Vietnam as being democratic while the North wished to be communist.

11. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • After the Japanese surrendered and WWII in the Pacific was over what type of government was established? • A Constitutional Monarchy which is democratic

12. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer (part a) • What three events led to fewer freedoms for Chinese citizens? Describe each of these events in chronological order. • The Great Leap Forward -The Great Leap Forward planned to develop agriculture and industry. Mao believed that both had to grow to allow the other to grow. Industry could only prosper if the work force was well fed, while the agricultural workers needed industry to produce the modern tools needed for modernization.

13. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • What three events led to fewer freedoms for Chinese citizens? Describe each of these events in chronological order. • The Cultural Revolution had a massive impact on China from 1965 to 1968. The Cultural Revolution is the name given to Mao’s attempt to reassert his beliefs in China. The Cultural revolution led to a denouncement of old Chinese cultural ideas.

14. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • What three events led to fewer freedoms for Chinese citizens? Describe each of these events in chronological order. • Tiananmen Square was a massive demonstration for democratic reform, begun on Tiananmen Square by Chinese students in April, 1989, was brutally repressed on June 3 and 4, 1989. Martial law was declared on May 20. The protesters demanded that the leadership resign, but the government answered on the nights of June 3 and 4 with troops and tanks, killing thousands to quell a "counter-revolutionary rebellion."

15. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Who was the leader of the communist revolution in China? • Mao Ze Dong

16. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • How did the U.S. assist Japan in recovering from WWII? • By providing funding for industry, rebuilding, infrastructure and helping to establish a new government

17. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • What policy led to the U.S. becoming involved in both Vietnam and Korea? • Containment

18. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • At the end of WWII Korea was split at the __________________ and which two countries occupied each region? • 38th • Soviet Union occupied the North (communist) • The U.S. occupied the South (democratic)

19. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Nationalist groups in India grew because of the desire to end ______________ rule of the country. • British

20. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • India assisted the British in WWI in the hopes of possibly gaining their _________________________. • Independence

21. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • In the beginning the goal of the Indian National congress was to achieve greater freedom from ____________________. • Great Britain

22. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • India fought for independence for many years but did not gain this independence until after ______________________________. • World War II

23. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Describe the Red Guard. • A group of young people used by Mao Ze Dong to enforce his Cultural Revolution

24. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • The disagreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union as to what the world should look like after WWII became known as the _____________________. • Cold War

25. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Explain the domino theory and explain which wars it led to U.S. to enter. • The domino theory stated that if one country in Asia were to fall to communism the eventually all would fall like dominoes. • Korea and Vietnam

26. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • The communist promised to do what in Vietnam after WWII? • Boost the economy and rapidly industrialize the country

27. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Why did the United States become involved in the Korean and Vietnam War? • To contain communism

28. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • How did Indians feel after witnessing or hearing about the Massacre at Amritsar? • They were outraged and more focused upon achieving independence

29. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Ho Chi Minh was the leader of what political party in Vietnam? • Communist

30. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Ethnic group • A cultural community of people sharing a common ancestry, genealogy, language, customs, and traditions.

31. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • Nationalism • Strong pride in one’s country and a desire for self government. May also be described as loyalty to a group one share similar qualities with.

32. Unit 5 Posttest B Question Answer • communism • A political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions

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