20th Century Asia Study Guide
1) What were the main reasons that Japan was occupied after World War II?
2) What was Mao Zedong's program to renew the spirit of the Chinese
revolution called?
3) Why is there a North Korea and a South Korea?
4) How was Korea controlled after World War II?
5) How was Japan like other imperialist nations?
6) What was a common force in all of Indochina's independence movements?
7) In Japan, the least amount of people work in which sector?
8) What were the main reasons that Japan went to war against the U.S.?
9) Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
10) The Japanese often fought to the last man in combat during WWII. This
shows that they were following what beliefs?
11) Who were the Kamikaze?
12) What were the reasons for dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki?
13) Which political party won the civil war in China and established the
People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949?
14) What country did China model their economic programs after?
15) What is the relationship between Tibet and China, today?
16) A unified China fought with the Allied Forces during WWII. In 1949,
The People's Republic of China was established as a communist country. What
Happened to the Nationalists?
17) During the Korean War, we were there on behalf of the
______.
18) What was President Truman's MAIN reason for firing General MacArthur?
19) During the Korean War, the communists in the ______were trying
to take over rule of the ______.
20) Korea was divided at the ______parallel.
21) What countries supplied the Communist North Korea with supplies and resourcesto fight us?
22) While we were fighting in Korea, a ______with the Soviet
Union made Americans apprehensive at home.
23) Which leader proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?
24) How did France try to maintain their influence in IndoChina?
25) How was Vietnam split after the Geneva Accords?
26) Which country finally defeated the French at the battle of Dien Bien
Phu?
27) Describe Diem's rule in Vietnam?
28) Which President increased the greatest number of combat troops to
Vietnam?
29) ______was an attack that instigated U.S. involvement in the
Vietnam War?
30) Who were the Viet Cong?
31) What was the turning point of the Vietnam War in which the American
forces/public began to question whether or not they could win?
32) How did Mohandas Gandhi contribute to the independence movement of India?
33) The separation of India and Pakistan in 1947 was called ______.
34) Gandhi used ______methods to gain freedom for India.
35) What was the Indian National Congress?
36) Why were India and Pakistan separated?
37) Why did East Pakistan become the country of Bangladesh?
Big Ideas Section – numerous specific details are required (explained)!!
38. Why was Communism so appealing to the people of Asia after WWII?
39. Did the containment policy work? Why or why not (explain using
specificexamples).
40. What was the Domino Theory?
41. What factors led to the rise of Communism in China after WW2.
42. Compare and contrast Vietnam and Korean Wars. (3 differences/ 2
similarities)
43. How did the United States rebuild Japan after WW2? Why did they want to rebuild the nation?