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AP World History Ch 34 Reading Study Guide #2 P. 842-853

(Thinking Historically: The Pacific Rim as a US Policy Issue) Pg. 842

1. Why did the United States take satisfaction at the success of some East Asian economies? Reading Pg.842

2. Why do you think the United States wishes to maintain its military presence in East Asia? Reading Pg. 842

3. Why did Chiang Kai-shek ignore the Japanese threat early on in the 1930s? Pg. 843

4. What was the result of battles between Nationalist Chinese forces and Imperial Japanese forces? Pg. 843

5. Why Communist Chinese fighters fare better than the Nationalists? Pg. 843

6. How did the People’s Republic of China come about? Pg. 843

7. How did Mao and his Communist revolutionaries become popular with the mass of Chinese citizens? Pg. 843

8. How did the newly installed Communist Chinese government use the People’s Liberation Army? Pg. 844

9. What happened to the “landlord” class shortly after the Communist victory? Pg. 844

10. Why did Mao seek to industrialize China? Pg. 844-845

11. Why did Mao institute the collectivization of agriculture? Pg. 845

12. What was the “Great Leap Forward”? Why was it considered a disaster? Pg. 845

13. Why was China’s population a national problem? What was the solution? Pg. 846

14. What role did Jaing Qing play early Communist China? Pg. 847

15. How did the Nationalists differ from the Communists on views of women’s rights? Pg. 847

16. What was the “Cultural Revolution”? Pg. 848

17. What did the “Gang of Four” want? Pg. 849

18. Who were the pragmatists? What did they want for China? Pg. 847

19. What does the future hold for China if the pragmatists are able to hold onto power? Pg. 849

20. How did the French become involved in Vietnam? Pg. 850

21. How did the Nguyen Dynasty come to rule all of Vietnam? Pg. 850

22. How and why did the French reduce the Nguyen Dynasty to puppet-ruler status by the late 1800s? Pg. 850

23. How were the French able to maintain control of Vietnam and continue to exploit it? Pg. 850-851

24. How was the VNQDD displaced by the Communist Party of Vietnam as the focus of nationalist resistance? Pg. 851-852

25. How did the events of WWII weaken the French position in Vietnam? Pg. 852

26. When did Ho Chi Minh declare an independent nation of Vietnam (North Vietnam)? Pg. 852

27. How did Dien Bien Phu end the decade-long struggle between the French and the Viet Minh? Pg. 852

28. Why did the US initially back Diem in his questionable presidency of Vietnam? Why did the US overthrow him? Pg. 853

29. Describe the US escalation and activities in the war against North Vietnam (and the Viet Cong)? Pg. 853

30. How were the communists able to win over people in South Vietnam? Pg. 853

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Borrowed from Mr. Walker