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Development of Asia Test Study Guide

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Nationalism   love for one’s country; often leads to independence movements  
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Colonialism   when one country takes over another country  
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Civil disobedience   a nonviolent way to protest government laws  
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Red Guards   teenaged enforcers of the Cultural Revolution  
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Great Leap Forward   Mao’s attempt to make China more competitive with western industry and agricultural production; massive failure  
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Cultural Revolution   Mao’s attempt to revitalize communism in China by using the Red Guards to eliminate anyone that opposed communism; time of great chaos  
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Domino Theory   the theory that if one country fell to communism, other countries nearby would also fall to communism  
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Communism   government in which the government provides jobs, heath care, and housing; everyone is equal  
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DMZ   the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea; along the 38th parallel  
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Mohandas Gandhi   nonviolent leader of Indian Independence movement  
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Ho Chi Minh   leader of Vietnam’s independence movement; leader of communists in Vietnam  
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Douglas MacArthur   US General in charge of rebuilding Japan after WWII  
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Mao Zedong   leader who brought communism to China  
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Which country colonized India?   Great Britain  
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How did Gandhi lead the independence movement in India? Be able to list at least three specific examples of Gandhi’s protests.   Nonviolent protests (civil disobedience); Salt March, boycotts, made own clothing, fasting  
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Why was India partitioned following independence?   Religious conflict between Hindus and Muslims  
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Which country colonized Vietnam?   France  
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Which modern-day countries were part of French Indochina?   Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam  
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On which 2 Japanese cities did the US drop atomic bombs during WWII?   Hiroshima and Nagasaki  
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What were some of the changes that were included in Japan’s new constitution?   Citizens could vote; Japan had to have a small army; Japan could not start another war; emperor lost his power  
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What type of government does Japan have now?   Constitutional monarchy  
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What were students protesting for at Tiananmen Square in 1989? How did the government respond?   Students wanted democracy in China; the government sent soldiers and tanks to arrest/kill the protestors  
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What happened in China after WWII?   Civil War between nationalists and communists (communists won)  
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Why did the Korean War begin? How did it end?   North Korea invaded South Korea; ceasefire ended the fighting, but a treaty was never signed; North and South Korea remain divided  
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Why did the Vietnam War begin? How did it end?   North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam; Vietnam was reunited under communist rule  
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How was the United States involved in rebuilding Japan after WWII? Be able to list at least 4 examples.   Citizens could vote; Japan had to have a small army; Japan could not start another war; emperor lost his power; the Us helped rebuild roads and infrastructure  
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