Communism and War in Asia

Front

Who created a guerilla army to fight the French for Vietnam’s independence?

Back

Ho Chi Minh

Front

Who established the People’s Republic of China in 1949?

Back

Mao Zedong

Front

The Great Leap Forward was intended to grow China’s ____.

Back

Agricultural production

Front

What was Mao’s program that used students as Red Guards and punished those who opposed communism?

Back

Cultural Revolution

Front

What country has a communist north and a democratic republican south?

Back

Korea

Front

Which statement below explains one way that the Korean War and the Vietnam War were alike?

Back

The United States entered the wars to stop the spread of communism.

Front

Reasons for US troop withdrawal from Vietnam (except one):

• There was no progress in the war.
• The cost for the war was getting too high.
• The war had become increasingly unpopular in America.
• The Vietcong surrendered.

Back

The Vietcong surrendered.