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Why was south-east Asia valuable to the West?
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Sugar, rubber, tobacco, coconut, tin and oil
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What two ideas took hold in the colonies of south-east Asia during the Second World War?
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Nationalism and Communism
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Where was the Southeast Asian Youth Conference held and when?
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Calcutta, in February 1948
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What seems to have been planned at the Southeast Asian Youth Conference?
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Uprisings in Malaya, Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines
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What were the communist protests in Thailand in 1952 called?
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What was the Chinese Nationalist movement/government called?
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Who was their leader?
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Who was the Chinese Communist leader?
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When was the communist ‘People’s Republic of China’ proclaimed?
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What agreement did Mao sign in December 1949, and with whom?
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The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance with the USSR
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Where did China conquer in 1950?
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At what parallel was Korea divided
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Democratic People’s Republic and the Democratic Republic of Korea – which was which?
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Democratic Republic of Korea: South Korea (pro-western)
- Democratic People’s Republic: North Korea (communist)
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Who were the two leaders of North and South Korea after the partition?
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North: Kim Il Sung
- South: Syngman Rhee
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Name the two communist rebellions against South Korea in the years 196-1950.
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Daegu Uprising (October 1946)
- Jeju Island (April 1948)
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What name was given to the communist freedom-fighters against the Japanese in Indo-China during WWII?
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Who were their two leaders
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Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Giap
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Who broke the ceasefire of March 1946, and when?
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The French, in November 1946
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What strategic outpost in Vietnam did the communist capture which brought the war to an end?
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At what parallel was Vietnam divided
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Who became the US-backed ruler of South Vietnam in 1954
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Who coined the terms ‘domino theory’
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What US foreign policy strategy did NSC68 recommend to end – and what to put in its place?
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National Security Council report NSC 68 recommending that America abandon 'containment' and start 'rolling back' Communism
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When did Kim Il Sung visit Stalin, and how did this help cause of the Korean War?
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March 1949 – he persuaded Stalin t support an invasion of South Korea
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What excuse did Syngman Rhee give to the North Koreans?
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He boasted that he was going to attack North Korea
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When did the North Korean People's Army invade South Korea?
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What did the UN do?
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It passed a resolution supporting South Korea (27 June 1950)
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Who led the UN counter-attack, and where did it land?
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American General MacArthur led a UN amphibious landing at Inchon (15 September 1950)
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Who went to the aid of the North Koreans?
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Half-a-million Chinese soldiers
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What did Eisenhower threaten?
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To use the atomic bomb if China did not stop fighting.
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When was a truce finally agreed?
- When did Stalin die? Who became the new leader of Russia
- What were the meetings between the superpower leaders called?
- What did Khrushchev tell Tito in 1955?
- ‘There are different roads to Communism.’
- What did Khrushchev say about Stalin in 1956?
- He said he was a murderer and a tyrant.
- What was Khrushchev’s policy called? What did he really mean by it?
- ‘Peaceful co-existence’: but he meant ‘peaceful competition’
- What was de-stalinisation? Why was it dangerous for world peace?
- Political prisoners were set free. It destabilised Iron Curtain countries.
- How did Khrushchev build up support in countries like Afghanistan and Burma?
- What was the first satellite and when was it launched?
- Who was the first astronaut to orbit the earth, and when did he do it?
- When did Russia get the hydrogen bomb?
- What was the military alliance set up by Khrushchev, and what countries were in it?
- Warsaw Pact:
- USSR
- Albania
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
- Hungary
- Poland
- Romania.
- Which American senator led a ‘witch-hunt’ for communists in America?
- What did NATO agree to in 1955 in West Germany?
- A West German army of half a million men.
- How did America spy on Russia?
- Name THREE Cold War crises after 1955-60.
- 1956 Poland
- 1956 Hungary
- 1960 U2 crisis
- Who led the Polish riots of 1956?
- Which Polish Communist kept control of Poland?
- List the FIVE reasons for the Hungarian uprising.
- Poverty
- Russian control
- Catholic Church
- Help from the West
- Destalinisation
- Who rioted in Hungary on 23 October 1956, and what did they do?
- Smashed Stalin’s statue, attacked the AVH and Russian soldiers.
- Who became the Prime Minister of Hungary?
- What FOUR reforms did the rebels order?
- Democracy
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of religion
- Leave the Warsaw Pact
- What FIVE reasons led Russia to send in the tanks? Which was the most important?
- Hungary wanted to leave the Warsaw Pact: this was the most important.
- China asked Russia to act
- Hungary seemed to be turning capitalist
- Hard-line Communists in the Russian government
- Khrushchev realised the West would not help.
- How many tanks invaded Budapest.
- Why did Britain and France not help Hungary?
- Britain and France were involved in the Suez crisis
- Who was the President of America in 1956? Why did he not help Hungary?
- Eisenhower. He did not think Hungary worth a war.
- Why did the UN not help Hungary?
- Who did Khrushchev put in charge of Hungary?
- How many Hungarians fled to Austria?
- What did Khrushchev demand from America in 1959?
- That America withdraw from West Berlin.
- With whom did Khrushchev argue about kitchens in 1959?
- American Vice-President Richard Nixon.
- What crisis began on 5 May 1960.
- Which summit meeting was ruined because of the crisis?
- Paris Summit, 14 May 1960.
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