Cambodia

Question 1

When did Sihanouk become king of Cambodia

Answer 1

1941

Question 2

How did Sihanouk improve access to higher education

Answer 2

Secondary schools increase from 6 to 200

Question 3

When did Sihanouk abdicate

Answer 3

March 1955

Question 4

% of peasants in debt from 1950-1970

Answer 4

50%

Question 5

How many members did the Cambodian communist party have by 1952

Answer 5

10,000

Question 6

When was the first civil war

Answer 6

1967-70

Question 7

Who was the leader of the communist party

Answer 7

Pol Pot

Question 8

Alternative name for the communist party

Answer 8

Khmer rouge

Question 9

How did Sihanouk defeat the communists

Answer 9

Allied himself with Lon Nol
Prestige as king
Ruthless
Communists don’t rally popular support and are small in numbers

Question 10

When was Sihanouk overthrown by Lon Nol

Answer 10

1970

Question 11

Who hated Sihanouk

Answer 11

The army, the middle class and the right wing

Question 12

Why was Cambodia destabilised by 1970

Answer 12

Covert Us operations - Operation Menu 1969

Question 13

Who was Sihanouk appointed by in 1941 and how old was he

Answer 13

The French
18

Question 14

What did one peasant remark when Sihanouk was overthrown

Answer 14

Who will make it rain now there is no king - they believed he was god - like

Question 15

What government did Sihanouk form after he abdicated

Answer 15

The Peoples socialist community

Question 16

Four reasons Pol Pot rose to power

Answer 16

Unpopularity of Lon Nol
Appeal of communists
Sihanouk
Actions of the US

Question 17

Why was Lon Nol unpopular

Answer 17

Corrupt
Right wing
Army based
Extreme violence within regime

Question 18

Why were the communists (khumer rouge) appealing

Answer 18

50% of peasants in debt 1950-1970
Offered land reform and social reform
Popular and helpful
Helped by Vietnamese communists

Question 19

How did Sihanouk contribute to Pol Pots rise to power

Answer 19

Significant prestige (god like)
Outside of Cambodia deposed by Lon Nol
Back the Khumer Rouge as he believed it would help him get back into power

Question 20

How did the actions of the US contribute to Pol Pots rise to power

Answer 20

Bombing of Cambodia 1970-1973
1970 at Kampong Cham - 200 are killed
Border areas are particularly vulnerable - refugees

Question 21

When did the Khumer Rouge begin to attack Lon Nol

Answer 21

1973

Question 22

When did Lon Nol flee Cambodia

Answer 22

1975

Question 23

When did Pol Pot take power in Cambodia

Answer 23

1975

Question 24

What were the policies of the Khumer Rouge

Answer 24

No foreign influence
Self sufficiency
Uniformity
Avoid Vietnamese influence

Question 25

How did the Khumer Rouge eliminate foreign influence

Answer 25

Ethnic cleansing of minority groups like the Muslim Cham Speaking a foreign language also made you a target Evelation of the peasantry Execution of intellectuals Evacuated the capital

Question 26

What % of intellectuals were executed by the Khumer Rouge

Answer 26

95% of doctors 80% of teachers Executed in Killing Fields

Question 27

How long did they Khumer rouge claim they were evacuating people from the capital for

Answer 27

3 days

Question 28

How did the Khumer Rouge try to make Cambodia self sufficient

Answer 28

Provide everything that you need to know to make you stronger in times of war and communism Collectivisation Sanctify manual labour

Question 29

What was collectivisation

Answer 29

Communist farming (key communist idea) Normally leads to famine

Question 30

How did the Khumer Rouge create uniformity in Cambodia

Answer 30

Similar appearance - blue clothes, checked scarves, bobbed hair Abolish money Forced dispersal of people Communal eating to break family bonds and remove independence

Question 31

How did the Khumer Rouge avoid Vietnamese influence

Answer 31

Friendship with China Border raids and conflicts between both countries Vietnamese-cambodians executed

Question 32

Why did Vietnam invade Cambodia

Answer 32

Khmer Rouge anti-Vietnam stance Fearful of a Cambodian invasion Cambodian Chinese alliance Vietnam wanted to dominate Indochina