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Question 1

Lon Nol

Answer 1

Successor of Prince Sihanouk, led military coup against him

Question 2

Pol Pot

Answer 2

Cambodian communist revolutionary who led khmer rouge

Question 3

Khmer Rouge Gain Control Over the Country how?

Answer 3

After Nol’s takeover, Sihanouk turned to Khmer Rouge which ended up empting capital and killing minorities

Question 4

Khmer Rouge

Answer 4

Followers of the CPK (Communist Party of Kampuchea)

Question 5

Killing Fields

Answer 5

Where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the communist regime

Question 6

Influence on Pol Pot

Answer 6

Mao Zedong’s concept of “continuous revolution”

Question 7

Year Zero

Answer 7

Declared by Pol Pot, beginning of purification of Cambodian society, creating self-sufficient agrarian society.

Question 8

Nixon Decides to Bomb Cambodian Border

Answer 8

Vietnamese occupation

Question 9

Population of Phnom Penh before Khmer Rouge

Answer 9

2 million

Question 10

Khmer Rouge Targeted….

Answer 10

Minorities, teachers, artists

Question 11

1st wave refugees

Answer 11

Before Khmer Rouge, 30,000-40,000 educated people left.

Question 12

2nd wave refugees

Answer 12

During Vietnam Invasion, not immediately given refugee status, too many for neighboring countries, some had to return to Cambodia