export_cambodia exam

Question 1

Khmer Rouge

Answer 1

• 60-80k troops that took over Cambodia in 1975/6
• led by pol pot
• took decades for UN to round all of khmer rouge; not tried until 2012
• prosecuted christianity and buddhism

Question 2

Attitude when Khmer Rouge took over

Answer 2

-initially very happy then went downhill

Question 3

Phnom Penh

Answer 3

• khmer empire disappears around 1430 and temples are abandoned and people move here and city grew
• population grew to 2 million by 1970 and khmer rouge empties phnom penh

Question 4

Prince Sihanouk

Answer 4

• became head of state in ‘60 and stepped down from king to become figure head
• ‘66 lon nol takes control from sihanouk

-destabilized cambodia to split govt and spark civil war

Question 5

Richard Nixon

Answer 5

• bombed north cambodia w/out permission and violated neutrality treaty
• called cambodia operation would protect american forces
• nixon doctrine
• was NOT transparent and congress over bombing of cambodia; didn’t tell ppl what was going on

Question 6

of ppl killed

Answer 6

2 million nearly 1 in 4 cambodian

Question 7

US bombing of Cambodia

Answer 7

-broke neutrality; started at borders and went in ‘70 on real campaign where US bombed; nixon doctrin w/ no boots on ground

Question 8

Lon Nol

Answer 8

-‘70 lon nol takes control from sihanouk and becomes head of state important b/c this destabilizes cambodia and splits govt to civil war

Question 9

2) Pol Pot’s Life

Answer 9

• born in 1925, born into rich big family
• went to study with buddhist monks around the time of french colonial rule
• learned about cambodia’s past and ancient civilization was destroyed by foreign invaders
• opposed french and monarachy

Question 10

2) Pol Pot’s development into communism

Answer 10

• joined colonial communist; radical blend of communism and nationalism
• hx prof by day and night formed angka organization

-influenced by chinese revolution

Question 11

2) pol pot’s speech

Answer 11

• influenced by chinese revolution
• thought he could do even better by eliminating all traces of modern world and all educated/art/cities were evil
• speech in ‘63 that wanted to inspire revolution, sihanouk shut him down
• moved to vietnamese border in jungle

Question 12

2) pol pot’s development

Answer 12

• vietnam war was crucial
• pol pot’s new ally is now sihanouk bc he was overthrown by lon nol and promised to make him king

-khmer rouge took over phnom penh w/ initial celebration but later made ppl move to rurual areas and anyone w/education/modernization were killed

Question 13

2) pol pot reign

Answer 13

• communist
• paranoid thought vietnam was going to invade cambodia so he bombed them and lost

-vietnam took capital and US supported the khmer rouge and pol pot b/c they were against vietnam