Southeast Asia

Question 1

Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) ruled by French

Answer 1

1880s

Question 2

Indochina occupied by Japanese

Answer 2

1940

Question 3

• Korea is divided on the 38th parallel: communist North, capitalist South
• Japan abandons Indochina and French troops return

Answer 3

1945

Question 4

French troops in Indochina fight against Ho Chin Minh’s communist government (Viet Minh) in the North

Answer 4

1946

Question 5

French accept Vietnamese independence

Answer 5

December 1947

Question 6

Republic of Korea is set up in the South, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is set up in the North

Answer 6

July 1948

Question 7

• American and Soviet troops withdraw from Korea
• Kim Il Sung tries convincing Stalin of an attack on the South

Answer 7

1949

Question 8

• Mao Zedong proclaims People’s Republic of China
• Mao’s ‘speak bitterness’ campaign
• Newly communist China aids Viet Minh, French seek American help

Answer 8

October 1949

Question 9

• North Korea attacks South Korea and traps South Koreans in Pusan
• Truman instructs General MacArthur to fight back

Answer 9

June 1950

Question 10

• Inchon landing liberates Seoul and drives North Koreans back over 38th parallel
• UN/US troops cross the 38th parallel and head towards Yalu River (border with China)

Answer 10

September 1950

Question 11

Chinese intervention, UN/US troops are pushed back over the 38th parallel

Answer 11

October 1950

Question 12

Peace negotiations for Korea begin

Answer 12

July 1951

Question 13

1952Soviets fail to hand over Port Arthur to China on an agreed date

Answer 13

1952

Question 14

The French pull out of Indochina after the battle of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam is divided along the 17th parallel

Answer 14

1953

Question 15

Armistice for Korea signed

Answer 15

July 1953

Question 16

1955 Afro-Asian ‘Bandung Conference’ invites China and not the USSR

Answer 16

1955

Question 17

China criticises the USSR for the Hungarian uprising

Answer 17

1956

Question 18

Mao’s ‘let a hundred flowers bloom’ campaign

Answer 18

1956-1957

Question 19

China and the USSR sign a military agreement for Soviet advisors to help China attain the atomic bomb

Answer 19

1957-1959

Question 20

The USSR and China argue over Quemoy Islands

Answer 20

1958

Question 21

Mao’s ‘Great leap foward’ campaign

Answer 21

1958-1959

Question 22

‘Great leap foward’ famine kills about 35-45 million Chinese

Answer 22

1958-1962

Question 23

In a meeting of 81 communist countries in Moscow, China accuses the USSR of revisionism and the USSR accuses China of adventurism

Answer 23

1960

Question 24

China attacks India due to border disputes, USSR sides with India

Answer 24

October-November 1962

Question 25

Sino-Soviet split formalised through a letter from the Chinese denouncing the USSR

Answer 25

1964

Question 26

'Operation rolling thunder' (US heavily bombs Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia)

Answer 26

March 1965

Question 27

Chinese cultural revolution

Answer 27

1966

Question 28

Viet Cong 'Tet offensive' on US embassy in Saigon

Answer 28

1968

Question 29

War between the USSR and China over islands in the Ussuri River

Answer 29

1969

Question 30

Paris Peace Conference over Vietnam

Answer 30

January 1969

Question 31

Agreement in Paris ends America's involvement in Vietnem

Answer 31

January 1973

Question 32

Mao Zedong dies

Answer 32

1976