The Western Powers and Asia Before 1950 : Key Dates

Question 1

1900

Answer 1

The Philippines (USA), Indochina (France), Malaya, Borneo, Hong Kong (Britain) and the Dutch East Indies were Western colonies

Question 2

1910

Answer 2

Korea became a Japanese colony

Question 3

1931

Answer 3

Japan conquered Manchuria

Question 4

1937

Answer 4

Japanese conquest of coastal China began

Question 5

1939

Answer 5

German attack on Poland started WWII in Europe

Question 6

1940

Answer 6

Hitler conquered most of Western Europe (except Britain)

Question 7

June 1941

Answer 7

Germany invaded Russia

Question 8

December 1941

Answer 8

Japan attacked Pear Harbor, soon controlled British, French, Dutch and US Pacific colonies

Question 9

February 1945

Answer 9

Yalta Conference

Question 10

May 1945

Answer 10

Germany surrendered

Question 11

July 1945

Answer 11

Potsdam Conference

Question 12

August 1945

Answer 12

US atomic bombs led to Japanese surrender and US occupation

Question 13

1946

Answer 13

Philippines became independent and Communist forces opposed Filipino and French Indochinese regimes

Question 14

June 1948

Answer 14

Communist insurgency prompted British declaration of state of emergency in Malaya

Question 15

August 1948

Answer 15

Anti-Communist state of South Korea established

Question 16

September 1948

Answer 16

Communist state of North Korea established

Question 17

December 1948

Answer 17

US stopped aiding Chinese Nationalists against Chinese Communists

Question 18

October 1949

Answer 18

China became Communist