Vietnam and Korea Flashcards
Which country still has a demilitarized zone (DMZ)- Korea or Vietnam
Korea
What ‘theory’ says that if one country falls to communism, the other countries might fall as well- Big Bang Theory, Domino Theory, Evolution Theory
Domino Theory
Which country had to give up control over Korea and Vietnam when they lost WW2- Russia, China, Japan
Japan
Which person led the fight for Vietnam to become a communist country - Mao Zedong or Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
What was the US policy that said they would help any democratic country that was threatened by communism- Helping Hands, Domino Theory, Containment
Containment
The ‘cold war’ started after WW2 and was about the tensions and mistrust between which 2 countries- Japan, Germany, US, Soviet Union
US and Soviet Union
The US joined which war to try and stop the spread of communism- Korean, Vietnam, or both
Both
In North Korea, one person holds all the power and doesn’t let the citizens have any say in what happens; what type of political system is this- confederation, autocracy, democracy
Autocracy
Which 2 countries have most economic decisions made by a communist government- Conia, Japan, India, North Korea
China and North Korea
Since the government controls every aspect of the economy in North Korea, what type of system do they have- command, market, mixed
Command
What makes it so people can do a better job and producing specific items and lets them trade for the things they need/can’t make themselves- tarrif’s, specialization, United Nations
Specialization
Just like in India, this factor sparked the independence movement in Vietnam- democracy, communism, nationalism
Nationalism
Why didn’t the U.S. want Ho Chi Minh to be the leader in Vietnam- he was not Vietnamese, he was a communist and threat to the US interests, he wanted a constitutional monarchy
he was a communist and threat to the US interests
After the Korean War was over, the North and South were still divided; Which side is communist and which one is democratic?
North= communist South= democratic
Even before Japan took control over Vietnam, which European country had dominion over Vietnam in the early 1900’s- Germany, Britain, France
France
