ASIA REVIEW Benchmark 3

What country has the largest democracy in the world?

INDIAINDIA

Who started the Indian independence movement?

Mohandas Mohandas GandhiGandhi

The legislator is responsible for what in a parliamentary system of

government?

Making and Making and carrying out the carrying out the

lawslaws

The person with the most power in a parliamentary system is the???

Prime Prime MinisterMinister

What did India call their attempt to improve

agriculture?

The The Green RevolutionGreen Revolution

India’s developing of industries has caused what type of environmental problems? Industrial waste in the Ganges

Domino Theory

Gandhi’s main strategy for dealing with unfair British laws was to have

his followers do what?

Non- Non- Violent Violent ProtestProtest

How did the United States help rebuild Japan after WWII?

Helped write constitution,

established democracy, equal rights, defensive

military, etc.

A highly trained work force has contributed to what country’s economic success?

JapanJapan

Japan must import _______ and food.

RAW RAW MATERIALSMATERIALS

Demilitarized zone

Most workers in China and India are what?

FarmersFarmers

On what line of latitude is Korea divided?

3838thth Parallel Parallel

What does India specialize in today?

InformatioInformation n

Technology Technology (IT)(IT)

Who was China’s Nationalist Leader?

Chiang Chiang Kai-shekKai-shek

What is it called when a state is occupied and controlled by members of another nation?

ColonyColony

What effect did opening China up to foreign trade have on the

country?

Improved the Improved the economyeconomy

Japan, they have a highly educated work force with strong

work ethics.

The Great leap Forward stressed what in China?

Extensive Extensive commercial commercial

farmingfarming

No one really, both countries are still separated today.

Mao’s attempt to remove all ties to China’s cultural was

known as???

Cultural Cultural RevolutionRevolution

Seasonal winds accompanied with rain the blow across

Southern Asia

MonsoonsMonsoons

Who was the Communist hero of China who took power in 1949?

Mao Zedong

Who were the Red Guard?Mao’s army of young people during the cultural revolution

Who did Chinese troops either arrest or kill for

protesting for more freedom in Tiananmen

Square?

CHINESE CHINESE STUDENTSSTUDENTS

Of the countries we have studied, which is said to have a

Mixed/Command Economy

China & China &

VietnamVietnam

What program did Mao start to take attention off himself and

the government’s failures.

The The Cultural Revolution.Cultural Revolution.

Having a sense of pride in one’s country.

So that countries can trade with one another

Who was Vietnam’s First Communist Leader?

Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh

Japan’s #1 Natural Resource.

FISHFISH

The belief that if one country became Communist than all of

its neighbors would also become Communist is known

as what?

The Domino The Domino TheoryTheory

The Soviet Union helped what country set up its new government after Japan was forced to give it up?

North North

KoreaKorea

No, it is a communist nation with a dictator as the ruler.

What happened at the end of the Korean War?

North and South Korea North and South Korea were were

divided along the divided along the Demilitarized ZoneDemilitarized Zone

Japan was put under the control of what country after WWII?

u.s.a.u.s.a.

What man was named Supreme Allied Commander of the Pacific after WWII?

DOUGLAS DOUGLAS MACARTHURMACARTHUR

Who were the Viet Cong?

Farmers by day, guerrillas by

night

Why was the Korean War fought?

Communist North Communist North Korea invaded Korea invaded South KoreaSouth Korea

What happened to the role of the emperor in Japan after World War II?

His role in Japan His role in Japan became ceremonial became ceremonial in nature.in nature.

Why did India and Pakistan became two separate nations

in the 1940s?

Differences Differences in religionsin religions

What was the name for the farmers who lived in South Vietnam and participated in guerilla warfare for North Vietnam at night?

Viet Cong Viet Cong

Why did the United States become involved in the Vietnam war?

Because they feared that communism would spread in South Asia.

What type of government does Japan have today?

Constitutional Monarchy/Parliamentary Democracy

What type of government does North Korea have today?

Communist/Dictatorship and

Autocracy

Where does most of North Korea’s money go?

To the military

You are a world-class sailor. What body of water would yourboat be in if you were on the EAST side of the KOREAN PENISULA?

Sea of Sea of JapanJapan

What type of economy does Vietnam have today?

Mixed/Command

The communist dictatorship of North Korea has what type of economy?

Command

What is the name of Japan’s parliament?

The Diet

What was the result of the Vietnam War?

North Vietnam took over South Vietnam.