Starter quiz
- Why did President Truman authorise a roll back strategy after invading North Korea?
- to try to defend South Korea
- to try to remove communist control in communist countries ✓
- to try to ensure the containment of communism
- to try to remove communist control in capitalist countries
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- What triggered China's entry into the Korean War?
- the US invasion of North Korea ✓
- the fear that the US would invade all communist countries
- the expectation of war between the US and the USSR
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- What is the term for an agreement to stop fighting that is made between two countries?
- 'armistice' ✓
- What was significant about the Korean War?
- It resulted in the US invading China.
- It led to direct conflict between the US and the USSR.
- It was the first proxy war of the Cold War. ✓
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- What helped to strengthen the Soviet Union's position in Asia after the Korean War?
- worsening relations between China and the USSR
- worsening relations between China and the USA ✓
- worsening relations between the USSR and the USA
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔the USA started following containment policies to tackle communism
- 2⇔North Korea invaded South Korea
- 3⇔the USA joined the Korean War to defend South Korea
- 4⇔China joined the Korean War
- 5⇔an agreement was reached to contain communism in North Korea
Exit quiz
- What term means the feeling of pride in your own country and belief that it should be free from the control of others?
- 'nationalism' ✓
- Why did Ho Chi Minh create the Viet Minh?
- to remove foreign rule over China
- to remove foreign rule over Indochina ✓
- to remove foreign rule over Indonesia
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- Why did many people in Indochina support the Viet Minh?
- they were fighting for independence ✓
- they wanted to remain a colony of France
- they helped improve people's daily lives ✓
- they redistributed land to the rich
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- What percentage of France's costs in fighting the Viet Minh were covered by the US by 1954?
- 60%
- 70%
- 80% ✓
- 90%
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- Why did France agree to withdraw support from Indochina?
- French victory in a series of large-scale battles
- increasingly successful Viet Minh attacks on French outposts ✓
- the fall of Dien Bien Phu ✓
- lack of international support
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- What happened to Vietnam shortly after France's withdrawal in 1954?
- The entire country fell under communist rule.
- The entire country fell under capitalist rule.
- The country was split, between a communist ruled North and capitalist South. ✓
- The country was split, between a capitalist ruled North and communist South.
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Key learning points
- A war to remove French control over Indochina began in 1946.
- The Viet Minh led resistance to the French.
- The Viet Minh support ideas of nationalism and communism.
- The Viet Minh defeated the French, despite significant US support for the French.
- Vietnam was divided into two states at the 1954 Geneva Conference.
Common misconception
The Viet Minh gained full control over Vietnam after defeating the French.
Vietnam was divided in two at the 1954 Geneva Conference, leaving the Viet Minh only in control of the north.
Keywords
Colony - a country or territory controlled by another, more powerful, country
Exploitation - using someone or something unfairly, in a way that helps you but may cause harm to other people
Nationalism - the feeling of pride in your own country and belief that it should be free from the control of others
17th parallel - the border established between North and South Vietnam
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