A river separating North Korea from most of China

What is the Household Responsibility System?

Farmers being allowed to sell goods in markets

What happened in Tiananmen Square?

The Chinese Army massacred student protesters.

During the 1980’s and 1990’s the economic policies of Deng Xiaoping led directly to...

an increase in trade with the West

Indira Gandhi was assassinated because

her army massacred Sikhs at their Golden Temple.

The Indian constitution outlawed Caste discrimination and

Created job quotas for lower castes

What was China’s cultural revolution about?

Take out China‘s “bourgeois“ tendencies.

Increased urbanization led to --

overcrowded, congested, and polluted areas

Which action was taken by Deng Xiaoping to improve the economy of China?

encouraging some capitalist practices

empty buffer zone made to keep two countries from fighting

The United States "played the China card"...

to isolate the Soviets between NATO and a hostile China.

First Prime Minister of India after Partition in 1947

What started the Korean War?

The North Korean Invasion of South Korea.

How much money on goods/services a country makes in a year

What is collectivization?

The creation of communal farms to replace family enterpise

Sri Lanka has continuing conflicts between

Sinhalese Buddhists & Tamil Hindus

What did the Green Revolution involve?

the expanded use of fertilizers

The Partition of India was when...

British India split into India and Pakistan

Why was the Green Revolution a problem

Machines too expensive for small farmers

What was one result of the Green Revolution for India?

greatly increased its food production

The communists were successful in the Chinese civil war because the...

Peasants supported the communists

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1
The Yalu river is
A mountain range
A river separating North Korea from most of China
A glacier
The largest Rice farm location in Asia
2
After being pushed back to the Pusan Perimeter, where did MacArthur invade?
The DMZ
Inchon
The 38th Parallel
The Yalu River
3
During the Cold War, one of the nonaligned nations was
India.
Cuba.
Poland.
Japan.
4
What is the Household Responsibility System?
Farmers being allowed to sell goods in markets
The privatization of state enterprises
Another word for collectivism
Another word for Iron Rice Bowl
5
What happened in Tiananmen Square?
The Chinese Army protested against the Communist Government.
The Chinese Army massacred student protesters.
Student protesters overthrew the Communist Government.
The United States supported Chinese student protesters.
6
During the 1980’s and 1990’s the economic policies of Deng Xiaoping led directly to...
the success of the commune system
a return to a strict communist economy
an increase in trade with the West
an expansion of China’s colonial empire
7
the Chinese youth that pushed the Cultural Revolution
Domino Theory
Two Chinas
Red Guards
Korean War
8
Who said "I don't care if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice?"
Shinzo Abe
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Syngman Rhee
9
How was the Korean War ended?
Peace Treaty
Armstice
North Korea Surrended
South Korea Surrendered
10
Large farms made by Mao Zedong were known as...
He didn't have big farms
IDK
Big Farms
Communes
11
What was the boundary between North and South Korea BEFORE the Korean War?
The Iron Curtain
The 38th Parallel
The 49th Parallel.
The Demarcation Line Line
12
What were the students at Tiananmen Square demanding?
Repression
Communism
A dictatorship
Democracy
13
As India approached Independence violence broke out between
Sikhs and Bhramins
Hindus and Muslims
Jews and Christians
Jain and Buddhists
14
Indira Gandhi was assassinated because
her government was corrupt.
She agreed to let Punjab be free.
her army massacred Sikhs at their Golden Temple.
she agreed to split India and Pakistan.
15
The Indian constitution outlawed Caste discrimination and
Created job quotas for lower castes
Marriages must be approved by a panel of elected judges
Equality now exists in rural areas
Brahman were given huge salaries by government
16
What was China’s cultural revolution about?
Take out China‘s “bourgeois“ tendencies.
Making people have a common goal.
Open peoples minds to change.
Cause people to see the problems.
17
Which country entered Korean War when MacArthur got to close to Yalu River?
North Korea
Vietnam
China
Russia
18
To where did Jiang Jieshi flee when the Guomindang lost?
U.S.
Russia
Taiwan
India
19
This Indian Political Party is associated with Hindu Nationalism
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
Indian National Congress (INC)
20
Where did Mother Teresa begin her charity?
Los Nietos Middle School
The South
In the United States
The poorest parts of Calcutta
21
Increased urbanization led to --
philanthropists helping the poor
demands to end power of political machines
legislation limiting immigration to urban areas
overcrowded, congested, and polluted areas
22
What was the time of rapid economic growth in Japan called?
the Great Depression
the Economy Boom
the Economic Miracle
the Economic Climb
23
Which action was taken by Deng Xiaoping to improve the economy of China?
practicing glasnost
discouraging foreign investment
organizing the Red Guard
encouraging some capitalist practices
24
The famous Buddhist and political leader the Dalai Lama fled to India from _____________.
Outer Mongolia
Siberia
Inner Mongolia
Tibet
25
Mao's Little Red Book was...
The instruction manual for the farming equipment
Mao's Diary
A stupid name for a book that wasn't actually red
A book of quotes from Mao
26
What is the name of the small perimeter where U.S. forces were trapped in South Korea?
Korean Conflict
Inchon Invasion
Pusan Perimeter
Forgotten War
27
Which is not one of The Four Asian Tigers?
Hong Kong
Singapore
North Korea
Taiwan
28
Policy in Communist China that limited families to only having one child?
One-Child Policy
An Aging Population
Demographic Transition
World Population Flows
29
What was the repercussions of the Cultural Revolution?
Chaos
Very good
Partially good
No changes
30
Women in India have more rights than men.
True
False
31
Demilitarized Zone:
A zone where construction happens
An empty buffer zone created as a place for fighting
A dangerous place where most fighting happens
empty buffer zone made to keep two countries from fighting
32
Why did peasants support Mao Zedong?
He overthrew the Kuomintang
He overthrew the Qing Emperor
He gave them control of factories
He gave them land
33
The United States "played the China card"...
to isolate the Soviets between NATO and a hostile China.
to gain access to Chinese markets for American goods.
to explore communism and welcome it into American life.
to attempt to bring down the Chinese leadership.
34
Nehru was.....
Not a very important man in India's history...
First Prime Minister of Pakistan after Partition in 1947
First Prime Minister of India after Partition in 1947
A man most famous for having a jacket named after him
35
What started the Korean War?
South Korea's Invasion of North Korea.
The North Korean Invasion of South Korea.
Soviet invasion of North Korea
The Chinese Invasion of North Korea.
36
What is GDP?
How much money the government makes from taxes
How much money the government sends to other countries
How much money on goods/service a country makes in a month
How much money on goods/services a country makes in a year
37
Dalits often work as
Soldiers
Teachers
Priests
Toilet cleaners
38
What is collectivization?
A policy that sent intellectual elites to work on farms
Confiscated land and distributed it equally among peasants
A system imposed by communist to collect taxes more quickly
The creation of communal farms to replace family enterpise
39
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the leader of
The Salt March
The Indian Muslim League
The Indian National Congress
The Partition
40
Sri Lanka has continuing conflicts between
Urdu separatists and Kashmir Rebels
Dravidian animists and Hindu rebels
Sinhalese Buddhists & Tamil Hindus
Hutus and Tutsis
41
What was an immediate result of the Great Leap Forward (1958) and collectivization?
fall of Communism in China
massive famine in China
independence of Kenya from Great Britain
breakup of the Soviet Union
42
What did the Green Revolution involve?
encouragement of home gardening
speading of renewable power sources
the expanded use of fertilizers
less use of technology
43
The Partition of India was when...
India became independent from France
The UK took over India
British India split into India and Pakistan
India and Pakistan formed one country
44
During the Great Leap Forward, peasants were told to make...
Weapons
Revolution
Steel
Plastics
45
Which international governing body intervened in the Korean War?
Warsaw Pact
World Bank
NATO
United Nations
46
Why was the Green Revolution a problem
Led to too many small farms
Caused a famine
Got rid of Famine
Machines too expensive for small farmers
47
Who was Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
First president of India
First Asian Minister of Parliament
First president of Pakistan
First Mughal Emperor
48
What was one result of the Green Revolution for India?
increased its amount of arable land
greatly increased its food production
started a recycling program
started using more solar energy
49
What is the borderland called that Hindu Indians and Muslim Pakistanis fight over?
Jerusalem, Israel
Yugoslavia
Cyprus
Kashmir
50
The communists were successful in the Chinese civil war because the...
The west did not support the nationalists
Peasants supported the communists
Communists had the support of the U.S.
Communists were better supplied

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