Conflict and Tension In Asia AQA GCSE

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Hint	Answer
Name the state the USA rivalled with during the Cold War.	USSR
What was it called when one of the superpowers got involved in other conflicts to affect the balance of power?	Proxy War
Name the proxy war from 1950-53.	Korean
Name the proxy war from 1955-75.	Vietnam War
What was it called where both sides spent billions on militarising?	Arms Race
What was a big propaganda race to show which side had the best scientists and technology?	Space Race
What were used to assassinate opponents and father information about the enemy?	Spies
When was the Russian Revolution where the USSR became communist?	1917
When did the Nazis and Stalin sign a pact?	1939
When did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union?	1941
When did Truman become President of the USA?	1945
Who was the leader of Russia?	Joseph Stalin
Who did the US drop atomic bombs on (without telling the USSR)?	Japan
When did the USSR develop their own atomic bombs?	1949
What was Winston Churchill's famous anti-communist speech called?	Iron Curtain Speech
What was Truman's containment policy known as?	Truman Doctrine
Which US programme sent hundreds of millions of dollars to Western European countries (because poorer countries were more likely to support communism)?	Marshall Plan
When did China fall to communism?	1949
Who was its leader?	Chairman Mao
What was it called during the 50s when US fear of communism intensified?	Red Scare
Who fuelled this by leading a hunt for suspected communists in Senate?	Senator Joseph McCarthy
Along what parallel was Korea split post WWII?	38th
Who ruled the communist North Korea?	Kim Il Sung
Who ruled the capitalist South Korea?	Syngman Rhee
What did both sides what to do?	Unite
What was this known as?	Nationalism
When did Northern troops first attack the South?	1950
Where did the North Koreans push the South Koreans back to?	Pusan
Who did the USA convince to support military action against communist forces in SK?	United Nations
What was the name of the council in charge of this decision making?	UN Security Council
Who wasn't allowed to join the council, causing Stalin to walk out?	Mao
What did this mean Stalin couldn't do to the plan to send troops to SK?	Veto
How many times did Seoul change hands between 1950 and 51?	4
Who led the UN invasion?	General MacArthur
Where did they land?	Inchon Bay
Which river did the UN forces reach, causing China to intervene?	Yalu
By when had the stalemate begun?	March 1951
What chemical weapon did the US use against NK?	Napalm
How many planes did the UN lose?	3500
How many planes did the USSR (painted as Chinese planes) lose?	3000
When did peace talks begin?	July 1951
When was a peace agreement reached?	July 1953
Who replaced Truman in 1953? (The year Stalin died.)	Eisenhower
What was created between NK and SK to prevent a future war along the 38th parallel?	Demilitarised zone
How many deaths did the Korean war cause?	1.2 million
How many US?	36000
How many Korean?	900000
What was the region of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia known as?	French Indo China
Who successfully occupied Vietnam during WWII?	Japan
Who fought against them?	Vietminh
Who lead this group?	Ho Chi Minh
After the occupants were forced to leave Vietnam, for how many years did the Vietminh fight against the French?	8
How much money did the US give the French as part of the Containment Policy?	$3 billion
Where was the important attack from the Vietminh in 1954?	Dien Bien Phu
Who commanded the Vietminh?	Nguyen Vo Giap
How many troops were amassed on the hills surrounding the French airstrip?	50000
How many casualties did the French suffer?	10000
What was on the surrounding hills which made the French think the Vietminh wouldn't be able to use heavy artillery (incorrectly)?	Jungle
What was signed in 1954?	Geneva Agreement
On which parallel was Vietnam split?	17th
Who would rule South Vietnam?	Ngo Dinh Diem
When were elections supposed to be held to unite Vietnam?	1956
Which religion did Diem belong to?	Catholicism
Which religion (the majority in Vietnam) was persecuted?	Buddhism
What did Diem take from peasants to give to his supporters?	Land
Who performed self-immolation in 1963?	Thich Quang Duc
What was the army of SV called?	ARVN
How many advisors to SV were there in 1954?	17

Hint	Answer
How many were there by the time Eisenhower left office in 1961?	685
How many were there when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963?	16,000
What organisation, started in 1960, is better known as the Vietcong?	NLF
How many members did the VC have by 1961?	100,000
What was the policy of moving peasants into fortified villages (1962)?	Strategic hamlets
When was Diem assassinated? (The US did nothing to stop this.)	1963
Who came into power in 1963?	Lyndon B Johnson
When was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?	August 1964
Which warship was allegedly attacked?	USS Maddox
What operation of targeted bombing of Vietnam began in February 1965?	Operation Rolling Thunder
Which US airbase was attacked in March 1965, killing 8 soldiers?	Pleiku
How many US marines were there by the end of 1965 in Vietnam?	200,000
How many US marines were there by 1968?	500,000
What tactics did the VC favour?	Guerilla
Name the booby trap that involved sharpened bamboo spikes covered in faeces.	Punji trap
Name the one that flew out of the ground and exploded at one metre above the earth.	Bouncing betty
Which battalion suffered 600 casualties in 6 months without even seeing the enemy?	Hard Luck Battalion
How long was the Cu Chi tunnel complex?	130 miles
What did the VC try to win over in South Vietnam?	Hearts and minds
What was the North Vietnamese army?	NVA
What kind of patrols were sent into the countryside to try and identify VC?	Search and destroy
What were the small US soldiers sent into tunnels called?	Tunnel Rats
What were Agent Orange and Agent Blue?	Herbicides
How much of SV's vegetation was killed by these (plus napalm)?	12.5%
Who was famously burnt by napalm?	Kim Phuc
How many Vietnamese people have suffered birth defects or illness due to Agent Orange?	1 million
What was the attack launched in January 1968?	Tet Offensive
How many losses did the VC suffer?	60,000
How many losses did the US suffer?	2600
Which famous news presenter was heard to exclaim "I thought we were winning this war."	Walter Cronkite
How many troops did General Westmoreland request which LBJ rejected post-Tet?	200,000
What did LBJ not stand for later that year, in part because of the perceived failure of Tet?	Reelection
Who became president in 1969?	Richard Nixon
What was his policy?	Vietnamisation
When were the first US troops withdrawn?	1969
How many were there by 1971?	140000
What was the name of the NV to SV supply route?	Ho Chi Minh Trail
How did the US decide who would fight in the war?	Draft
Who was the most famous protester of the draft?	Muhammad Ali
How many US casualties were there in 1968?	17000
How many were there in total?	58000
What was this war known as because it was so well documented in media?	TV war
Which march was there in Washington in 1971?	Veterans' March
Which group argued for peace on principle?	Hippies
How many of the front line soldiers were Black?	28%
How much money did the war cost?	$169 billion
What atrocity was committed in March 1968?	My Lai Massacre
Which US army unit were respomsible?	Charlie Company
How many Vietnamese were murdered?	500
How many months later was the massacre revealed?	18
Who led the attack?	Lieutenant Calley
Which was the massacre in the US? (May 1970)	Kent State Massacre
How many deaths and injuries were there? (__,__)	4,9
Who was the main US negotiator?	Henry Kissinger
Who waas the main NV negotiator?	Le Duc Tho
What was it called when relations between the US were improving with both the USSR and China?	Detente
When was Cambodia secretly bombed?	1969
Where did the US back an SV invasion of in 1971?	Laos
What was the massive bombing campaign against NV in 1972?	Operation Linebacker
When was a peace agreement reached?	January 1973
When were US troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam by?	March 1973
When did NV invade the South?	December 1974
When did Saigon fall?	April 1975
How many Vietnamese died?	3 million
How many Vietnamese were made homeless?	11 million
What were the 2 million refugees who left the country called?	Boat people
How many babies were fathered by US soldiers?	100,000
What did LBJ fail to build due to the Vietnam War?	Great Society