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Herbert South & East Asia History
South & East Asia History
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Social Studies
7th Grade
04/17/2013

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nationalism
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This feeling of wanting to rule your own country led India to try for independence
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non-violent protest (breaking laws on purpose)
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What was Gandhi's method for fighting for independence for India?
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U.S. set up Japan's economy and government.
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What role did the U.S. have in rebuilding Japan after WWII?
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Mao Zedong
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Communist rule of China from 1949 until his death in 1976
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Great Leap Forward
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Mao's program in for China to industrialize using planned farming and people making steel
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Cultural Revolution
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Mao's program to get rid of old culture; also to get rid of his political enemies
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Tienanmen Square Massacre
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Killing of thousands of Chinese people who gathered to protest for more freedom
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to contain communism (to keep it from spreading)
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Why did the United States fight in wars in Korea and Vietnam?
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