Conflict and Tension In Asia AQA GCSE - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Name the state the USA rivalled with during the Cold War.	USSR	95%
Name the proxy war from 1950-53.	Korean	73%
Who was the leader of Russia?	Joseph Stalin	66%
Who did the US drop atomic bombs on (without telling the USSR)? \| Who successfully occupied Vietnam during WWII?	Japan	59%
Along what parallel was Korea split post WWII?	38th	57%
When did Truman become President of the USA?	1945	55%
When did China fall to communism? \| When did the USSR develop their own atomic bombs?	1949	55%
When did Northern troops first attack the South?	1950	52%
How many times did Seoul change hands between 1950 and 51?	4	52%
Who ruled the communist North Korea?	Kim Il Sung	52%
Who lead this group?	Ho Chi Minh	50%
Who ruled the capitalist South Korea?	Syngman Rhee	50%
What was Truman's containment policy known as?	Truman Doctrine	50%
Name the proxy war from 1955-75.	Vietnam War	50%
Who was its leader?	Chairman Mao	48%
Who replaced Truman in 1953? (The year Stalin died.)	Eisenhower	48%
Who wasn't allowed to join the council, causing Stalin to walk out?	Mao	48%
What was a big propaganda race to show which side had the best scientists and technology?	Space Race	48%
What did both sides what to do?	Unite	48%
When was the Russian Revolution where the USSR became communist?	1917	45%
Who led the UN invasion?	General MacArthur	43%
What was it called when one of the superpowers got involved in other conflicts to affect the balance of power?	Proxy War	43%
How many advisors to SV were there in 1954?	17	41%
When did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union?	1941	41%
On which parallel was Vietnam split?	17th	39%
What was the army of SV called?	ARVN	39%
Which religion (the majority in Vietnam) was persecuted?	Buddhism	39%
What tactics did the VC favour?	Guerilla	39%
After the occupants were forced to leave Vietnam, for how many years did the Vietminh fight against the French?	8	36%
What was it called where both sides spent billions on militarising?	Arms Race	36%
Where did the North Koreans push the South Koreans back to?	Pusan	36%
Who did the USA convince to support military action against communist forces in SK?	United Nations	36%
Which river did the UN forces reach, causing China to intervene?	Yalu	36%
When did the Nazis and Stalin sign a pact?	1939	34%
When was Diem assassinated? (The US did nothing to stop this.)	1963	34%
What operation of targeted bombing of Vietnam began in February 1965?	Operation Rolling Thunder	34%
What was it called during the 50s when US fear of communism intensified?	Red Scare	34%
Who fought against them?	Vietminh	34%
When were elections supposed to be held to unite Vietnam?	1956	32%
What chemical weapon did the US use against NK?	Napalm	32%
What was created between NK and SK to prevent a future war along the 38th parallel?	Demilitarised zone	30%
Where was the important attack from the Vietminh in 1954?	Dien Bien Phu	30%
What was signed in 1954?	Geneva Agreement	30%
Which US programme sent hundreds of millions of dollars to Western European countries (because poorer countries were more likely to support communism)?	Marshall Plan	30%
What did this mean Stalin couldn't do to the plan to send troops to SK?	Veto	27%
Which religion did Diem belong to?	Catholicism	25%
What did Diem take from peasants to give to his supporters?	Land	25%
Who became president in 1969?	Richard Nixon	25%
What were used to assassinate opponents and father information about the enemy?	Spies	25%
When was Cambodia secretly bombed? \| When were the first US troops withdrawn?	1969	23%
How many planes did the USSR (painted as Chinese planes) lose?	3000	23%
Who fuelled this by leading a hunt for suspected communists in Senate?	Senator Joseph McCarthy	23%
How many casualties did the French suffer?	10000	20%
How many months later was the massacre revealed?	18	20%
How many US marines were there by the end of 1965 in Vietnam? \| How many troops did General Westmoreland request which LBJ rejected post-Tet?	200,000	20%
What was the region of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia known as?	French Indo China	20%
What was the name of the NV to SV supply route?	Ho Chi Minh Trail	20%
Who came into power in 1963?	Lyndon B Johnson	20%
What atrocity was committed in March 1968?	My Lai Massacre	20%
What organisation, started in 1960, is better known as the Vietcong?	NLF	20%
What was the policy of moving peasants into fortified villages (1962)?	Strategic hamlets	20%
Which warship was allegedly attacked?	USS Maddox	20%
How many Vietnamese were murdered?	500	18%
When was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?	August 1964	18%
Name the one that flew out of the ground and exploded at one metre above the earth.	Bouncing betty	18%
What was the attack launched in January 1968?	Tet Offensive	18%
What was his policy?	Vietnamisation	18%
How did the US decide who would fight in the war?	Draft	16%
When was a peace agreement reached?	July 1953	16%
Who was the most famous protester of the draft?	Muhammad Ali	16%
Name the booby trap that involved sharpened bamboo spikes covered in faeces.	Punji trap	16%
What kind of patrols were sent into the countryside to try and identify VC?	Search and destroy	16%
How many troops were amassed on the hills surrounding the French airstrip?	50000	14%
What was Winston Churchill's famous anti-communist speech called?	Iron Curtain Speech	14%
Who performed self-immolation in 1963?	Thich Quang Duc	14%
Which famous news presenter was heard to exclaim "I thought we were winning this war."	Walter Cronkite	14%
How many babies were fathered by US soldiers? \| How many members did the VC have by 1961?	100,000	11%
How many losses did the VC suffer?	60,000	11%
Which US army unit were respomsible?	Charlie Company	11%
When did peace talks begin?	July 1951	11%
What was this known as?	Nationalism	11%
Who would rule South Vietnam?	Ngo Dinh Diem	11%
How many US marines were there by 1968?	500,000	9%
What was on the surrounding hills which made the French think the Vietminh wouldn't be able to use heavy artillery (incorrectly)?	Jungle	9%
By when had the stalemate begun?	March 1951	9%
Which US airbase was attacked in March 1965, killing 8 soldiers?	Pleiku	9%
How many Vietnamese people have suffered birth defects or illness due to Agent Orange?	1 million	7%
How many of the front line soldiers were Black?	28%	7%
How many planes did the UN lose?	3500	7%
How much money did the US give the French as part of the Containment Policy?	$3 billion	7%
How many Vietnamese died?	3 million	7%
When did Saigon fall?	April 1975	7%
What did the VC try to win over in South Vietnam?	Hearts and minds	7%
Who was the main US negotiator?	Henry Kissinger	7%
Where did they land?	Inchon Bay	7%
Where did the US back an SV invasion of in 1971?	Laos	7%
Who led the attack?	Lieutenant Calley	7%
What was the North Vietnamese army?	NVA	7%
What were the small US soldiers sent into tunnels called?	Tunnel Rats	7%
What was the name of the council in charge of this decision making?	UN Security Council	7%
How many were there when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963?	16,000	5%
How many losses did the US suffer?	2600	5%
How many deaths and injuries were there? (__,__)	4,9	5%
How many Korean?	900000	5%
What were Agent Orange and Agent Blue?	Herbicides	5%
Who was famously burnt by napalm?	Kim Phuc	5%
Who commanded the Vietminh?	Nguyen Vo Giap	5%
What was this war known as because it was so well documented in media?	TV war	5%
How many Vietnamese were made homeless?	11 million	2%
How much of SV's vegetation was killed by these (plus napalm)?	12.5%	2%
How many US?	36000	2%
How many were there by the time Eisenhower left office in 1961?	685	2%
When did NV invade the South?	December 1974	2%
Which battalion suffered 600 casualties in 6 months without even seeing the enemy?	Hard Luck Battalion	2%
Which group argued for peace on principle?	Hippies	2%
Which was the massacre in the US? (May 1970)	Kent State Massacre	2%
Who waas the main NV negotiator?	Le Duc Tho	2%
What was the massive bombing campaign against NV in 1972?	Operation Linebacker	2%
What did LBJ not stand for later that year, in part because of the perceived failure of Tet?	Reelection	2%
How many deaths did the Korean war cause?	1.2 million	0%
How long was the Cu Chi tunnel complex?	130 miles	0%
How many were there by 1971?	140000	0%
How much money did the war cost?	$169 billion	0%
How many US casualties were there in 1968?	17000	0%
How many were there in total?	58000	0%
What were the 2 million refugees who left the country called?	Boat people	0%
What was it called when relations between the US were improving with both the USSR and China?	Detente	0%
What did LBJ fail to build due to the Vietnam War?	Great Society	0%
When was a peace agreement reached?	January 1973	0%
When were US troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam by?	March 1973	0%
Which march was there in Washington in 1971?	Veterans' March	0%

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