home
Menu
Create
Random
0
0
0

AQA GCSE History "Conflict and Tension in Asia" - People

This quiz is for people taking the AQA GCSE History Module "Conflict and Tension in Asia 1950-1975", which focuses on the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Name all the people associated with this module.
According to the textbook for the module published by Oxford University Press.
It is not necessarily vital to know about all of these people.
Some people listed only as writers of sources or in suggestions for further research are not included.
Quiz by
TWM03
Rate:
Last updated: May 6, 2019
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
More quiz info >>
First submittedMay 6, 2019
Times taken195
Average score36.2%
Report this quizReport
Quiz and answer stats >>
Friends stats >>
8:00
Enter answer here
0
 / 47 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
Hint
Person
Head of the US department of justice whose house was bombed, triggering the First Red Scare
Alexander Mitchell Palmer
Dictator who was defeated by the USA and the USSR in the Second World War
Adolf Hitler
Leader of the USSR at the end of the Second World War
Joseph Stalin
US Secretary of State who was the namesake of a plan to aid countries at risk of becoming Communist
George Marshall
British Prime Minister who coined the term "Iron Curtain"
Winston Churchill
US President for most of the Korean War who was the namesake of a "Doctrine" involving the containment of Communism
Harry S. Truman
Leader of North Korea from 1948
Kim Il-Sung
First President of South Korea
Syngman Rhee
First leader of Communist China
Mao Zedong
US President who introduced Vietnamisation
Richard Nixon
Leader of China before the Communist revolution
Chiang Kai-shek
Second World War General who was the chief of UN forces in Korea from June 1950 - April 1951
Douglas MacArthur
US President for most of the Second World War
Franklin D. Roosevelt
North Korean Pilot who defected to the US after the end of the Korean War and received a large reward
No Kum-sok
US President from 1953 who negotiated the peace treaty at the end of the Korean War
Dwight D. Eisenhower
First Secretary General of the United Nations who resigned after the USSR refused to accept him as Secretary General because of his involvement in the Korean War
Trygve Lie
Co-founder of the Vietminh who became the leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Co-founder of the Vietminh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Leader of South Vietnam who was strongly opposed to Communism and known for being nepotistic
Ngo Dinh Diem
Former emperor of Vietnam who was the opponent of the above in a fraudulent election in 1955
Bo Dai
Buddhist monk who burnt himself alive in public to protest against the South Vietnamese government
Thich Quang Duc
Sister-in-law of the South Vietnamese leader who was outspoken against his opponents
Tran Le Xuan (Madame Nhu)
US President who backed a coup against the leader of South Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Writer of the report "The Path to Revolution in the South", which stated that North Vietnam had to do more to unite the country, and predicted a war with the USA
Le Duan
Hint
Person
Leader of the National Liberation Front (Vietcong), who was not a Communist
Hua Tho
US Senator who was the namesake of an Act requiring Communists to be investigated by HUAC and limiting their employment opportunities
Pat McCarran
US Senator who claimed to have a list of federal employees who were Communists; he inspired a "Witch Hunt" in the Second Red Scare
Joseph McCarthy
US President who greatly increased US involvement in Vietnam following the attack in the Gulf of Tonkin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Commander of US forces in Vietnam from 1964-1968
William Westmoreland
Replacement of the above after the President refused him 200,000 more troops to fight in Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
Soldier who wrote to US politicians and military leaders to expose the My Lai Massacre
Ronald Ridenhour
Lieutenant who was court-martialled for 22 murders in the My Lai Massacre - his defence was that he was following orders
William Calley
Helicopter pilot who intervened in the My Lai Massacre and was subsequently ostracised for doing so - he gave evidence against the above
Hugh Thompson
Civil rights leader who opposed the Vietnam War
Martin Luther King Jr.
Sport personality who refused to fight in Vietnam and was sentenced to go to prison, though this sentence was eventially overturned
Muhammad Ali
Democratic presidential candidate in the 1968 US Presidential Election
Hubert Humphrey
Nine-year-old Vietnamese girl who was photographed running naked down a road after a napalm attack
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Student who was shot at Kent State University and was the subject of a famous photograph
Jeffrey Miller
Fourteen-year-old girl depicted screaming in this photo
Mary Ann Vecchio
Singer of the anti-war songs "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance"
John Lennon
Singer of the anti-war song "Blowin' in the Wind"
Bob Dylan
South Vietnamese police chief filmed shooting a Vietcong fighter in the head
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Newsreader who was described as the "most trusted man in the country", who said in 1968 that the US would eventually have to negotiate with North Vietnam
Walter Cronkite
US President who became the president after the previous one resigned due to the Watergate Scandal
Gerald R. Ford
US National Security Advisor who negotiated US withdrawal from Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
North Vietnamese chief negotiator who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 along with the above
Le Duc Tho
US representative who began peace talks in Paris in 1969
Henry Cabot Lodge
Save Your Stats
Your Next Quiz
Official Languages of the World
Can you name the national languages of every country in the world?
World Cities A-Z by Clue #1
Based on the clues, can you guess these cities which start with each letter of the alphabet?
Countries by Partial Flag Images #8
Difficulty level: impossible and mean-spirited. Can you guess these countries based on a partial view of their flag?
Pin Africa on a Borderless Map
Drag the pin onto the correct country. Careful, though! Three wrong moves and the game ends.
Comments
No comments yet
Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2026
Contact Us | Go To Top | View Mobile Site | Site Map