| A | B |
|---|
| April 1975 Cambodia... | became communist |
| Cambodia from mid 1970s-1980s | genocide by Khmer Rouge |
| Khmer Rouge? | group controlled Cambodia from 1975-79, genocide, communists |
| Pol Pot | leader of Khmer Rouge |
| significance of the name "khmer rouge" | "khmer" - cambodia's ppl, the khmer ppl of the angkor empire, "rouge" - red 4 commies |
| kampuchea | name for cambodia by commies + khmer rouge |
| communists asked for all professionals in fields ...why? | to kill them all |
| approx. how many died during the genocide? | 1.5 - 2 million |
| Dec 1978 | vietnam invaded b/c genocide got so bad, to put down khmer rouge |
| vietnam occupied kampuchea for ? yrs | 10 |
| govt of cambodia | coalition govt (multi-party democracy), constitutional monarchy (figurehead) |
| Prime Minister of Cambodia | Hun Sen |
| AngorWat | huge temple in cambodia, buddhist, suppsd to be largest religious complex in world...doubtful |
| only landlocked country in SE Asia | Laos |
| govt of Laos | communist |
| how technologically developed is Laos? | none, extremely poor |
| what is a primary occupation of ppl in laos? | subsistence farming |
| primary religion of laos? | theravada buddhism |
| population of laos? | about the same as state of va |
| per capita GDP of laos | 1,900 |
