A | B |
Diet | Japan's two-house parliament |
France | Eurpean country that controlled Indochina |
Reparations | payment for war damages |
Cold War | disagreements without fighting between U.S. & Russia |
Geneva Conference | meeting that divided Vietnam into North and South |
Indochina | Vietnam was first called |
General Douglas MacArthur | sent by U.S. to help rebuild Japan after WWII |
Ho Chi Minh | leader of Nationalist Movement in Vietnam |
Domino Theory | belief that if a country falls to communism, other countries around it will also become communist |
Emperor of Japan | Japan's symbolic (ceremonial) ruler after WWII |
Vietminh League | organization began by Ho Chi Minh |
United States | took temporary control of South Vietnam in 1954 |
Republic of Vietman | name of country today |
Communist | Ho Chi Minh's political party; controls Vietnam today |
North Korea | has a communist government |
South Korea | has a democratic government |
Goal of Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh League | independence for Vietnam |
Japan's Government | Constitutional Monarchy |
Civil disobedience | Gandhi's plan of non-violence |
Nationalism | feeling of loyalty to a group with whom you share a common history, culture, and/or religion |