| 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 |