All SAT II World History Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #113 : 1900 C.E. To Present
Japanese recognition of which East Asian country in the 1950s led to increased animosity between China and Japan?
South Korea
North Korea
Taiwan
Pakistan
Vietnam
Taiwan
During the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalist Party, which wanted to install a democratic government in China, was forced off of the Chinese mainland and eventually installed a Chinese state on the island of Taiwan (sometimes called Chinese Taipei). This led to a situation where the majority of Western countries, and Japan, recognized the government of Taiwan as the only legitimate Chinese government until the 1970s. The communist government of mainland China was considered illegitimate by the United States and Japan during the more fractious years of the early Cold War.
Example Question #114 : 1900 C.E. To Present
In which decade did official trade relations between Japan and China become more relaxed and cordial?
The 1980s
The 1940s
The 1990s
The 1970s
The 1950s
The 1970s
Trade between China and Japan, from the end of the Second World War until the early 1970s, was only conducted in an unofficial, black-market form; however, in 1972 (concurrent with Nixon's visit to China), trade relations between Japan and China were normalized and each country is now one of the largest trading partners of the other.
Example Question #115 : 1900 C.E. To Present
What is the biggest obstacle to cordial and normalized relations between the People's Republic of China and Japan?
Chinese atrocities committed during the Second World War
Japan's refusal to recognize North Korean sovereignty
China's close relationship with Russia, and previously, the Soviet Union
Japanese atrocities committed during the Second World War
China's refusal to recognize South Korean sovereignty
Japanese atrocities committed during the Second World War
Since the end of the Second World War, the biggest obstacle to friendly relations between the People's Republic of China and Japan has been the memory of Japanese wartime atrocities. In particular, the horrific Rape of Nanking stands out as the most divisive of incidents. This situation is exacerbated by frequent Japanese refusals to recognize and apologize for the atrocities committed during the Second World War. In the twenty-first century, these issues have shown some signs of abating as Japan has issued some formal apologies and offered concessions to the Chinese government. Still, the people of each country remain distrustful of the people of the other country.
Example Question #12 : East And Southeast Asia
The Korean War was fought between __________.
theocratic forces in the North and secular forces in the South
isolationist forces in the North and imperialist forces in the South
imperialist forces in the North and isolationist forces in the South
capitalist forces in the North and communist forces in the South
communist forces in the North and capitalist forces in the South
communist forces in the North and capitalist forces in the South
The Korean War was fought between the communist government of North Korea and the capitalist government of South Korea. The United States and other democratic and capitalist countries involved themselves on the side of the South Koreans, and China and other communist countries involved themselves on the side of the North Koreans.
Example Question #2 : Korean Relations
From 1910 to 1945, the Korean peninsula was occupied by __________.
the Soviet Union
Japan
the United Kingdom
the United States
China
Japan
The Japanese occupied the Korean peninsula in 1910 in one of their earliest waves of imperial expansion that would mark the next thirty-five years of East Asian history. The Japanese remained in Korea until 1945, when the northern half of the country was liberated by the Soviet Union and a communist government established there and the southern half was liberated by the United States and a capitalist government established there. This would lead directly to the Korean War.
Example Question #3 : Korean Relations
The Korean War is often described as the first proxy war of the Cold War when the South Koreans were supported, primarily, by the United States and the North Koreans were supported, primarily, by __________.
India
China
Vietnam
The Soviet Union
Japan
China
During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union never came into direct combat with one another. Instead the capitalist nations of Western Europe and America fought a series of proxy wars against the Communist nations of U.S.S.R. and China. A proxy war is a war fought between two less powerful nations who are each backed by a much more powerful nation. The Korean War is the earliest example of this in the Cold War. It began when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. The American government sent troops and resources to the democratic South Korea and succeeded in pushing the North Koreans back into the North, however as the combined forces of America and South Korea marched into North Korea, China became worried that the war might lead to a full scale conflict between capitalism and communism in East Asia and so began to offer support to North Korea. The war eventually ended in an armistice in 1953, but tensions in the region continue to this day.
Example Question #1 : Vietnamese Relations
In their conflicts against France and the United States, Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong were practitioners of
guerilla warfare.
non-violent resistance.
diplomatic negotiations.
siege warfare.
mass demonstrations and protests.
guerilla warfare.
After World War II, France held Vietnam, which had a communist government led by Ho Chi Min. Most fighting took place in the northern part of the country in a series of guerilla style battles led by small skirmishing forces. These small bands, known as Viet Cong, were victorious against the France and helped create a North Vietnam that was Communist in 1954. By the mid 1960s, conflicts between the two Vietnams warped into open warfare, drawing in the United States openly and the USSR discreetly. The Viet Cong, even when representing a nation state, continued using guerilla tactics to frustrate the American troops.
Example Question #2 : Vietnamese Relations
Which of these Americans received a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Paris Peace Accords of 1973?
Gerald Ford
J. Edgar Hoover
Henry Kissinger
John Foster Dulles
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 effectively ended American military involvement in the Vietnam War. It also provided a (temporary) peace between the forces of North and South Vietnam. For their role in the peace treaty, Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho were given the Nobel Peace Prize.
Example Question #3 : Vietnamese Relations
American military involvement in the Vietnam War was publicly ended following __________.
the Treaty of Saigon in 1976
the Paris Peace Accords in 1973
the My Lai Massacre in 1969
the Treaty of Versailles in 1975
the Tet Offensive in 1968
the Paris Peace Accords in 1973
In 1973, the Paris Peace Accords formally ended direct American military involvement in the war in Vietnam. It was ignored privately by Richard Nixon and his administration, who continued to provide air support to the South Vietnamese forces. When Nixon was forced from office, the American government officially backed out of the Vietnam War and left the South Vietnamese to fall to conquest by the North Vietnamese. The famous "evacuation of Saigon," which occurred in April of 1975, was the final removal of all American personnel from Vietnam, just a day before the North Vietnamese entered and captured the capital of South Vietnam.
Example Question #4 : Vietnamese Relations
In addition to Vietnam, the Vietnam War was also fought in __________.
India and Pakistan
China and Thailand
Laos and Cambodia
North and South Korea
Indonesia and Thailand
Laos and Cambodia
The Vietnam War spread across international borders into Cambodia and Laos, as both countries also had large numbers of communists alleged to be offering support to North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Cambodia, in particular, was the target of many American bombing raids during the latter years of the Vietnam War.
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