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Chapter 22 Section 4
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12th Grade
03/17/2009

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Ho Chi Minh
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leader of the Vietminh.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Definition
South Vietnam leader.
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Pol Pot
Definition
leader of Khmer Rouge troops took control of Cambodia’s capital.
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Prince Norodom Ranariddh
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Prince of Cambodia.
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Hun Sen
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removed Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Pro democracy supporter who won a noble prize.
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Achmed Sukarno
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Indonesia’s first president.
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General Suharto
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Anti communist who replaced Achmed Sukarno.
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King Norodom Sihanouk
Definition
constitutional monarch of Cambodia.
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General Lon Nol
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American backed army officer who ousted Sihanouk.
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Jose Ramos Horta
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Human rights advocate in East Timor, also received Noble Peace Prize
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Bishop Carlos Belo
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Human rights advocate in East Timor, also received Noble Peace Prize
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Lee Kuan Yew
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Prime Minister of Singapore from 1965-1990.
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John F. Kennedy
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U.S president who Gave approval to the killing of Ngo Dinh Diem.
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Charles de Gaulle
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French president who urged U.S. troops to withdrawal.
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Lyndon Johnson
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U.S president who increased American involvement in Vietnam.
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Kampuchea
Definition
Khmer Rouge’s name for Cambodia.
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Myanmar
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is the northernmost country of Southeast Asia.
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Rim of Southeast Asia
Definition
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
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East Timor
Definition
Former Porrogeese colony.
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Malaysia
Definition
territory on the Malay Peninsula and on the island of Boreno.
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Singapore
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Small island republic off the tip of the Malay Peninsula.
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Indochina
Definition
Region of Southeast Asia where communist Struggles established.
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South Vietnam
Definition
Pro Western.
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North Vietnam
Definition
Communist Vietnam.
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Thailand
Definition
Residance of refugees from Vietnam.
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Laos
Definition
Neighbor of Vietnam fell under the domination of Vietnam in 1975.
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Cambodia
Definition
Neighbor of South Vietnam, invaded by Khmer Rouge.
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Vietminh
Definition
Vietnamese nationalists in the Indochinese Communist party.
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Definition
Vietminh defeated French forces, French agreed to pull out of Vietnam.
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Geneva Accords
Definition
negotiation between several countries to settle the Vietnam conflict.
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17th parallel
Definition
Divided Vietnam into a Communist North and a Pro Western South.
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Domino theory
Definition
where neighboring country falls to another neighboring communist country.
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Definition
struggle for Americans to increase involvement in the war.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Definition
gave the president war powers.
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Tet Offensive
Definition
major military Viet Cong offensive during the Vietnamese new year.
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Paris Accords
Definition
ended the Vietnam war
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Khmer Rouge
Definition
cambodian communist group.
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Demilitarized Zone
Definition
Area of Non fighting
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Tiger Economy
Definition
Fast growing southeast Asian economy
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“Killing fields”
Definition
The Khmer Rouge starving and murdering the civilians of Cambodia who supported the old system.
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Vietnam War
Definition
Struggle of Communism in Indochina region.
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Refugee
Definition
People who flee to another country for safety from danger.
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