Unit 12: Paper 3 — History of Asia and Oceania (HL)
Topic 12.11: The Cold War in Asia (1949–2002) Questions
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Which event in 1953 formally ended the fighting in the Korean War?
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On what date did North Korean forces invade South Korea, starting the Korean War?
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Who became president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in 1948?
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Which communist group, led by Pol Pot, seized power in Phnom Penh in 1975 and went on to commit genocide?
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To what extent was US military strategy, rather than political decisions, the main reason for American failure in the Vietnam War?
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Discuss the view that the war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) was the single most significant cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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At which line of latitude was Korea divided into Soviet and American occupation zones in 1945?
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Which battle in 1954 ended French colonial rule in Indochina?
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To what extent do you agree that Nixon's policy of Vietnamization made the fall of Saigon in 1975 inevitable?
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At the 1954 Geneva Conference, Vietnam was divided at which line of latitude?
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Choose the development from 1986 that historians treat as a major turning point in the war.
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Choose the correct sequence of events following the fall of the Najibullah government in April 1992.
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Why is the Tet Offensive of January 1968 considered a turning point in the Vietnam War, despite being a military defeat for the communists?
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Choose the correct pair of countries, besides the USA, that backed the Mujahideen against Soviet and Afghan government forces.
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Choose the correct description of the Saur Revolution.
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Evaluate the claim that Ngô Đình Diệm's own policies, more than any other factor, caused the collapse of his government in South Vietnam.
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Evaluate the claim that outside backers, rather than the Mujahideen's own fighting ability, were the decisive reason the Soviet Union failed to defeat the resistance in Afghanistan.
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 out of defensive fear rather than a deliberate strategy of expansion?
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Discuss the view that the Tet Offensive of 1968 was a greater victory for the communist forces than their defeat on the battlefield suggests.
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that the Afghan civil war of 1992-1996 and the rise of the Taliban were caused mainly by the legacy of the Soviet-Afghan war, rather than by internal Afghan rivalries?
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