Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950-1975 | AQA GCSE History (8145)

Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950-1975

99 questions
9 subtopics
Paper 1
Paper 1

Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950–1975 is examined in Paper 1, Understanding the modern world.

It covers the causes of the Korean War, the development of the Korean War, the end of the Korean War, the end of French colonial rule, US involvement in Vietnam under Eisenhower and Kennedy, Johnson’s War, Nixon’s War, opposition to the Vietnam War and the end of the war.

Sample questions from Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950-1975

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

The causes of the Korean War

What did Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee both claim, despite being bitter enemies?

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Each claimed the right to rule the whole peninsula and wanted the country reunited on his own terms.
The development of the Korean War

What did the Inchon landings achieve within weeks?

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They cut the Northern army's supply lines, freed Seoul and drove the invaders back over the 38th Parallel.
The end of the Korean War

Which two changes in 1953 helped break the deadlock?

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Stalin died in March, and the new president Eisenhower let it be known that he might use atomic weapons to finish the fighting.
The end of French colonial rule

How was Vietnam divided by the agreement reached at Geneva in 1954?

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Temporarily at the 17th Parallel, with the communists holding the north and a non-communist state set up in the south.
US involvement in Vietnam under Eisenhower and Kennedy

What was a military adviser supposed to do?

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Train and equip South Vietnamese soldiers rather than fight, though advisers often went into combat zones alongside them.
Johnson’s War

What was Search and Destroy?

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Patrols were flown by helicopter into the countryside to hunt guerrillas, kill them and burn their supplies, then pull out rather than hold the ground.
Nixon’s War

What lasting harm did Agent Orange do?

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It contained dioxin, which has been linked to cancers and to birth defects in Vietnamese children and in the children of veterans.
Opposition to the Vietnam War

Why is Vietnam called the first television war?

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Film of the fighting and of civilian suffering ran on the evening news, so families watched it from their living rooms.

The 9 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
The causes of the Korean War	Japan's rule, the division at the 38th Parallel, Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee, the communist victory in China, why the North attacked in 1950, containment, and the Security Council vote.	12
The development of the Korean War	The Pusan Perimeter, the Inchon landings and what they achieved, the decision to cross the 38th Parallel, the advance to the Yalu, Chinese intervention, and why Truman sacked MacArthur.	11
The end of the Korean War	The stalemate of 1951, the talks at Kaesong and Panmunjom, the prisoner of war dispute, the armistice of July 1953 and the demilitarised zone, the cost to Korea, and the United Nations' record.	10
The end of French colonial rule	The Vietminh and Ho Chi Minh, the defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva division at the 17th Parallel, the elections never held, Diem's unpopular rule and its end, and the Vietcong's tactics.	11
US involvement in Vietnam under Eisenhower and Kennedy	The Domino Theory, Eisenhower's money, weapons and advisers, how Kennedy widened the commitment while refusing combat troops, the Strategic Hamlets programme and why it failed, Ap Bac, and the deaths of November 1963.	10
Johnson’s War	The Gulf of Tonkin and the power Congress gave Johnson, the first combat troops and Operation Rolling Thunder, Search and Destroy and the body count, the My Lai massacre and its exposure, the Tet Offensive and its consequences at home, and the student protests.	13
Nixon’s War	Vietnamisation and peace with honour, Agent Orange and napalm, the heavier bombing of 1970 to 1972 and the Christmas bombing, the widening into Cambodia and Laos, and Nixon's visit to Beijing.	10
Opposition to the Vietnam War	The Kent State shootings of May 1970 and the reaction to them, the television war and the images that turned opinion, the credibility gap and Cronkite's verdict, the Pentagon Papers, opposition from veterans, Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali, and how Watergate affected the end of the war.	11
The end of the war	The Paris talks and why they dragged on, Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, the agreement of January 1973, the fall of Saigon in April 1975, and what the war cost the USA and Vietnam.	11

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How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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