ASIA BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS (1920s & 1930s)

• All of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi are true except one.  Which ONE is most definitely NOT true?
a. He used fasting and non-violent civil disobedience to attain his goals.
b. He wanted the Muslims and Hindus to work cooperatively together in a new form of government.
c. He wanted India to be independent from England
d. He wanted everyone to follow all the rules and customs of the Caste system.
e. He was born into a Hindu family, and studied law in England.

• Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party during the 1920s and '30s? a.Sun Yat-sen;     b. Chiang Kai-shek;    c.  Mao Tse-tung;         d. Yuan Shih-kai

• Which of the following is NOT true about China in the 1930s.
a. Many American missionaries tried to persuade the US government to oppose Japan's invasion of China.
b. Pearl Buck wrote a best-selling novel about China, titled The Good Earth.
c. The United States refused to recognize Japan's territorial acquisitions in China throught the Stimson Doctrine.
d. The United States cut off oil and other  supplies to Japan in order to stop it's invasion and aggression in Japan.
e. The United States supported Chiang Kai-shek as the "legitimate" ruler of China during the 1930s.

• Which ONE of the following was NOT true about Japan during the 1920s.  
    a. Japan was westernizing, industrializing and modernizing.
    b. Japan was aggressively creating an empire (Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.        c. Japan had some democratic institutions such as political parties and voting opportunities.
    d. Japan relaxed and liberalized its control over Korea.

• Which of the following is NOT true about Japan during the 1930s?
    a. Mostly military leaders controlled the goverment.
    b. The Zaibatsu (industrial companies) supported expansion abroad.
    c. Japan took over Manchuria.
    d. Japan was bombing China.
    e. Japan agreed to limit its armaments at the Washington Conference