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20 Cards in this Set
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1883 Treaty of the Protectorate
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Recognized French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin. Vietnamese court was now under the French.
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Geneva Accords of 1954
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Granted Indochina independence from France. Vietminh soldiers would retreat from battle with the French
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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First president of South Vietnam, as a result of the Geneva Accords of 1954. Staunch anti-communist, made efforts to make a Republic of Vietnam.
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Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
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Coalition government of Funcinpec, the Khmer Rouge, and the Party of Democratic Kampuchea
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Khmer Krom
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Indigenous people of Vietnam, nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge
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East Asian Miracle
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Economic miracles of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
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National Assembly of Vietnam
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The head organ of Vietnam since the Vietminh took control of the country in 1946, as part of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Ung Huot
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Political figure in Cambodia, who escaped from the civil war in the 70's, and then returned to the political sphere in the 90's. Replaced Ranariddh has prime minister for a year in 1997.
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Samrin
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A former member of the Khmer Rouge who later defected and went into hiding in Vietnam. He became chairman of the People's Republic of Kampucha when he returned in the 90's
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Nguyen Ai Quoc
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Ho Chi Minh
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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US Congress passage of responsive attack on Vietnam after US naval ships were attacked on the Gulf of Tonkin
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Lon Nol
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Led a revolution against Prince Sihanouk to become president of Cambodia, which he declared the Khmer Republic. Before the revolution he served as prime minister twice.
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Hun Sen
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One of the leaders of the Cambodian People's Party. Former Khmer Rouge who escaped to Vietnam and called for the Vietnamese to overthrow the Khmer Rouge.
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Son Ngoc Thanh
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Activist and politician in Cambodia. Was prime minister succeeding Sihanouk, but was arrested when the French seized control of Cambodia again.
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Trung Sisters
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National heroines of Vietnam, who fought off the Han dynasty for three years
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Tay Son Rebellion
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Peasant rebellions in the 18th/19th century, fought off Chinese.
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4/17/1975
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The day the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh and took over Cambodia
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4/30/1975
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The fall of Saigon, the end of the Vietnamese war, the reconstruction of communist Vietnam
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People's Republic of Kampuchea
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Single party communist government that followed the Democratic Kampuchea of the Khmer Rouge
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Funcinpec
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Royalist party, in coalition with Cambodian People's Party until 2008.
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