Transcript Communism in SE Asia

Communism in SE Asia
Economic, Political, and Social
Effects
Table of Contents – SE Asia
Date
Title
Lesson #
**SE Asia**
4/6
Cover Page
56
4/7
Human-Environment Interaction
57
4/13
Religion
58
4/14
Isolation
59
4/15
Communism
60
Communism
• Definition  _________ controls the political
power and economic decisions
Mao Zedong –
Chinese communist
leader
Diffusion
• Definition  ________ of ideas, inventions, or
patterns of behavior.
Effects of the Spread of Communism
• Economic
• Political
• Social
Political Effects
1. Communism
starts HERE, in
the Soviet Union
3. North
Korea
• Communism
diffuses from
Soviet Union
to SE Asia 
China, Laos,
Vietnam, and
North Korea
2. Diffuses to
China
5. Laos
4. Vietnam
6. Cambodia
Map Directions
1. Write your name somewhere on the top.
2. Label the following countries on the map.
a. Soviet Union (Russia)
b. China
c. North Korea
d. South Korea
e. Vietnam
f. Cambodia
g. Laos
RUSSIA
Label the
following
countries on
your map.
1. Russia
2. China
3. North Korea
4. Vietnam
(Green)
5. Laos (Red)
6. Cambodia
(Purple)
Directions
• Use the information from the activities we
do in your notebook to find the main idea
on the chart.
2. China Becomes Communist
• Clip Questions – How did
China become a Communist
country?
• What happened to the
Chinese Nationalists? (those
who wanted capitalism and
democracy)
Mao Zedong –
Communist leader
of China.
2. China Becomes Communist
Add to your worksheet:
- Main Idea
 With the help of the Soviet
Union, Mao Zedong leads a
revolution bringing
Communism to China
Mao Zedong –
Communist leader
of China.
3. Korean War
• Clip Question – Why
did the US get involved
in the Korean War?
• Who won the Korean
War?
4. Vietnam War
• Clip Questions
1. Explain the
Domino Theory.
2. Record your main
idea for the
diffusion of
Communism to
Vietnam on your
worksheet.
Cambodia and Laos
• #6 and #7  After the US leaves Vietnam,
both countries adopt communism.
Day 2 – Social and Economic
Effects of the Spread of
Communism
North Korea vs. South Korea
North Korea
South Korea
A. Communist A. Republic –
dictatorship
Democracy
B. Command
Economy
B. Market
Economy
C. GDP per
person =
$1,900
C. GDP per
person =
$24,600
Social Effects
1. FAMINE – huge food shortages
Starving
North Korean
children.
Why? 
Large bunnies bred for
North Korean farms to fight
a) Lack of arable (Farm) land
the food shortages.
b) Collective Farming practices
c) Poor farm equipment - not enough tractors and
fuel
Social Effects
• North Korea’s government isolates its population
from the rest of the world.
2. ISOLATION
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No cell phones
Censorship of the media
Government sponsored TV only
No international trade
3. LIMITED FREEDOMS
 Which of the examples above demonstrate limited
freedoms?
 Write Limited Freedoms next to each example.
Social Effects
4. Uniformity
- All businesses
and schools
have strict rules
that must be
followed
- Uniforms must
be worn, strict
procedures
followed,
everything is the
same
Uniformity and Structure
Whether one visits the streets of
Shanghai or a local restaurant in
Beijing, Chinese businesses are
structured and uniforms are worn.
Social Effects
5. Discourage Religion
- Worship the state and
political leaders instead
of religious leaders
- Western religions are
illegal
Chinese souvenir stand selling Mao
Zedong items.
North Korean family takes a
family portrait beneath a statue
of dictator Kim Jong-IL.
Religion
The Chinese government
allows traditional Chinese
religions but does not allow any
western religions
Economic Effects of Communism
1. Agrarian Society – most people work/live on a
farm.
2. Limited choice for consumers – the
government produces only very few products.
3. Self-sufficient lifestyles – people must
provide their own products, create their own
jobs
4. Self-Sufficiency - Few Regulations
For Small Businesses
Chinese meat market
-Little government interference, small business owners can do
what they want
- Subsistence Farming – produce only enough to feed one’s
family
Economic Effects
-This is an aerial view of
Pyongyang, North
Korea’s capital city at
5pm on a weekday.
- How does this compare
to Houston at 5pm?
-Why is it like this?
Economic
Effects
Explain this
satellite
image?
Why is it like
this?
Task  Sketch a
picture for each
of the
economic
effects. Include
a caption
underneath
explaining your
picture.
Economic Activities
• Vietnam
Rice farming in
Vietnam
• Taiwan
Semiconductor
factory in Taiwan