Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Viewpoints 29.2: Nationalism in Vietnam and Turkey

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1. What was Ho Chi Minh’s initial reason for joining the French Socialist Party?

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Correct: The answer is b. Ho Chi Minh claimed to have little understanding of socialist politics or ideology when he joined the French Socialist Party. He was simply drawn to the party by its statements in support of colonized peoples.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Ho Chi Minh claimed to have little understanding of socialist politics or ideology when he joined the French Socialist Party. He was simply drawn to the party by its statements in support of colonized peoples.
1. What was Ho Chi Minh’s initial reason for joining the French Socialist Party?

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2. Whose ideas did Ho Chi Minh come to see as crucial to ending colonialism around the world?

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Correct: The answer is d. Ho Chi Minh came to see Lenin’s writings as a “radiant sun illuminating our path to final victory.”
Incorrect: The answer is d. Ho Chi Minh came to see Lenin’s writings as a “radiant sun illuminating our path to final victory.”
2. Whose ideas did Ho Chi Minh come to see as crucial to ending colonialism around the world?

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3. With which of the following would both Ho Chi Minh and Mustafa Kemal have agreed?

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Correct: The answer is a. While both men were committed to national independence, Ho Chi Minh dreamed of a worldwide revolution and Mustafa Kemal was concerned only with Turkey.
Incorrect: The answer is a. While both men were committed to national independence, Ho Chi Minh dreamed of a worldwide revolution and Mustafa Kemal was concerned only with Turkey.
3. With which of the following would both Ho Chi Minh and Mustafa Kemal have agreed?

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4. Why did Mustafa Kemal think it was important to abolish the fez?

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Correct: The answer is c. Kemal associated the fez with opposition to “progress and civilization.” Since the “whole civilized world” wore hats, the Turks should too.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Kemal associated the fez with opposition to “progress and civilization.” Since the “whole civilized world” wore hats, the Turks should too.
4. Why did Mustafa Kemal think it was important to abolish the fez?

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5. Which of these best encapsulates Mustafa Kemal’s ambition?

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Correct: The answer is b. Kemal was a committed modernizer who sought to remake Turkey into a secular, industrialized nation-state.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Kemal was a committed modernizer who sought to remake Turkey into a secular, industrialized nation-state.
5. Which of these best encapsulates Mustafa Kemal’s ambition?