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The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China
What were the features of the Tonkin Free School?
The Tonkin Free School was started in 1907 to provide western style education in Vietnam.
(i) The education included classes in science, hygiene and French.
(ii) The school wanted to introduce modernism. According to the school, to be modern the Vietnamese had to look modern.
(iii) The school encouraged the adoption of western styles such as having a short hair cut.
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What was Phan Chu Trinh’s objective for Vietnam? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau?
With reference to what you have read in this chapter, discuss the influence of China on Vietnam’s culture and life.
What was the role of religious groups in the development of anti-colonial feelings in Vietnam?
Explain the causes of the US involvement in the war of Vietnam. What effect did this involvement have on life within the US itself?
Write an evaluation of the Vietnamese War against the US from the point of view of:
(a) a porter on the Ho Chi Minh trail.
(b) a woman soldier.
What was the role of women in the anti-imperial struggle in Vietnam? Compare this with the role of women in the nationalist struggle in India.
When did Indo-China get its formal independence?
Which of the following countries comprises of Indo-China?
What do you understand by term ‘rationalism’?
The French troops landed in Vitenam in:
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