Cambodia

Question 1

When did Sihanouk become King?

Answer 1

1941

Question 2

When did Sihanouk abdicate?

Answer 2

1955

Question 3

What percentage of Cambodian peasants were in poverty between 1950 and 1970?

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

How many High Schools were there in Cambodia by 1967?

Answer 4

200

Question 5

When did Sihanouk break off relations with the US?

Answer 5

1965

Question 6

When did the First Civil War break out?

Answer 6

1967

Question 7

Why was Sihanouk able to win the First Civil War?

Answer 7

• Small rebel numbers (10,000 by 1970)
• Sihanouk’s prestige
• Sihanouk’s ruthlessness

Question 8

When did the US start to bomb Cambodia?

Answer 8

Operation Menu 1969

Question 9

Who took power in Cambodia in 1970?

Answer 9

Lon Nol

Question 10

Why was Lon Nol able to seize power in 1975?

Answer 10

• US bombing
• Distrust of Sihanouk by the military and middle class.
• Lon Nol was outside of the country
• Lon Nol distrusted Sihanouk

Question 11

Why did the Khmer Rouge seize power in 1975?

Answer 11

• US Bombing
• Support for the Khmer Rouge by Sihanouk
• Popularity of the Khmer Rouge policies
• Lon Nol was hated and corrupt.

Question 12

How did the Khmer Rouge try to remove foreign influence from Cambodia?

Answer 12

• Execution of intellectuals (80% of teachers and 95% of doctors)
• Ethnic Cleansing (execution of the Muslim Chams)
• Target Vietnamese-Cambodians

Question 13

How did the Khmer Rouge try to achieve self-sufficiency?

Answer 13

• Elevate the peasantry
• Collectivisation
• Evacuate Phnom Penh

Question 14

How did the Khmer Rouge try to enforce uniformity on its population?

Answer 14

• Appearance of individuals
• Collectivisation
• Focus on “Cambodians”

Question 15

How many Vietnamese Cambodians fled to Vietnam?

Answer 15

375,000

Question 16

Where did border clashes take place in 1978?

Answer 16

Vietnam - Cambodian border.

Question 17

Who did Cambodian ally with?

Answer 17

China. Shared a belief in the importanc of the agricultural worker as the basis of Communist ideology.

Question 18

Who did Vietnam appoint as leader of Cambodia after 1978?

Answer 18

Heng Samrin

Question 19

Who replaced Heng Samrin after 1985?

Answer 19

Hun Sen

Question 20

What was Cambodia known as after 1978?

Answer 20

Peoples’ Republic of Kampuchea (PRK)

Question 21

Who supported the PRK?

Answer 21

Vietnam and Russia

Question 22

Who challenged the PRK?

Answer 22

Khmer Rouge and China. As a result the West and the UN also supported them in order to oppose Russia.

Question 23

What did the 1991 Paris Peace Settlement state?

Answer 23

• All sides demobilised
• New elections held in 1993
• Elections to be overseen by the UN

Question 24

What were the weaknesses of the UN involvement in Cambodia?

Answer 24

• UN only sent 16,000 soldiers
• Not all sides demobilised
• Khmer Rouge kidnapped UN workers

Question 25

What was the turnout of the 1993 election?

Answer 25

90%

Question 26

What was the result of the 1993 election?

Answer 26

Coalition government between Prince Ranariddh (58 seats) and Hun Sen (51 seats)

Question 27

How much of Cambodia did the Communists control by 1971?

Answer 27

50%

Question 28

How many members did the Khmer Rouge have by 1972?

Answer 28

200,000

Question 29

How many people had died from starvation by 1979?

Answer 29

650,000

Question 30

How many were murdered in the killing fields?

Answer 30

At least 1 million