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(a) What was meant by the ‘civilizing mission' of the colonisers ?
(b) Huynh Phu So.
Like the British in India, the French claimed that they were bringing modem civilisation to the Vietnamese. They were of the opinion that Europe had developed the most advanced civilization. So it became the duty of the Europeans to introduce modem ideas in their colonies.
(i) They introduced modern education.
(ii) Tonkin Free Schools were opened to provide modern education.
Motive : The real motive behind this motion was to exploit the natural and human resources of Vietnam.
(b)Huynh Fhu So was a Buddhist religious scholar who was a native of the Mekong river delta.
His role in arousing the anti-imperialist sentiments :
(i) Founder of Hoa Hao Movement: Huynh Phu was the founder of the Hoa Hao Movement which drew on religious ideas popular in the anti-French uprisings of the nineteenth century.
(ii) Social reformer : He was a great social reformer as he opposed the sale of child brides, gambling, and the use of alcohol and opium.
(iii) Struggle against foreign rule: Huynh Phu So faced a great deal of trouble when he began to spread his ideas of religion, because most of his followers were Vietnamese nationalists.
The colonial government declared him mad, called him the Mad Bonze, and put him in a mental asylum. The French authorities exiled him to Laos, and sent many of his followers to concentration camps.
The US media and films played a major role in both supporting as well as criti cising the Vietnam war/ Explain.
What was Phan Chu Trinh's objective for Vietnam ? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau ? [CBSE March 2011]
What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?
Explain the role of women in the anti imperial struggle in Vietnam.
[CBSE March 2011]
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Evaluate the role of Vietnamese women during 1960s war period and after the war in peace time. [CBSE 2008, 2010 (F) 2014 (D) Compt.]
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Who wrote the play based on the lives of Trung sisters ? What was depicted in the play ? [CBSE 2014]
Why some policy makers of France to emphasised the need to use the French language as a medium of instruction in Vietnam ?
‘The measures taken by the French to control the spread of bubonic plague in Hanoi created a serious problem.” Explain the statement.
Under what circumstances Vietnam was divided into the north and south Vietnam ?
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Explain any four major challenges faced by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. [CBSE 2008, 2009(0), March 2012]
US entry into the war marked a new phase that proved costly to the Vietnamese as well as to the Americans.” Explain. [CBSE 2014]
What was the cause of Silesian weavers uprising? Comment on the viewpoint of the journalist.
What was the development in China- which took place in 1911 and inspired the Vietnamese nationalists ?
Who was the founder of Vietnamese Communist Party? Under what circumstances was the Party formed ?
What were the values which played an important role in the victory of Vietnamese over the mighty USA ?
Who was Phan Chu Trinh ? How did he help in the modernisation of Vietnam ? [CBSE March 2011]
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Explain any four ideas of Phan Chu Trinh. [CBSE March 2011, 2012, 2013(D), 2014(F)]
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Explain the features of the ideology of Phan Chu Trinh. [CBSE March 2011]
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Explain the ideas of Phan Chu Trinh to establish a democratic republic in Viet nam. [CBSE 2014]
Name any one party formed by the students of Vietnam to fight against the colonial government ?
How was the idea of “looking modem” implemented in Tonkin Free School ? Explain. [CBSE 2012]
Who were Marianne and Germania? What was the importance of the way in which they were portrayed?
Early Vietnamese nationalists had close relationship with Japan and China'. ^ Explain by giving examples.[CBSE 2013 (D)]
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Describe any five features of the Go East Movement'.
What were the major features of the new schools of Western learning introduced in Vietnam by the French ?
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Explain four features of the education being given in the Tonkin Free Schools which was started to provide the western style of education in Vietnam. [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]
What is the Ho Chi Minh trail? Describe any three points of its importance. [CBSE Comp. (D) 2008, March 2011]
How did students in Vietnam fight against the colonial government's efforts to prevent Vietnamese from qualifying for white collar jobs' ? Explain. [CBSE 2014(0)]
Why was conflict started in Vietnam against French colonizers in all areas of life ? Explain. [CBSE 2010 (D)]
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‘The French discriminated the Vietnamese in all areas of life.' Explain.
Explain the following –
(a) Only one-third of the students in Vietnam would pass the school-leaving examinations.
(b) The French began building canals and draining lands in the Mekong delta.
(c) The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled. [CBSE 2014(D)]
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Why did a major protest erupt in 1926 in the Saigon Native Girls School in Vietnam ? Explain. [CBSE 2014]
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Describe the incident that took place in 1926 in Saigon Native Girls School.
[CBSE 2014]
(d) Rats were most common in the modern, newly built areas of Hanoi.
Explain the reasons for the French Colonisers to scrap the bounty programme for rat hunting in 1902-03. [CBSE 2014]
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What was the purpose to start ‘Rat Hunt’ programme by the French in Vietnam in 1902 ? How the purpose got defeated ?[CBSE 2012]
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Describe the ‘Rat Hunt’ activity introduced by the French in Vietnam. [CBSE 2015 (O)]
What was the role of religious groups in the development of the anti-colonial feeling in Vietnam? [CBSE March 2011]