WQ18: Korean & Vietnam War

What parallel was Korea divided at after WWII?

• 17th

• 38th

• 50th

• 12th

When North Korea swept across the 38th parallel in a surprise attack on South Korea, President Truman was convinced that this policy of preventing the spread of communism was being put to the test.

• Domino Theory

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

• Capitalism

The fear that one nation after the next would fall to communism.

• Domino Theory

• Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

What international peace organization intervened on behalf of South Korea during the Korean War?

• League of Nations

• United Nations

• Red Army

• Geneva Accords

Who was the commander to the UN troops during the Korean War?

• Eisenhower

• MacArthur

• Monty Montgomery

• JFK

Truman fired MacArthur during the Korean War because he attempted to use atomic warfare to end the conflict.

• True

• False

An agreement to put down weapons and stop fighting. This is how the Korean War ended?

• Armistice

• DMZ

• Reparations

• Treaty

Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?  

• United States

• China

• Japan 

• France

When the French pulled out of Southern Vietnam, what country entered to try and help stop communism from spreading? 

• United States

• Great Britain

• Germany

• China

What country had control of Vietnam during World War II?

• France

• Germany

• China

• Japan