The Korean War 1950-53

Who was the President of the USA in 1950?

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Carter

• Roosevelt

Who was the leader of the USSR in 1950?

• Putin

• Yeltsin

• Stalin

• Lenin

Who was the leader of North Korea in 1950?

• Kim Il Sung

• Kim Jong-il

• Kim Jon-Un

• Syngman Rhee

What humiliation had Stalin recently suffered which may have made him want a communist invasion of South Korea?

• He didn't have a nuclear bomb

• He had lost elections in Poland

• China had become a Communist country

• He had had to end his blockade of West Berlin because of the airlift

Why might Stalin want an invasion of South Korea?

• To gain back lost Russian land

• To show Communist China the USSR was still the most important Communist country in Asia.

• To have South Korea as a buffer zone for the USSR

• He was born in South Korea and hated it

After the invasion, where were US troops forced back to?

• Inchon

• Seoul

• Pyongyang

• Pusan

Why did the United Nations support American action in Korea?

• The UN only had capitalist nations in it

• USSR was boycotting the UN so couldn't veto.

• The UN was only made up of Asian countries

• The UN was boycotting the UN so couldn't veto.

Which US General lead the UN forces?

• Truman

• Yalu

• MacArthur

• Patton

Where did US Marines land, behind North Korean lines?

• Pusan

• Pyongyang

• Inchon

• Yalu

How many UN countries sent support to the South Koreans?

• 16

• 24

• 32

• 48