Containment of Communism: Korea and Vietnam

The U.S. got involved in Korea and Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

• containment

• Good Neighbor policy

• isolationism

• Roosevelt Corollary

After WWII, North Korea was occupied by the ____________ and had a ____________ government.

• U.S.S.R./Communist

• U.S.S.R./Democratic

• U.S.A./Communist

• U.S.A./Democratic

What is the USSR named today?

• Russia

• Ukraine

• China

• the United Kingdom

After WWII, South Korea was occupied by ____________ and had a ____________ government.

• U.S.S.R./Communist

• U.S.S.R./Democratic

• U.S.A./Communist

• U.S.A./Democratic

What country provided aid to North Korea during the Korean War?

• South Korea
• China
• Japan
• France

Where was Korea divided?

• 18 parallel
• 34 parallel
• 38 parallel
• 15 parallel

What peacekeeping organization voted to aid South Korea?

• League of Nations

• NATO

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

Who was North Korean leader who led the invasion of South Korea in 1950?

• Kim Il Sung

• Kim Jong-il

• Kim Jong-un

What were the results of the Korean War?

• The two sections of Korea reunited

• North Korea & South Korea remained divided

• The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea

• China set up a communist government

What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?

• Domino theory
• MAD theory
• Containment theory
• China Syndrome