Communism in Korea & Vietnam Learning Check

What was the purpose for the United States' involvement in Korea and Vietnam after WWII?

• Obtain more land in Asia.

• Gain more allies against the Germans.

• Contain the spread of communism.

• Earn the trust of the Soviet Union.

Who controlled the Korean Peninsula at the end of World War 2?

• The Soviet Union controlled it all.

• The United States controlled it all?

• The United States controlled the North and the Soviet Union controlled the South.

• The Soviet Union controlled the North and the United Stated controlled the South.

The 38th Parallel was...

• The dividing line between North and South Korea before and after the Korean War.

• The site of the largest massacre of Indians during Gandhi's independence movement.

• The name given by General MacArthur to the constitution of South Korea.

• The last place that US troops fought in Asia.

The United States and the Soviet Union never fought one another directly in "all out warfare" after WWII. Instead, both nations fought against smaller countries to try to prevent the opposing viewpoints from spreading, and supported countries who might adopt their form of government and economics. The United States and the Soviet Union were fighting a ____________________.

• Hostile War

• Cold War

• Domino Theory

• Political War

The United States felt that if Korea and Vietnam became communist nations, other nations in Asia would begin to fall to communism and the Soviet Union would become more powerful than the United States. This is the idea of...

• Domino Theory

• Dominion

• Civil Disobedience

• Partitioning

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

• The United States and South Korea won the war.

• The Soviet Union and North Korea won the war.

• The Chinese intervened to stop the North Koreans from fighting.

• The fighting ended in a stalemate at the 38th Parallel, neither side won.

Which of the following is the correct series of events?

• Korean War, World War 2, Vietnam War

• Vietnam War, Korean War, World War 2

• World War 2, Vietnam War, Korean War

• World War 2, Korean War, Vietnam War

___________________ ruled over Vietnam before World War 2.

• France

• Grat Britain

• The United States

• China

Why did the United States object to Ho Chi Minh being in charge of a united Vietnam?

• He was from North Korea

• He was from the Soviet Union

• He was in favor of capitalism

• He was a communist

Who was on the side of the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War?

• The United States

• South Korea

• The Soviet Union and China

• France