Case Study 1: The Korean War IGCSE

Korea has been ruled by Japan until which year?

• 1944

• 1945

• 1955

• 1950

At the end of the Second World War the ____________ half of Korea was liberated by Soviet troops and the ____________ half by Americans.

• eastern, southern

• northern, western

• northern, southern

• western, southern

The north remained communist-controlled, with a communist leader who had been trained in the _____________, and with a soviet style _______ _________ system.

• Russia, one-party

• USSR, one-party

• China, one-party

• Czechoslovakia, two-party

South Korea was not very democratic, but it was ______________, and this was enough to win the support of the USA.

• anti-conscription

• anti-democracy

• anti-Stalin

• anti-communist

There was bitter hostility between the North's communist leader and the president of South Korea. Reunification seemed likely.

• True

• False

In 1950, this hostility spilled over into open warefare. North Korean troops overwhelmed the South Korean army. By September 1950...

• South Korean troops pushed back and took most of North Korea.

• all of south Korea was under communist rule.

• all except a small corner of south-east Korea was under communist rule.

• South Korean troops pushed back to the 38th parallel.

Truman was aware that if he wanted to take military action against North Korea it would look better if he had...

• New military uniforms

• The support of the UN

• The support of China

• General MacArthur

Truman believed that the "ideal situation would be a UN intervention in the Korean War rather than an American one".

• True

• False

Which country was the biggest single contributor to the UN Budget and therefore in a powerful position to influence its decisions?

• USSR

• China

• Britain

• United States

Why did the Soviet Union not veto the UN's call to action to send troops to Korea/join the Korean War?

• The Soviet Union wanted the UN to send troops.

• The Soviet Union was boycotting the UN at that time

• The Soviet Union was not a member of the UN

• The Soviet Union was sick that day