The Korean War

After WW 2, two super powers emerged in the world

• Soviet Union & Great Britain

• Soviet Union & USA

• USA & China

• North and South Korea

After WW 2, Korea was divided in Two countries

• A Democratic North and Communist South

• A Communist North and a Monarchy south

• A communist North and a democratic South

• None of the above choices

The United States and it's President worried that if one country fell to communism, the country next would fall. This idea is called

• Brinkmanship

• Containment

• Red scare

• Domino theory

North Korea invaded on June 25, 1950, they controlled what percentage of the peninsula?

• 50%

• 75%

• 85%

• 95%

The United States and UN forces responded to the conflict in Korea. This man was put in charge of the troops

• Douglas MacArthur

• Eisenhower

• George Patton

• Syngman Rhee

This country supplied troops to help the North Koreans

• Russia

• China

• Japan

• India

MacArthur wanted to go after the Communists, but the President worried that this would bring what country into the war?

• China

• Japan

• Germany

• Vietnam

In 1953, the United States & North Korea agreed to a?

• Peace talk

• Peace treaty

• cease fire

• UN resolution

About how many Americans died in the Korean war?

• 200,000

• 55,000

• 25,000

• 132,000

Korea today looks very much like it did before the war, it is still divided at the......

• 45th parallel

• the equator

• 38th parallel

• 17th parallel