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WorksheetsSec 4 EHY Korean War
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which country was Korea a colony of before WW2?
USA
Britain
Japan
China
What was the name of the conference that decided Korea was to be split into 2 occupation zones?
Panmunjom Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
Who was elected to become the president of the newly founded Republic of Korea? (ROK)
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
Park Ji Sung
Kim Jong Il
In which year did the USSR and the USA withdraw its troops from the North and South respectively?
USSR: 1948
USA: 1949
USSR: 1949
USA: 1948
USSR: 1950
USA: 1951
Who gave the 'permission' for Kim Il Sung to invade South Korea in 1950?
Mao Zedong
Stalin
Peng Dehuai
Who was the US commander that led the UN forces and those of South Korea to respond to the North's invasion?
General Douglas MacDonald
General Douglas MacArthur
General Doolittle MacArthur
General Doolittle MacDonald
Which of these are some of the motivations that led USA to get involved in the Korean Civil War in late 1940s?
Limited success in Truman's containment policy
Communist victory in China (Domino Theory)
Condemnation and purge of communist sympathisers in USA (McCarthyism)
End of US atomic monopoly after USSR dropped its bomb
What was the name of the report produced by the UN Security Council in 1950 that warned of communist activities around the world and its roots in the USSR?
NSC-68
Long Telegram
Truman Doctrine
Which part of Korea did General MacArthur first launch his counter-invasion?
Seoul
Pusan
Incheon
Pyeongyang
Which country began to be involved in the war in October 1950?
Taiwan
Vietnam
China
When was General MacArthur fired for insubordination? (Truman wanted to prevent war with Chinese but MacArthur did all he could to provoke it)
April 1951
April 1952
April 1953
When did Stalin die?
March 1952
March 1953
March 1954
According to the ceasefire agreement (armistice), where would both Koreas be divided along?
30th parallel
17th parallel
38th parallel
