Korean War

Before World War 2, Korea was ruled by

• Russia

• Japan

• China

• The USA

Korea was divided along the ______ Parallel after World War 2.

• 36th

• 37th

• 38th

• 39th

The first country in Asia to become communist in 1949 was

• China

• North Korea

• Vietnam

• South Korea

How do know the Korean War was a proxy war?

• North Korea was fighting South Korea

• The people in Korea were fighting one another

• Foreign countries were involved in the war

Who initiated the border skirmishes along the border?

• South Korea

• North Korea

• China

The President of the USA during the war was

• Stalin

• Truman

• MacArthur

• Roosevelt

Why did the US continue supporting Syngman Rhee despite his increasingly authoritarian rule?

• They wanted a dictator to rule South Korea

• To prevent the spread of communism from the North

• Syngman Rhee paid the US a lot money

When was a peace treaty signed between North and South Korea?

• 1953

• 1950

• Never

How did the Korean War end?

• Armistice

• North Korean victory

• South Korean victory

North Korea was given weapons and airplanes from _____, which has a _____ government.

• USA/ Capitalist

• USSR/ Communist