The UN choose for Korea to be divided at the

(a)   Parallel; parallel is another name for ​ (b)   .

• 38th
• latitude
• 35th
• 36th
• 37th
• longitude
• DMZ

The first country in Asia to become communist in 1949 was

• Japan

• North Korea

• Vietnam

• China

The Cold War was essentially a ​ (a)   between Communism vs. Capitalism. Soviets wanted ​ (b)   and the USA wanted ​ (c)  

• contest
• expansion
• containment
• isolationism
• dictatorships
• Capitalism

What is the best reason we call the Korean War a proxy war?

• North Korea was fighting South Korea.

• The people in Korea were fending off communism

• Foreign countries were fighting in the war.

• Major countries were indirectly fighting on Korean soil

When China became a communist country, a/an ________ was formed between the Soviet Union and China in 1950. 

• alliance

• enemy

• civil war

• proxy war

Korea was a(n)________ of Japan until the end of WWII.

• colony

• enemy

• island

• country

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides or projecting out into a body of water is a

• Isthmus

• Island

• Peninsula

• Continent

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe

___________ was the US policy to prevent the Soviet Union from expanding its influence in the world.

• The Iron Curtain

• Containment

• Marshall Plan

• Berlin Airlift

The Soviet Union supported South Korea and the United States supported North Korea.

• True

• False