History - Conflict & Tension Korea

Question 1

US president from 1945 - 1953 led USA into the Korean war

Answer 1

Harry S. Truman

Question 2

Leader of the USSR, 1929-1953

Answer 2

Joseph Stalin

Question 3

Chinese communist leader from 1949 aided the North Koreans

Answer 3

Chairman Mao

Question 4

leader of UN until sacked in 1951

Answer 4

Douglas MacArthur

Question 5

replaces MacArthur as leader of UN

Answer 5

General Matthew Ridgway

Question 6

Chinese nationalist leader supported by US

Answer 6

Chang Kai Shek

Question 7

North Korean piolet bribed

Answer 7

Ngokum sok

Question 8

South Korean President backed by USA

Answer 8

Syngman Rhee

Question 9

North Korean dictator supported by USSR and China due to his communist beliefs

Answer 9

Kim II - Sung

Question 10

President of US after Truman from 1953 - 1961

Answer 10

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 11

Soviet leader after Stalin dies in 1953

Answer 11

Nikita kruschev

Question 12

political system which people are free to own their own business and people compete against each other with little control by the state

Answer 12

Capitalism

Question 13

political system in which all the resources and business of the state are owned by the state and shared equally the government controls much of society

Answer 13

Communism

Question 14

US policy that aimed to limit the spread of communsim

Answer 14

Containment

Question 15

a war fought in a country that is funded or fuelled by to greater powers

Answer 15

Proxy War

Question 16

the fear that if one country fell to communism others would follow

Answer 16

Domino Theory

Question 17

advanced USSR planes

Answer 17

Migs-15s

Question 18

when 2 sides use nuclear weapons and both sides would be completely destroyed

Answer 18

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 19

the idea of a unified Korea

Answer 19

Unification

Question 20

what does NATO stand for

Answer 20

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Question 21

tension and rivalry between USA & USSR without directly fighting

Answer 21

Cold War

Question 22

military alliance to protect the west from attack

Answer 22

NATO

Question 23

US policy providing financial support to rebuild Europe

Answer 23

Marshall Plan

Question 24

Promises economic and military aid and for any country fighting against communism

Answer 24

truman doctrine

Question 25

area with 4km buffer Zone where weapons aren't allowed

Answer 25

demilitarized zone

Question 26

border were north Korea and south Korea are split

Answer 26

38th Parallel

Question 27

border between North Korea and China

Answer 27

Yalu River

Question 28

South Korea port which the US had their amphibious landing

Answer 28

Incheon

Question 29

South Korean forces where pushed back to this city

Answer 29

Pusan

Question 30

North Korean Capital

Answer 30

Pyongyan

Question 31

South Korean Capital

Answer 31

Seoul

Question 32

what year did USA join the war after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour

Answer 32

1941

Question 33

what year was the Truman Doctrine created

Answer 33

1947

Question 34

what year does Truman becomes President

Answer 34

1945

Question 35

what year is Syngman Rhee is elected president of South Korea

Answer 35

1948

Question 36

what year Dwight Eisenhower replaces Truman as president

Answer 36

1953

Question 37

what year is the Marshal Plan instated

Answer 37

1947

Question 38

what year does Kim II Sung dictator of North

Answer 38

1948

Question 39

what year was the establishment of NATO

Answer 39

1949

Question 40

whats the date the formation of the UN

Answer 40

June 25 1950

Question 41

when was the amphibious landing at Incheon

Answer 41

September 1950

Question 42

when is MacArthur sacked and General Matthew Ridgway take over

Answer 42

April 1951

Question 43

when does Krushchev become soviet leader

Answer 43

1953

Question 44

when is the peace treaty signed

Answer 44

27 July 1953

Question 45

when does the korean war start

Answer 45

25th June 1950

Question 46

No. of Chinese ‘Volunteers’ in the initial human wave-

Answer 46

200,000

Question 47

No. of UN nations INITIALLY (including the US)-

Answer 47

16

Question 48

Amount of financial aid provided to Europe (Marshall Plan)-

Answer 48

17BN

Question 49

blockade and airlift here

Answer 49

Berlin

Question 50

overwhelming tactics used by the chinese

Answer 50

human wave

Question 51

number of nations in the United Nation

Answer 51

16

Question 52

important UN body with key members

Answer 52

security council

Question 53

when was the end of WW2

Answer 53

1945

Question 54

what year does china fall to communism

Answer 54

1949