KO6 The Korean War And The Cuban Missile Crisis :)

Question 1

Who was Kim Il sung?

Answer 1

The communist leader of North Korea

Question 2

Who was Syngman Rhee?

Answer 2

Non- communist leader of South Korea

Question 3

Who was Batista?

Answer 3

The corrupt and unpopular Cuban Dictator, backed by the United States as he was anti communist

Question 4

Who was Fidel Castro?

Answer 4

He led the Cuban revolution and ruled Cuba during the cuban missile crisis. He was communist so the US felt threatened.

Question 5

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? And when?

Answer 5

In 1961, the US supported Cuban exiles to invade and it ends disastrously

Question 6

When was Truman president and through what war?

Answer 6

He was president from 1945-1952 and supported intervention in Korea

Question 7

When did the Cuban missile crisis end?

Answer 7

1962

Question 8

When was the Cuban revolution?

Answer 8

1959

Question 9

When did Korea split into Communist North and non-Communist South?

Answer 9

1945

Question 10

When was the Truman doctrine?

Answer 10

1947

Question 11

Why was Truman criticised as the ‘man who lost China’?

Answer 11

The communists won the Chinese civil war led by Chairman Mao

Question 12

Korean war timeline
Order these events:
- General MacArthur sacked
- UN forces push them to Yalu river
- Fighting reaches stalemate at 38th parallel (last)
- Truman doctrine (1)
- Communists win Chinese civil war
- UN forces land at Inchon
- 200,000 Chinese troops join the war and push UN forces back to South Korea

Answer 12

1) Truman doctrine (1947)
2) Communists win Chinese civil war (1949)
3) UN forces land at Inchon (1950)
4) UN forces push them to Yalu river (1950)
5) 200,000 Chinese troops join the war and push UN forces back to South Korea (1950)
6) General MacArthur sacked (1951)
7) Fighting reaches stalemate at 38th parallel (1951)

Question 13

Cuba timeline
Order these events:
- The Bay of Pigs invasion
- U2 spy planes
- Khrushchev removes missiles
- US-backed Batista seizes control of Cuba and establishes a dictatorship
- Blockade of Cuba
- The cuban revolution
- Khrushchev starts putting huge arms in Cuba

Answer 13

1) US-backed Batista seizes control of Cuba and establishes a dictatorship (1952)
2) The cuban revolution (1959)
3) The Bay of Pigs invasion (1961)
4) Khrushchev starts putting huge arms in Cuba (1962)
5) U2 spy planes (1962)
6) Blockade of Cuba (1962)
7) Khrushchev removes missiles (1962)

Question 14

Who was Mao Zedong?

Answer 14

Communist leader of China (1949-1976) who supported North Korea

Question 15

When was Eisenhower president and through what war?

Answer 15

He was President from 1952-1961 and during the Korea War

Question 16

When was Kennedy president and through what war?

Answer 16

He was the US President from 1961-1963 and refused to back down to Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis

Question 17

Who was General MacArthur?

Answer 17

He was the commander of the UN forces in Korea but was removed by Truman for wanting to use Nuclear weapons

Question 18

What was UN resolution 84?

Answer 18

The United Nations recommended that UN members provide military support to South Korea

Question 19

In September 1962 what does Kennedy say to Khrushchev about nuclear missiles and how does Khrushchev respond?

Answer 19

Kennedy says that he would prevent ‘by whatever means necessary’ Cuba becoming an offensive military base

Khrushchev said that he has no intention of putting nuclear missiles on Cuba

Question 20

When did the blockade on Cuba start?

Answer 20

October 1962

Question 21

Cuba timeline no.2
Order these events:
- U2 spy plane shot down
- Khrushchev’s ships turn around
- Khrushchev said his ships would not observe the blockade
- Blockade of Cuba
- Khrushchev removes missiles
- Letters from Khrushchev about removing missiles in Turkey and saying Cuba was defensive
- Kennedy advised to attack Cuba

Answer 21

1. Blockade of Cuba
2. Khrushchev said his ships would not observe the blockade
3. Khrushchev’s ships turn around
4. Letters from Khrushchev about removing missiles in Turkey and saying Cuba was defensive
5. U2 spy plane shot down
6. Kennedy advised to attack Cuba
7. Khrushchev removes missiles