Korea

Question 1

When did Korea become a protectorate of Japan?

Answer 1

1905

Question 2

Who did the Koreans fight on the same side as in WWII

Answer 2

Japan

Question 3

What declaration made Korea independent in 1945?

Answer 3

The Potsdam Declaration

Question 4

Who took over Japan after WWII?

Answer 4

The USA

Question 5

Which superpower has its army in Manchuria after WWII?

Answer 5

The USSR

Question 6

Which European country has control in Indo-China: Laos,Cambodia and Vietnam?

Answer 6

France

Question 7

What is the dividing line of korea?

Answer 7

38th parallel

Question 8

How much of the worlds gold reserve did the USA have in 1945?

Answer 8

Two-thirds

Question 9

How many warships did the USA have in 1945?

Answer 9

1200

Question 10

How many Long range B-52 bombers did the USA has in 1945?

Answer 10

1000

Question 11

The ROK was formed in South Korea in 1948. What does the ROK stand for?

Answer 11

Republic of Korea

Question 12

The DPRK was formed in North Korea in 1948. What does the DPRK stand for?

Answer 12

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Question 13

Why did the USA distrust the USSR by 1949?

Answer 13

Communist USSR had taken over many eastern countries=threat of communism

Question 14

How much had the US given Chiang Kai-Shek to stop the Communists in China?

Answer 14

$2 billion

Question 15

Once Kai-shel had lost to the communists in 1949 where did he have to flee to?

Answer 15

Taiwan

Question 16

What was the Truman doctrine?

Answer 16

The USAs policy to contain communism

Question 17

Who was the communist leader of China?

Answer 17

Mao Zedong

Question 18

Who was the leader of the DPRK?

Answer 18

Kim Il Sung

Question 19

How many communist sympathisers lived in the South?

Answer 19

200,000