Korea Flashcards
1
Q
what are the UN?
A
UNITED NATIONS
2
Q
Who was the leader of the South of the Korean Peninsula?
A
Syngman rhee
3
Q
Who was dictator of North Korea?
A
Kim Il Sung
4
Q
What was the Domino Theory?
A
If one country fell to communism other would too
5
Q
Who got pushed all the way back to Pusan at the start of the war?
A
South Korea
6
Q
Who annexed Korea before WW2?
A
Japanese Empire
7
Q
What was the capital of North Korea?
A
Pyongyang
8
Q
What was the capital of South Korea?
A
Seoul
9
Q
What was the border between the North and South?
A
38th parallel
10
Q
Who Vetoed defending South Korea?
A
USSR
11
Q
What was McCarthyism?
A
hunting down communists
12
Q
what was SEATO?
A
the “South east asian treaty organisation”
