Korean War Flashcards
Joseph Stalin
Communist leader of the Soviet Union during the Korean War
Iron Curtain
Symbolic division between East and West during the Cold War
Containment
Policy holding back or stopping communism
Berlin Airlift
The flying in of supplies to Berlin after a Soviet blockade cut out all routes
Cold War
A war in which 2 enemies never fight in combat but compete in other ways
Harry S. Truman
President of the U.S, during the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
American General during the Korean War fired by Truman
Demilitarized Zone
Border between North and South Korea
Capitalism
Economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens
Communism
Economic system is which the government controls everything
Arm Race
A race between the U.S.A and Soviet Union to build the most nuclear weapons
Guerrilla Fighting
Fighting by small groups using tactics such as ambush and sabotage
Kim II Sung
Founder and leader of communist North Korea
38th Parallel
The border between North and South Korea
Germany
Which country that was divided between Allies after World War II
Israel
Which country was created at the beginning of the Cold War
Red
Which term was used as slang for communist
China
Which country helped North Korean fight during the war
Keep South Korea from being turned communist
What was the reason we fought the Korean War
North Korea
Which country was the communist enemy during the Korean War
4
Chinese troops invade and help North Koreans push U.S. and South Korean troops back below the 38th Parallel
Number the statments in the correct order: 1-5
2
U.S. troops land at Pusan and Inch’on and begin pushing communist back into North Korea
Number the statments in the correct order: 1-5
1
North Korea invades the South adn takes most of the country
Number the statments in the correct order: 1-5
5
Aerican and South Korean troops push communist back to the 38th Parallel
Number the statments in the correct order: 1-5
3
U.S. and SOuth Korean troops puch communist trops far north, almost to the Chinese border
Number the statments in the correct order: 1-5
