topic 2 - conflict and tension in Asia 1950-1975

Question 1

what are the 4 main reasons for the Korean war ?

Answer 1

• Impact of the cold war
• US relations with China
• impact of ww2
• nationalism and civil war

Question 2

how did the cold war help cause the korean war ?

Answer 2

-USSR was growing stronger in the cold war they had their own nuclear weapons
- USA was worried about the spread of communism in Europe and Asia

Question 3

how did US relations with china help cause the korean war ?

Answer 3

• USA was worried about the spread of communism in Europe and Asia
• Usa had supported the nationalists not the communists in the Chinese civil war

Question 4

how did ww2 help cause the korean war ?

Answer 4

-USSR liberated northern korea, usa liberated southern korea

Question 5

how did nationalism and civil war help cause the korean war ?

Answer 5

• long history of foreign powers controlling korea, determination to make Korea independent
• conflict because of different ideologies, communism and capitalism

Question 6

what is the USSR ?

Answer 6

the union of soviet socialist republics, also known as the soviet union. A communist union of 15 states controlled by Russia

Question 7

what is capitalism?

Answer 7

a system in which businesses are owned by private individuals with the aim of making profit

Question 8

what was the cold war ?

Answer 8

a state of tension and conflict stopping short of open warfare between the usa and its allie’s (the west) and the ussr and its allie’s (the east)

Question 9

what is communism ?

Answer 9

a system which the state controls production and there is no private property with the aim of equality

Question 10

what is nationalism ?

Answer 10

love for your own country, putting your country above everything else

Question 11

what was the united nations ?

Answer 11

it was set up to help countries work out tensions between them, the UN security council was made up of the usa, britain, france, china and the ussr

Question 12

what was the security council of the united nations ?

Answer 12

it made decisions about what the UN should do to help solve disputes between countries

Question 13

how did the cold war begin ?

Answer 13

• at the end of ww2 the capitalist countries disagreed with the ussr over what to do with war recasted countries
• britain and usa wanted to help nations recover quickly to return to a time of peace
• usa was willing to pay huge amounts of money for recovery - marshall plan
• stalin wanted to keep germany weak and keep soviet troops inside european countries he invaded during war
• ussr claimed countries and controlled them under stalin directly or his influence
• communists took over bulgaria hungary and poland
• germany was divided into 2 soviets controlling east part and France britain and usa controlling the west

Question 14

give a brief key events cold war timeline

Answer 14

• united nations set up - oct 1945
• us atomic bombs dropped, japan surrenders ww2 ends- aug 1945
• truman doctrine - march 1947
• us marshall plan provides aid to rebuild europe, ussr prevents eastern counties accepting this - june 1947
• nato forms- april 1949
• ussr has atomic bomb - aug 1949
• red scare - feb 1950
• korean war begins - june 1950
• stalin dies - march 1953
• korean war ends - july 1953
• nato agrees it would use nuclear weapons against any soviet attack - dec -1954

Question 15

what was the truman doctrine ?

Answer 15

president harry truman said usa would come to aid any country under threat of a communist takeover - policy of containment

Question 16

what are communist traits ?

Answer 16

• government decides what is made and what it costs
• workers should seize power from rich factory owners
• string government should control things on behalf of the people, equality
• all factories, land should be owned by the government not individuals

Question 17

what are capitalist traits ?

Answer 17

• people should be free to own their own property and make money for themselves
• several political parties to vote for
• individuals and businesses compete against each other to produce more better products
• workers get jobs in shops and on land that is owned by wealthy individuals

Question 18

what is nato ?

Answer 18

a military alliance made up of the usa, canada, france, britain and belgium for defense against ussr and its eastern european allie’s

Question 19

what was the warsaw pact ?

Answer 19

a military alliance containing the ussr, albania, bulgaria, czechoslovakia, east germany, hungary, poland, and romania - response to nato

Question 20

how did the cold war contribute to the korean war ?

Answer 20

• korea was spilt into north korea, under communist control- ussr and south korea under capitalist control, usa
• usas concerns over the spread of comminism