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Role of the Supers
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ResultsWhy
100
This is the dividing line between North and South Korea determined at the end of WWII.
What is the 38th parallel?
100
This country invaded it's neighbor
What is North Korea?
100
The US policy of making sure communism does not spread
What is containment?
100
Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Who is Kim Il Sung?
100
1953
What is when the war ended?
200
This country occupied Korea during WWII
What is Japan?
200
Leaders of North and South Korea shared this common goal
What is a unified Korea?
200
Country that boycotted the UN Security Council to protest China's exclusion
What is the USSR?
200
Leader of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Who is Synghman Rhee?
200
This group was strengthened as a result of the war
What is NATO? (added Greece and Turkey, new military base in Turkey, add West Germany)
300
World War II resolution of Japanese controlled land.
What is why was Korea split into two parts?
300
US aid allowed the South Koreans to push the North Koreans back to this point
What is the 38th Parallel
300
This country was recognized by the USA as the official Chinese State until 1971
What is Taiwan?
300
Person that revisionist historians claim had no role in starting the war
Who is Joseph Stalin?
300
the focus of the peace talks in 1951
What is repatriation of POWs?
400
June 25, 1950
What is the day North Korean troops invaded South Korea?
400
US success in repelling the NK from SK led to a decision to do this
What is cross the 38th parallel and reunite Korea, driving out communists?
400
Historians believe this country was involved in preparation and execution of the invasion.
What is the USSR?
400
Leader who provided military support to the DPRK
Who is Mao Zedong?
400
Country that was isolated by the US, condemned by the UN and prevented from the UN Security Council
What is China?
500
the reason why North Korea invaded
What is to reunite the country
500
The UN troops crossing into NK concerned this country which sent 200,000 troops to help drive them back
What is China?
500
Countries which withdrew its troops in the late 1940s to return when the war starts
What are the USA and the USSR
500
Leader of the UN military troops in Korea
Who is US General Douglas MacArthur?
500
The anti-Communist containment bloc in the Asian Area
What is SEATO?
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