Korea/ Korean War
Which country colonized Korea?
What is Japan.
What country was Vietnam trying to get independence from?
What is France.
Who is a famous philosopher that founded Confucianism?
Who is Confucius.
What government was more popular in Vietnam around the time of the Vietnam War?
(HINT: communism or democracy)
What is communism
Why is the 38 degrees north latitude significant?
What is the line between North & South Korea.
What type of economy does Vietnam have now?
What is a market economy.
Who was an Indian leader who helped gain Indian independence through peaceful protest?
Who is Mahatma Gandhi.
TRUE OR FALSE: Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, and Confucianism were all founded BC.
What is True
Which country invaded first?
(HINT: North OR South Korea)
Why did USA fight one the side of South Vietnam during the war?
What is to keep communism from spreading and to promote democracy.
BONUS POINTS if you mention North Vietnam bombing USA @ the Gulf of Tonkin
Who was the General that led mostly American troops into North Korea?
Who is Douglas MacArthur
What is the domino theory?
The theory that if one country became communist, then many other countries would too
Why did North Korea join the Korean War?
What is to spread communism.
Why did the North Vietnamese soldiers (Viet Cong) beat USA & the South Vietnamese?
What is tactics (i.e. booby traps, sabotage - staying on the South Vietnam side because Americans couldn't tell the difference between the two sides.)
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama.
Why did China join the Korean War?
They felt threatened by US troops.
When did America join The Korean War?
What is 1950.
BONUS POINTS if you said June 27, 1950
What government does Vietnam have now?
What is communism.
Who led communist rebels to get their independence from France?
Who is Ho Chi Minh
What French colony was Vietnam a part of?
What is Indochina