Cold War
US president who dropped A-bomb on Japan
Harry Truman
Chiang Kai-shek
T/F: North Korea invaded South Korea
TRUE
Finger of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
Peninsula
South Korean capital
Seoul
Premier of USSR after WW2
Joseph Stalin
What communist leader won China's civil war?
Mao Zedong
General in charge of United Nations army
Douglas MacArthur
economic system characterized by a free market
capitalism
Yellow Sea sits to the East or West of Korea?
West
USSR political system?
Communism
What communist country backed Mao?
USSR
What South Korean city is where MacArthur landed his troops?
Incheon
economic system where government controls means of production
socialism
What island nation is to the South Korea?
Japan
USA political system?
democracy
How did USA try to help Kai-shek?
Sent $2 billion in military aid
What country sent soldiers to help North Korea?
China
DMZ stands for?
De-Militarized Zone
Name of the sea to the East of Korea
38th parallel or DMZ
What does USSR stand for?
United Soviet Socialist Republic
What island country was formed by Kai-shek and his followers?
Taiwan
Who won the Korean War?
define stalemate
term used when neither side wins a war
Where does Yellow Sea get its name?