International Organizations
This body was created after World War 2 in order to try and let all of the countries of the world unite to prevent future conflicts.
The United Nations (UN)
The four main islands of this Axis Power were occupied by the United States for many years following World War 2.
Japan
North Korea and South Korea were (and are still) separated along which line that actually is named after its latitudinal position?
38th parallel
President of the United State at the end of World War 2 and during the start of the Korean War.
Harry S. Truman
An economic system in which property and businesses are privately owned.
The Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom, France and China make up the United Nations....
Security Council
Germany, Austria, and their capitols were divided into how many pieces by the Allies after the war?
Four
This was the only member of the UN Security council not to vote for UN intervention in Korea during the war.
Soviet Union
American General during the D-Day invasion and later President of the United States.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
An economic system in which property and businesses are owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens.
Communism
The United States and her allies in Europe were worried about Soviet expansion and created this organization in order to stop the spread of communism.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Which country was split into two pieces (East and West) by the Soviet Union, France, United Kingdom, and United States after the Soviet Union refused to give their portion back?
Germany
This American General (and hero of World War 2) wanted to use the nuclear bomb on China after they came to the aid of the North Koreans, but was relieved of command by President Truman.
Douglas Macarthur
American President who promised not to send more troops to Vietnam in 1964, only to send them in 1965 after his reelection.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The development of nuclear bombs led to places where people could go in the event of a nuclear war to be protected from radiation called...
Fallout shelters
The Soviet Union and its allies created this organization in Eastern Europe as a defensive alliance in response to NATO.
The Warsaw Pact
Berlin
While a formal peace treaty was never signed to end the Korean War, one of these was signed, which has stalled the fighting for approximately 70 years.
Armistice
Vietnamese communist who served as President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945-1969 (Vietnam's current capitol shares his name).
Ho Chi Minh
An extremely powerful country that influences or controls its allies is known as a...
Superpower
The failure of this organization to prevent World War 2 led to some countries refusing to join the United Nations for many years after the war as they feared it would not stop global tensions.
The League of Nations
The Soviet Union quickly declared war on Japan following the bombing of Hiroshima and quickly took over the northern half of this Asian peninsula before the United States could arrive.
Korea
This was the leader of the North Korean communist state during the war and ancestor to North Korea's current leader Kim Jung Un.
Kim Il Sung
South Korean Leader during the start of the Korean War.
Syngman Rhee
Governments and wars that were created by the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War to stop the spread of one another's ideas without direct confrontation were known as...
Proxy governments and Proxy wars.