Korea: From Division to Stalemate
This line of latitude divided Korea into a Communist north and non-Communist south after World War II.
What is the 38th parallel?
This Vietnamese nationalist leader led the struggle against French colonial rule.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This Communist guerrilla group fought against the South Vietnamese government.
Who were the Vietcong?
This natural resource made the Middle East strategically important during the Cold War.
What is oil?
This Cold War policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This international organization sent troops to defend South Korea in 1950.
What is the United Nations?
This 1954 battle marked the defeat of France in Vietnam
What is Dien Bien Phu?
This 1964 incident led Congress to authorize U.S. military involvement.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
This Iranian leader was restored to power with U.S. support in 1953.
Who is Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi?
Both the Korean and Vietnam Wars were examples of this type of conflict.
What are proxy wars?
This U.S. general led UN forces and was later fired for challenging presidential authority.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This Cold War idea claimed that if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would follow.
What is the domino theory?
U.S. forces struggled in Vietnam partly because they were fighting this type of warfare.
What is guerrilla warfare?
This religious leader led Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Who is Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini?
This Asian country intervened in Korea to push UN forces back.
What is China?
This surprise amphibious landing in September 1950 turned the tide of the war for UN forces.
What is the Inchon landing?
After French defeat, Vietnam was divided at this line of latitude.
What is the 17th parallel?
This strategy aimed to transfer combat responsibility to South Vietnamese forces.
What is Vietnamization?
This 1979 event resulted in Americans being held hostage for 444 days.
What is the U.S. embassy hostage crisis?
Like the U.S. in Vietnam, this Soviets became trapped in a long war in this country.
What is the Afghanistan?
Despite years of fighting, the Korean War ended with this result rather than a clear victory.
What is a cease-fire
This U.S.-backed South Vietnamese leader ruled as a dictator until his assassination in 1963.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
Despite massive military power, the United States failed to achieve this outcome and withdrew troops in this year.
What is a 1973?
This conflict intensified after Iran’s revolution and led to a devastating results in the 1980s.
What is the Iran-Iraq War
A major consequence of Cold War interventions was instability and conflict in these regions.
What is the developing world / Third World?