Countries Involved
What countries were involved in the Korean War?
North and South Korea
Who led the communist party of china during the Chinese Civil War?
Mao Zedong
What caused the Korean War to start?
North Korea invaded South Korea
What interrupted the 1st part of the Chinese Civil War?
HINT: Which major war is happening during this time
World War II
Started on June 25, 1950
Ended on July 27, 1953.
What two communist counties supported North Korea during the Korean War?
The Soviet Union and China
What party did Sun-Yat-Sen create?
Kuomintang(KMT or the Nationalist Party at the time)
Why did the Chinese Civil War start?
A military struggle between the communist party and nationalist party for the control of China.
What is the 38th Parallel North?
The dividing line between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War
When did the Chinese Civil War start and end?
Started in April, 1927
Ended on May 1st, 1950
What country gave significant amount of soldiers to South Korea during the Korean War?
The United States
What U.S general drove the North Koreans back to the division line?
General Douglas MacArthur
What country occupied South Korea at the end of WWII and caused them to become democratic?
The United States
The control of which city became an important part of the Korean War?
Seoul(Capital of South Korea)
What economic form was used by both South Korea and the United States?
Capitalism
What country occupied Korea during WWII?
Japan
Who were the generals in the Chinese Civil War?
Zhu De and Peng Dehuai
Who won the Chinese Civil War?
The Communist Party
The KMT or Nationalist party exiled to which nearby country during the Chinese Civil War?
Taiwan
The KMT(Nationalist Party in china) and the CPC(Communist Party of China) formed after the collapse of what Dynasty?
The Qing Dynasty.
What country's economy rose due to the Korean War?
Japan
Who was the second person in command during the Chinese Civil War?
Zhou Enlai
What was the Sino-Japanese War?
The war that Japan fought in to acquire the Korean Peninsula but was later occupied by the United States and the U.S.S.R
What is Resolution 82? (Korean War)
Created by the United Nations Security Council. It demanded the North Koreans to stop its invasion of South Korea and provided South Korea with military assistance.
Estimated 54,000