korean war

• Which of the following statements best describes the course of the Korean War during the last year-and-a-half of the conflict?

  Neither side could win an advantage.
• After the Korean War, the division of the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel


  remained in place.
• In the years following World War II, the United States established a policy of containment to


  prevent the spread of communism outside of Eastern Europe.
• Communism spread to China and to which of the following countries during and immediately after World War II?

  Turkey, Egypt, Vietnam, and Indonesia
• When fighting began in the Korean War in 1950, what major advantage did North Korea possess?

  North Korea had a huge number of troops.
• By July of 1950, North Korean forces had pushed South Korea forces as far south as

  Pusan.
• During the first battle of the Korean War in June of 1950,


  d. North Koreans took control of the South Korean capital of Seoul.
• When WWII began, which country controlled Korea?

  d. Japan
• In October of 1950, UN troops pushed far into North Korea, which


  d. led China to become involved in the war.
• Which of the following statements best describes the state of the Korean Peninsula after World War II?

  b. South Korea became democratic; North Korea became communist.