Conflict And Tension In Asia

• What is Capitalism?


  A system in which businesses are owned by private individuals, in order to make profit
• What is Communism?


  A system in which the state controls production, with the aim of equality
• What was the Truman Doctrine?


  The US policy of trying to contain Communism
• What is Containment?


  The US policy of trying to contain Communism
• What weapon meant that the USA & USSR could easily destroy each other?

  Nuclear Weapons
• Which ideology was North Korea?

  Communist
• Which ideology was South Korea?

  Capitalist
• Which organisation said it would defend the USA its allies if any one of them was attacked?


  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
• What year did the Korean War start?

  1950
• Which country was a close ally of both North Korea and the USSR?

  China
• Where was Korea divided in 1945?

  38th parallel
• Who led the North Koreans?

  Kim Il Sung
• Who led the South Koreans?


  Syngman Rhee
• Why did the USA support Syngman Rhee?

  He was strongly opposed to communism
• How long did it take the North Korean's to take the capital of South Korea, Seoul?

  3 Days
• Why did the UN help defend South Korea?


  Because the USSR was boycotting the security council, and hence couldn't use its veto
• Why was the USSR boycotting the UN Security Council?

  Because the USA wouldn't let communist China into the UN
• What percentage of the UN troops were US?

  50% of army, with 90% navy and air
• Why did France not stop Hitler's remilitarisation of the Rhineland?


  There was about to be an election and politicians didn't want to be responsible for starting another war
• Who led the UN forces in Korea?


  General MacArthur
• Where did the UN forces land in Korea?

  Inchon
• Which river did the UN get close to, forcing China to intervene in Korea?

  Yalu River
• When did China invade North Korea?

  October 1950
• How many Chinese troops invaded Korea?

  300,000
• What had been reached in Korea by Spring 1951?

  Stalemate
• When was General MacArthur sacked?

  11 April 1951
• Why was General MacArthur sacked?


  Refused to obey Truman's orders
• Why did the weather affect the Korean War?

  It was very cold and snowy, making it hard to fight
• Why did trench warfare affect the Korean War?

  It made it hard to defeat the other side
• Why did it take two years to reach a peace agreement in Korea?


  Couldn't agree on the border/return of prisoners/the use of Chinese & UN forces
• Why did Stalin's death help end the Korean War?


  Neither China or North Korean could be sure if USSR's help would continue
• When was the Armistice signed in the Korean War?

  27th July 1953
• What was the DMZ?


  The 'Demilitarised Zone' between North & South Korea, approximately 3km
• How many civilians died in the Korean War?

  1 Million
• How many US troops died in the Korean War?

  36,500
• What impact the Korean War have on the Cold War?


  It made it 'heat up'/Heightened tensions
• Who was Ho Chi Minh?


  The leader of the Vietminh/Vietcong/North Vietnam
• Which country owned Vietnam as a Colony?

  France
• Which country occupied Vietnam in WW2?

  Japan
• What was Domino Theory?


  The theory that if one country fell and became communist in Asia, they all would