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SS vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diplomatic | of or concerning the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations. |
| Dispensation | exemption from a rule or usual requirement. |
| Diverse | showing a great deal of variety; very different. |
| Docile | ready to accept control or instruction; submissive. |
| Dowry | property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. |
| Dragoon | a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army. |
| Excruciate | torment (someone) physically or mentally. |
| Excursion | a short journey or trip, esp. one engaged in as a leisure activity. |
| Excusable | able to be justified or forgiven; forgivable. |
| Exasperate | irritate intensely; infuriate. |
| Demilitarized Zone | An area from which military forces, operations, and installations are prohibited. |
| Inchon | a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea |
| Formosa | Taiwan: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea |
| Iron Triangle | The Iron Triangle was a key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War. |
| Panmunjom | Panmunjom, located in Gyeonggi Province, is an abandoned village on the de facto border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that paused the Korean War was signed |
| Pusan | a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city |
| Seoul | the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea |
| United Nations | an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security |
| X Corps | a corps of the US army during the Korean War |
| John Foster Dulles | Dulles: United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959) |
| James Van Fleet | James Alward Van Fleet was a U.S. Army officer during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy |
| Douglas Macarthur | General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. |
| Dean Rusk | David Dean Rusk was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. |
| Boxer Rebellion | The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement was a violent movement by the Righteous Harmony Society in China between 1899 and 1901. |
| Russo- Japanese War | Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria |
| Wake island | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
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