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Mrs.GoblesKoreanWar
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Demilitarized Zone | a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited; "tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea" |
| 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 | A key communist Chinese and North Korean Concentration area. |
| Panmunjom | 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. |
| Seoul | The capital of South Korea |
| United Nations | An organization of independence 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 | US Security of State under Republication president Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. |
| James Van Fleet | A US Army officer during World War 1, World War 2 and the Korean War. |
| Douglas MacArthur | Commander of UN forces during Korean War, Relieved of duty by Truman. |
| Dean Rusk | Was the Untied States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. |
| Boxer Rebellion | A violent movement by the Righteous Harmony Society in China between 1899 and 1901. |
| Russo - Japanese War | War - Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904 - 1905 ) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria |
| Wake Island |