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HST303 L14 - 2Koreas
China, Japan & East Asia in World History - Lecture 14: The 2 Koreas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Few Koreans saw a new North/South division as something they wanted, and most had not expected it to become a _____ state. | permanent |
| There were numerous _____ _____ over the next few years in attempt to reunify since many Koreans wanted to reunify their country. | border skirmishes |
| Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union initially restrained the Korean governments in their pursuit for fear of each other and for fear of another large scale _____. | war |
| Despite fears of a war, in 1950 Stalin approved _____ _____ _____’s plan for the attack of South Korea. | Kim Il Sung |
| Stalin did not commit to any _____ Soviet participation in Kim Il Sung’s attack on South Korea. | active |
| At the same time, in the U.S. the loss of China to the _____ had strengthened the conviction of political leaders to stop the spread of communism. | communists |
| South Korea’s _____ was considerably larger than that of the North, but most _____ _____ was located in North Korea. | population; heavy industry |
| North Korean forces were much better _____ and _____ than their South Korean counterparts, and many of them had experience in combat through fighting for the communists in China. | equipped; prepared |
| On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces launched a _____ _____ across the 38th parallel into South Korea. | massive offensive |
| President Truman committed U.S. forces to defend South Korea, and the 7th Fleet was sent to the straits of Taiwan to prevent a possible communist invasion of _____. | Taiwan |
| The U.N. immediately condemned the North Korean attack, and the war became a __ __ _____. | U.N. action |
| Forces from numerous countries joined the war efforts, but by far the largest contingent was provided by the U.S. under the command of ____ ____, who at this point was still the Supreme Command for the Allied Powers in Japan, & so spread rather thinly. | General MacArthur |
| The reason why the U.N. could act so quickly without interference from the Soviet Union was because the Soviets were _____ the U.N. from January to August 1950 because China’s seat continued to be occupied by Chiang Kai-Shek rather than Mao Zedong. | boycotting |
| Seoul fell within 3 days, and after 3 weeks, more than __/__ of South Korea had been captured by the North. | ½ |
| By August 1950, the U.N. was able to make extensive use of _____ _____ and _____, and the balance of power shifted. | heavy weapons; airpower |
| By the end of September 1950, North Korean forces had been driven back across the __ _____. | 38th parallel |
| President Truman authorized General MacArthur to proceed north as long as the _____ or the _____ _____ did not become involved. | PRC; Soviet Union |
| The _____ announced through 3rd party channels that they would intervene should American troops cross into North Korea, but the message was not generally taken seriously. | PRC |
| By the end of October, U.N. forces had advanced as far north as the _____ _____, which marks the border between China and Korea. | Yalu River |
| On October 16th, _____ forces started to cross into North Korea without being detected and proceeded south. There they began to attack South Korean and American units. | Chinese |
| At this point the Chinese forces were equipped extremely _____, but Mao once again promoted his belief in people power that relied on manpower rather than on technology. | poorly |
| The Chinese troops hid in the difficult _____ of North Korea. | terrain |
| When MacArthur launched his “Home by Christmas” offensive on November 24th, he did not realize that there were over ____ Chinese soldiers in the mountains that separated the 2 main U.N. columns. | 200,000 |
| On November 27th, the Chinese forces attacked, and by the beginning of January _____ had fallen a second time. | Seoul |
| MacArthur urged an attack on _____, which Truman considered too risky and costly. | China |
| Truman ordered that all _____ _____ about the Korean war had to be cleared with the state department first. | public statements |
| MacArthur continued to violate Truman’s order to clear public statements. Eventually he wrote an open letter promoting the establishment of a _____ _____ with the help of Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalists in Taiwan. | second front |
| Truman saw MacArthur’s letter urging a second front as _____ and relieved MacArthur of his command on April 11, 1951. | insubordination |
| By June 1951 a _____ around the 38th parallel had developed. | stalemate |
| Cease fire talks drew out slowly, leading to a _____ on July 27, 1953. | truce |
| About 33,000 Americans and about ____ Chinese were killed. | 800,000 |
| ____ Koreans were killed, wounded, or missing. | 3 million |
| An official _____ to the war has never been declared, and to this day the U.S. has about 38,000 troops stationed in South Korea. | end |
| With Soviet assistance, North Korea recovered _____. | quickly |
| However, North Korea’s pursuit of extreme _____ eventually led them into isolation. | independence |
| Soviet assistance diminished, and the initial success of _____ _____ soon stagnated, and then declined. | industry building |
| Most of the budget was used for _____ purposes. | military |
| In 1995 and 96, environmental damage, bad weather, and lack of fertilizer and irrigation pumps led to a major _____ that killed about 1 million people. | famine |
| At the same time as the famine, North Korea’s sporadic _____ developments continue to spark international concern. | nuclear |
| In his youth, the North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung, had been an anti-Japanese guerrilla leader in _____, where he cooperated with the Chinese communists. | Manchuria |
| Kim Il Sung spent most of WWII in the _____ _____ and was installed as leader with their help. | Soviet Union |
| After Korean war, Kim Il Sung developed his own philosophy of _____-_____, which became the ideology of North Korea. | self-reliance |
| Many communist countries formed _____ _____ of their leaders, but none as extreme as North Korea. | personality cults |
| Images of Kim Il Sung were everywhere, and eventually he set up what some scholars describe as a “_____ _____” in which leadership was hereditary. | socialist monarchy |
| _____ _____ _____ took over after his father’s death in 1994, and after he died in December 2011, his son _____ _____ _____ took over from him. | Kim Jong Il; Kim Jong Un |
| South Korea remained _____ after the war. | poor |
| A land distribution program implemented by the U.S. finally broke the power of the Yangban elite, and Korea became a much more _____ society. | egalitarian |
| Despite land redistribution, South Korean economy did not develop well, and they mainly relied on _____ _____. | U.S. aid |
| Although South Korea was founded as a _____ _____, after the Korean War, Syngman Rhee—the South Korean president—began to rule in an authoritarian manner. | constitutional democracy |
| Syngman Rhee detained _____ _____ members until they voted in his way. | National Assembly |
| In 1960, after Syngman Rhee was accused of _____ _____, he ordered the police to fire on student protestors, and many were killed. | electoral fraud |
| The U.S. and the Korean army withdrew their support for _____ _____ and he was forced to resign. After this he retired in exile on Hawaii. | Syngman Rhee, |
| A few months after Syngman retired, a military junta organized a coup. They suspended the _____, banned _____ activities and expression, and imposed a strict _____. | constitution; political; censorship |
| As a result of the military junta in South Korea, most _____ _____ closed. | daily newspapers |
| Until 1993, South Korea remained under authoritarian _____ rule. | military |
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