Starter quiz
- Match these leaders to their countries.
- Mao Zedong⇔PRC ✓
- Joseph Stalin⇔USSR ✓
- Harry Truman⇔USA ✓
- How did Mao justify his 'leaning to one side' stance?
- He thought this would lead to China being a super power.
- He thought this would lead to a stronger economy.
- He thought that capitalist states would always be enemies of communism. ✓
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- How many people lived in communist states by 1949?
- over 600 million
- over 700 million
- over 800 million ✓
- over 900 million
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- Write the missing word. An ______ is an agreement between countries or political parties to work together to achieve something.
- 'alliance' ✓
- Why did the US decide not to recognise Mao's communist government?
- Truman did not want to appear as soft. ✓
- Truman did not want to ally with the PRC.
- Truman did not want the USSR to become stronger. ✓
- Truman did not believe that Mao could lead the PRC.
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- What is the Domino Theory?
- The theory that more countries would fall to communism if one led the way ✓
- The theory that more countries would turn to capitalism
- The theory that more countries would be hostile to the US
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Exit quiz
- When did North Korea invade South Korea?
- 1940
- 1950 ✓
- 1960
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- Which countries supported North Korea's invasion of South Korea?
- Britain
- PRC ✓
- USA
- USSR ✓
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- Why did Truman decide to support South Korea?
- domestic pressure ✓
- defend communism
- concerns over further invasions ✓
- concerns over American businesses
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- What is the process in which a country that was divided is joined together again as one country?
- 'reunification' ✓
- Why did China enter the Korean War in 1950?
- They did not want Korea to become non-communist. ✓
- They did not want North Korea's leader to remain in power.
- They did not accept a US army so close to their border. ✓
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- What is the term for a situation in which neither group can win or gain advantage?
- checkmate
- stalemate ✓
- proximate
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Key learning points
- North Korea was communist and South Korea was capitalist.
- North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950.
- American-led UN forces intervened to defend South Korea.
- UN forces crossed the 38th parallel and entered into North Korea.
- The UN campaign in North Korea triggered China's entry into the war.
Common misconception
China and the USSR fought alongside North Korea from the beginning of the Korean War.
China and the USSR supported the North Korean invasion but did not participate. China only joined the war at a later stage.
Keywords
Reunification - process in which a country that was divided is joined together again as one country
Domino theory - belief that if one country became communist, others near it would more easily become communist too
Escalate - to become or make something become greater or more serious
Stalemate - a situation in which neither group involved in a conflict can win or get an advantage
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