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March 10, 2016
Discuss Korean Conflict
Vietnam Reading
Korea BrainPop
Vietnam BrainPop
Warm-up
How did the Korean
Conflict end and
what was the
boundary between
North and South
Korea?
Homework: review today’s material
The 1953 armistice ended the Korean
Conflict and the 38th parallel was kept as
the border between North and South.
Unit 10: Modern History of Southern & Eastern Asia
1. Unit 10 Standards
2. Warmup (3/7 – 3/11)
3. Japan Reading
4. Hiroshima/Nagasaki BP
5. Unit 10 Study Guide
6. Origins of Cold War
7. Korea
8. Vietnam
9. India Quick Facts
10.Vietnam/Korea Venn
11.Korea/Vietnam BP
Korean Conflict
Vietnam War
U.S. aid to Mujahadeen rebels fighting the
Soviets in Afghanistan.
The Cold War
and resulting
fear of
communist
expansion
Arms Race between the Soviet
Union and United States.
U.S. support of anti-communist dictators in
countries like South Vietnam, Iraq, Iran and
parts of Africa.
(Remember from 6th grade) Cuban
Missile
Crisis, split of Germany, etc.
Cold War answers
1. What was the Cold War?
A 40 (or 50) year standoff between the U.S. & the
Soviet Union
7. What did Winston Churchill call the tight borders
that the Soviets maintained?
The Iron Curtain
2. Why was the Cold War called the Cold War?
Real military conflict never broke out between the
U.S. and the Soviet Union
8. What was Harry S Truman’s policy of stopping
the spread of communism called?
3. What country was once a member of the Soviet
Union?
Russia, Ukraine, etc
9. What was the Marshall Plan?
$13 billion dollar aid package given to Europe by
the U.S.
4. What was the U.S. worried that the Soviet Union
would do?
Try to spread Communism all over the world
10. What was the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization?
Military alliance between the U.S., Canada, and
Western European Nations
5. What was the Soviet Union worried the U.S. would
do?
They feared the U.S. would use the atomic bomb to
control the world
6. Who were Winston Churchill, and Harry S Truman?
Churchill – British Prime Minister
Harry S Truman – President of U.S. during cold war –
worked to stop spread of communism
Containment
11. Who was the first leader of Communist China?
Mao Zedong (also spelled Mao Tse Tung)
12. What event marked the beginning of the end of
the Cold War?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The Korean War
answers to notes
What caused the Korean Conflict?
At the end of WWII, The northern part of Korea was
USSR (Soviets) and the south was held by
held by the ____________
U.S.
____________.
Since the Allies couldn’t agree on how
divided
the country should be governed, it was ____________.
Communist
In 1950, the ____________
forces from North Korea
attacked South Korea. The UN asked for help to stop
the ____________,
so the US and other nations sent
invasion
troops.
How were other countries involved?
Russians
North Korea was supported by the ____________
and
Chinese
____________.
The Chinese sent many troops and lost
million
over a ____________
soldiers in the war. South
U.N.
Korea’s army was supported by the ____________
U.S.
forces made up of soldiers from the ____________,
Britain
Australia
____________,
____________,
and ____________.
Turkey
The countries fought for three years from _______
to
1950
_______.
1953
How has the war affected
Korea?
armistice
The war was ended by an ___________
in
38th
1953 which kept the _____
parallel as a
North
boundary between ____________
and
South
____________
Korea. Today, North Korea
communist
remains a ____________
country and
South
Korea
is
a
successful
republic
____________.
Tension
and
hatred
____________
between
these
two
countries has remained high. An arms
race has developed between them.
However, in the summer of 2000 leaders
from both countries _______,
so the
met
situation seems to be improving.
The Vietnam War
What caused the war?
(Vietnam) after WWII as it
France wanted to control Indochina
__________
had before Japan took over during the war; but the
Viet Minh
communists called __________
took over the north.
Neither France nor many Vietnamese wanted the
communist
country to be __________,
so they fought a civil war.
divided
France __________
and the country was ________
lost
into North and South Vietnam along the _____
17th
communist
parallel.
North Vietnam had a __________
North
government.
________
Vietnam tried to take over
the ________
and the _____
South
U.S. got involved to stop the
spread of ________________.
communism
How were other countries involved?
North Vietnam received weapons, supplies,
and military aid from the _______
Soviets and from
_________.
North Vietnam was lead by a
China
man named ______________
until he died in
Ho Chi Minh
1969. South Vietnam was supported by the
U.S.
__________.
At first the Americans sent
_________
and _________
advisors, but as
supplies
military
the war went on, the US sent ________
in
troops
increasingly larger numbers. The war lasted
from the time the country was divided until
1975
______,
when the capital of South Vietnam,
Saigon was captured, although the
Americans left Vietnam two years earlier in
1973
_______
.
How has the war affected the countries involved?
continued until
After the _____
U.S. left South Vietnam, the war _________
the south was captured by the communists
_________. The South’s
capital was named _______________
and the country is one
Ho Chi Minh City
communist
____________
country called Vietnam. Though the country
has not fully recovered from the war and the affects of
agent orange (a chemical that kills plants), some argue the
____________
country is _________
off today than ever before. Vietnam’s
better
economy is _________
growing and is even becoming a _________
tourist
destination.
Korean War answers
1. Korea was divided at the end of
what war?
World War II
2. Which country occupied North
Korea in 1945 and what kind of
government did they establish there?
The Soviets established a
communist government in North
Korea.
3. The 50 year stand-off between the
United States and the Soviet Union
was called what?
Cold War
4. What did troops from North Korea
do in 1950?
They invaded South Korea
5. Why did China enter the war on the
side of North Korea?
China was communist and thought
that the U.S. was a threat to them.
6. Why didn’t President Truman want
to extend the war into China?
He thought the Soviets would get
involved and didn’t want to start
World War III
7. Where was the border between
North and South Korea located after
the cease-fire agreement was signed?
The 38th parallel; 38 degrees
North latitude
8. How much contact do you think
North Korea has with other countries
today?
North Korea is very isolated today.
Vietnam War video answers
1. Why did many people in Indo-China
resent being colonized by France?
The French took their land and
natural resources, leaving them
poor.
2. Who went to war against the French in
Indo-China?
Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh
communists.
3. What is the “Domino Theory” and how
does that explain U.S. involvement in
Vietnam?
If Vietnam becomes communist, the
rest of Asia would, too. This made it
important for the U.S. to win in order
to contain the spread of communism.
4. What did the Geneva Accord do?
This was the treaty that divided
Vietnam into North and South after
the French left.
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese
Independence leader
5. What did the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
allow the U.S. government to do?
It allowed the U.S. to send combat
troops to Vietnam. It was the
official start of the war for the U.S.
6. Why did American forces have
difficulty fighting against the Vietcong
guerillas?
They used ambushes in the jungle
and blended in with innocent
civilians.
7. How many Vietnamese people died in
the war?
More than 1.2 million died.
8. What happened after the American
forces pulled out of Vietnam?
The North conquered South Vietnam,
uniting the country under
Communism.
Daily Closing
What are two similarities between the
Korean and Vietnam Conflicts?