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This country annexed Korea in the early 1900s

Japan

Because Korea was isolated from the world, it was given this nickname

The Hermit Kingdom

These three nations were constantly competing for control of territory in Korea

Japan, China, and Russia

After WWII, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel between these two nations

USSR and USA

True or False: Initially, it was the intention of both the USSR and USA to establish a stable and unified Korea.

True

The Korean War began when _____________ Korea invaded ______________ Korea.

North; South

This General took command of combined UN and South Korean Troops

General Douglas MacArthur

Who won the Korean War?

No one; stalemate

At the conclusion of the Korean War, a 2 At the conclusion of the Korean War, a 2.4 mile wide buffer was established between North and South Korea called…

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

During the 4th phase of the Korean War, the UN forces pushed the North Koreans all the way to this River bordering China

Yalu River

Today North Korea is a _____________ nation and South Korea is a ___________ nation.

Communist; Democratic

This Korea has had only three leaders since the end of WWII?

North Korea

In North Korea, the __________ controls the media.

State/government

North Koreans who escape to live in South Korea are called…

defectors

The capital city of North Korea is _________________; the capital city of South Korea is __________________.

Pyongyang; Seoul

The current supreme leader of North Korea

Kim Jong Un

The first supreme leader of North Korea and the current leader’s father

Kim Il Sung

The current Emperor of Japan

Emperor Akihito

The Emperor of Japan during WWII

Emperor Hirohito

The current President OR Prime Minister of South Korea

President: Park Geun-hye

The period of economic growth in Japan following WWII that lasted until the late 1980s was called the…

The Great Economic Miracle

Japanese industrial and financial business conglomerates that had control over much of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period to WWII

Zaibatsu

The largest threat that North Korea poses to the world is it’s possession of _____________________

Nuclear weapons

__________ Korea has much more arable land than ____________ Korea

South; North

The goal of this treaty is to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)