Korea Early History The Korean War Korea: North and South Leaders – Japan and Korea Miscellaneous
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 38 th 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 2.4 mile wide buffer was established between North and South Korea called…
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
During the 4 th phase of the Korean War, the UN forces pushed the North Koreans all the way to this River bordering China
Yalu River
North Korea has a _____________ economy; South Korea has a _____________ economy.
Communist; Capitalist
North Korea has a _____________ government; South Korea has a _____________ government.
Autocratic (dictatorship); Democratic/Republic
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 Il
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: Lee Myung-bak PM: Kim Hwang-sik
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)