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History
The Korean
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Korea:
North and South
Leaders –
Japan and Korea
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2. This country annexed Korea in the early 1900s

3. Japan

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

5. The Hermit Kingdom

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

7. Japan, China, and Russia

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

9. USSR and USA

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

11. True

12. The Korean War began when _____________ Korea invaded ______________ Korea.

13. North; South

14. This General took command of combined UN and South Korean Troops

15. General Douglas MacArthur

16. Who won the Korean War?

17. No one; stalemate

18. 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…

19. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

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

21. Yalu River

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

23. Communist; Democratic

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

25. North Korea

26. In North Korea, the __________ controls the media.

27. State/government

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

29. defectors

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

31. Pyongyang; Seoul

32. The current supreme leader of North Korea

33. Kim Jong Un

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

35. Kim Il Sung

36. The current Emperor of Japan

37. Emperor Akihito

38. The Emperor of Japan during WWII

39. Emperor Hirohito

40. The current President OR Prime Minister of South Korea

41. President: Park Geun-hye

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

43. The Great Economic Miracle

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

45. Zaibatsu

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

47. Nuclear weapons

48. __________ Korea has much more arable land than ____________ Korea

49. South; North

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

51. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)