Alba: Cold War in Asia

Question 1

What geographic location is this?

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 2

The majority of Korean casualties were what?

Accepted Answer

civilians

Question 3

Henry Kissinger served what position under President Nixon?

Accepted Answer

Secretary of State

Question 4

True or False, Harry Truman went to war without a declaration of war?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

At what parallel was and is Korea divided?

Accepted Answer

38th

Question 6

Who lead Communist China ?

Accepted Answer

Mao Tse-tung

Question 7

Which war was the first "shooting" war the Americans got involved in after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Korean War

Question 8

What was the intention of the War Powers Act of 1973?

Accepted Answer

to limit the president's ability to send troops overseas

Question 9

The Korean War is sometimes called

Accepted Answer

Forgotten War

Question 10

True or False, The US dropped more bombs in the Pacific during WWII than on Korea.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

American troops sent to Vietnam in the 1960's were to advise which group?

Accepted Answer

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Question 12

True or False, Johnson increased his credibility with the public by disclosing military actions

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The Korean war was part of what strategy?

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 14

Which president had the idea of "Vietnamization," or gradually withdrawing American troops.

Accepted Answer

Nixon

Question 15

As a response to televised news about the Vietnam War, what did Americans do?

Accepted Answer

increasingly protest

Question 16

The failed Geneva Accords served primarily to do what?

Accepted Answer

set up elections in Vietnam

Question 17

What was Ngo Dinh Diem NOT known for?

Accepted Answer

supporting communism

Question 18

Who is this guy?

Accepted Answer

Mcarthur

Question 19

Which action initiated the United State's involvement in Korea?

Accepted Answer

Kim Il Sung's invasion of the South

Question 20

By the end of WWII, who was the leader of North Korea?

Accepted Answer

Kim Il Sung

Question 21

Eisenhower sent troops and atomic weapons to France to maintain the French Empire

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

American troops sent to Vietnam were known as what?

Accepted Answer

advisors

Question 23

Truman referred to military action in Korea as what?

Accepted Answer

police action

Question 24

The fear of the spread of communism was summarized by what American theory?

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 25

Which group was the "worst communism had to offer," massacring one third of Cambodia?

Accepted Answer

Khmer Rouge

Question 26

What brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms?

Accepted Answer

Television

Question 27

Most Americans consider Vietnam to be which president's war?

Accepted Answer

Johnson

Question 28

What War is this from ?

Accepted Answer

Vietnam

Question 29

What operation dropped a massive amount of ordinances over Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

Rolling Thunder

Question 30

How did the New York Times contribute to anti-war sentiment in the United States?

Accepted Answer

by publishing the Pentagon Papers

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