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what asian nation occupied the Korean peninsula for forty years? |
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Why did japanese troops withdraw from the peninsula in 1945? |
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because it was after world war II |
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After Japan was removed, where was Korea divided in half? |
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What country controlled North Korea and what country controlled South Korea? |
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Soviets-North Korea USA-South Korea |
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After North and South Korea declared themselves independent states, what happened? |
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North korea invaded South korea |
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When did North korea invaded South Korea and why? |
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June 25th 1950 because they wanted to reunite the peninsula by force. |
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During the timen when N. and S. korea were at war who aided who? |
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How long were North and South Korea at war? |
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A strip of land running along an international border |
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What is the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty of 1985? Did North Korea live up to thus? |
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Treaty that agreed that they would not buy or agree to nuclear weapons. North Korea did not live up to this. |
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Who is the current leader of North Korea? |
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What does the phrase "axis of evil" mean? |
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All the evil in the world revolves around this axis. |
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When nuclear weapons were discovered in North korea what did we do? |
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we stopped sending oil to them. |
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When did they admit to having nuclear weapons? |
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When did north korea test their nuclear weapons? |
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What are three items North Korea restricts? |
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Television, cell phones, newspapers |
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What do visitors to North Korea experience? (3) |
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A sense of being cut off from the world, being watched and they are shown a lot of propaganda. |
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Why do North koreans act they way that they do? |
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Because they are trained that way from birth and they may act that way from fear as well. |
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What is the DMZ like between North and South Korea? |
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It is heavily guarded on both sides, there are landmines and fences and little communication between the two sides. |
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why us trying to escape from North Korea a serious risk? |
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Bc if you are caught, you can be put into prison camps or executed and your family will be punished too for your actions. |
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What Nationalist leader wanted Communism in Vietnam? |
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What were Ho Chi Minh's two goals? |
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to get Vietnamese independence and to adopt communism |
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a 45 year struggle between democratic nations and communist nations led by the USA and Soviet Union |
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Who became the leaders of North and South Vietnam? |
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South Vietnam-Ngo Dinh Diem North Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh |
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What was "voting with your feet?" |
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people fled to the side they supported |
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What line was Vietnam divided at? |
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swift raids by small bands of soldiers using hit and run tactics |
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what was the Ho chi minh trail? |
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a suppy route used by HO to send supploes and troops to the South to aid da Viet Cong. |
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Explain the Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution? |
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We had two ships patrolling the Gulf, our troops claimed they were shot @ by the NVietnamese, Lyndon Johnson then got a resolution saying he could help the south vietnamese because of this. |
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Why did the war spread to laos and cambodia? |
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we bombed sections of the Ho chi minh trail and the viet cong bases in cambodia. |
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What happened in the USA during the vietnamese war? |
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Who began the withdrawal of troops from vietnam? |
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what was Saigon renamed to? |
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In july 1976 what did the name of Vietname become? |
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Socialist republic Of Vietname |
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What ideas does Vietnam use today? |
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Communist but with capitalist ideas |
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