Korea and Vietnam WHAP Flashcards
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| 69933496 | Deductions regarding Korean culture | Very religious: Locous flowers&Buddist temples Very Creative: Archetecture, include nature in it | |
| 69933497 | Observations of Korean palace architecture | Built to withstand earthquakes, souring roof lines, lots of detail, roofs are hand painted, | |
| 69933498 | Deductions regarding Korean food | Lots of fish, rice fields, chopsticks; have side dishes and main dish at table | |
| 69933499 | Traditional Pursuits of Korea | Ricy taffy, masks, Hanbok (traditional chinese clothes) National treasures (people who make paper and fonts) | |
| 69933500 | Modern Korean achievements | Highly advanced technology: Samsung and Hyundai (cars of the future) | |
| 69933501 | Cause of trouble between Korea and Japan | Harsh treatment from Japan | |
| 69933502 | Russian Government | Took north half of Korea @ the end of WWII | |
| 69933503 | Capital of North Korea | Pyongyang | |
| 69933504 | American Government | Took south half of Korea @ the end of WWII | |
| 69933505 | Capital of South Korea | Seoul | |
| 69933506 | Korean war | June 1950. Caused by russia and North Korea invading south korea. | |
| 69933507 | 38th parallel | Where N. Korea and S. Korea are split. In 1951, there was a battle stabalized here. | |
| 69933508 | MacArthur/Truman controversy | This man was dismissed by Tuman and so an ugre to fight an all out war happened to defeat communism in Asia | |
| 69933509 | DMZ | dimiliterized zone. Troops from the UN US and S Korea guard this zone agains N Korea forces who try to attack S Korea across boreder | |
| 69933510 | Kim Il-Sung | North Korean Leader | |
| 69933511 | President Rhee | South Korean Leader | |
| 69933512 | France | Owned Vietnam in the early 19th Century | |
| 69933513 | Germany | Owned Vietnam during WWII | |
| 69933514 | Indo-China Nationalists | The gropu of nationalists who wanted independence for vietnam | |
| 69933515 | Ho Chi Minh | Leader of Indo China Nationalists | |
| 69933516 | Hanoi | N. Vietnamese capital | |
| 69933517 | Saigon | S. Vietnamese capital | |
| 69933518 | Johnsen and Nixon | The two US presidents who tried Peace talks | |
| 69933519 | Agent orange | toxic gas that caused birth defects | |
| 69933520 | Vietnamization | shift the burden of fighting from US to S Vietnam | |
| 69933521 | POW | prisoners of war | |
| 69933522 | MIA | missing in action | |
| 69933523 | Cambodai and Laos | this is where the war had spread to. |