<p> Name: ______Korean War Documentary https://youtu.be/mMBbu6Fs21Q Directions: Answer the following questions as you view the color documentary.</p><p>1. True or False: Geographically Korea sits 6,000 miles from the USA and is between China, Russia and Japan.</p><p>2. The ______ruled Korea for decades, but that ended with WWII.</p><p>3. The 38th parallel divided Korea in ______.</p><p>4. What county supported the North Korean ______. </p><p>5. What country supported the South Korea______.</p><p>Invasion</p><p>6. What side attacked first? North or South (circle your answer)</p><p>7. True or False: It took only 2 days for Seoul (the South Korean capital) to be overrun/captured.</p><p>8. True or False: When Korean War started both the USSR and the USA had nuclear bomb(s).</p><p>9. Describe the initial US strategy. Did this strategy work? Should be able to answer by 11 minutes</p><p>Protecting Pusan</p><p>10. Describe what the soldiers called “bug out”.</p><p>11. True or False: The Americans lost the Naktong river and never regained it.</p><p>12. True or False: The Korean war was the first time American troops were racially mixed together fighting side by side.</p><p>The Road to Seoul</p><p>13. The Americans had a ____ prong attack planned to recapture Seoul from all sides.</p><p>14. True or False: The North Koreans fought hard and didn’t give up the city of Seoul easily.</p><p>The 38th Parallel</p><p>15. The Communist ______resented American intervention in the Korean/Asian region, so they started to assemble troops along their territory.</p><p>16. After discovering a mass execution of American POWs (prisoners-of-war) by the North Koreans, the American military would accept nothing but total ______.</p><p>The Chinese Surprise 17. American surveillance estimated the Chinese troops numbered ______but it turns out they had missed another ______troops.</p><p>The Frozen Chosin</p><p>18. In the Chosin reservoir, the winter temperatures were ______with 50 mph winds, which froze everything.</p><p>19. What invention had been improved and indispensable for the fighting in Korea?</p><p>20. When task force “Faith” went to punch a hole in the Communist lines to free surrounded soldiers, they went into a village with 2,500 GIs/soldiers and came out with only ______alive.</p><p>Southbound</p><p>21. True or False: Seoul would fall for a second time, this time by the Communist Chinese forces.</p><p>22. What was keeping most of the casualties (injured soldiers) alive?</p><p>The Real M.A.S.H.</p><p>23. What was the real M.A.S.H.?</p><p>24. What term was used to describe the surgery?</p><p>25. What was the golden hour rule?</p><p>Shifting the Balance</p><p>26. U.S. Commander Ridgeway borrowed a strategy used by ______which focused on taking prisoners versus territory or towns.</p><p>27. An army marches on their ______.</p><p>The Iron Triangle</p><p>28. True or False: Commander Ridgeway’s strategy to create lines of defense for soldiers to retreat back to was effective in preventing a massive retreat when the Chinese attacked.</p><p>29. In a single ______, an artillery battalion fired off a record 12,000 rounds.</p><p>30. What did the Americans extended as a sign of peace?</p><p>Pressure for Peace</p><p>31. Both sides came to the peace talks acting as if they were the ______.</p><p>32. Old ______was one of the most famous hills where each side played “king of the mountain”. The Air War</p><p>33. True or False: Jets had been used in previous wars.</p><p>34. What were the primary targets for the air war?</p><p>The War Winds Down</p><p>35. Who was elected as the new President to replace Truman?</p><p>36. July _____, 1953 was when the armistice was finally signed.</p><p>37. Over ____ million soldiers and civilians died in Korea.</p><p>38. While some think of Korea as a minor stalemate, it can also be viewed as a ______war with over 20 countries participating. </p><p>39. True or False: The border between North and South Korea is still actively patrolled by military from both sides.</p>
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