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Activity #4 - Map Responses

Consider the maps, then respond to each questions (click here for larger versions): 

 

China, 1946-1950


1. In the key for these maps, what should the red box be labeled? What should the white box be labeled?

 

2. In 1946, what part of the country did the communists control? Any idea why?

 

3. By 1950, what percentage of the country did the communists control?



  

Korean War

1.  On what date did North Korea first invade South Korea?

 

2. Who supported North Korea? Who supported South Korea?

 

3. Why might Communist China have decided to help North Korea?

 

4. How does this document demonstrate the American policy of containment?



  

 

  
Mkden Narking Shanghai king hanghai Tibet Tibet Chunging Chungng Canton Canton 1946 1948 Mukden Mukden Peking a Tiertsin Peking a Tientsiri Taiyuan Taiyua Nanking o Shangha Nanking a Shanghai Tibet Chungng Chunglang Canton Canton 1949 1950
Transcribed Image Text:Mkden Narking Shanghai king hanghai Tibet Tibet Chunging Chungng Canton Canton 1946 1948 Mukden Mukden Peking a Tiertsin Peking a Tientsiri Taiyuan Taiyua Nanking o Shangha Nanking a Shanghai Tibet Chungng Chunglang Canton Canton 1949 1950
Source: Map created from various sources. 1 Communist North Korea (supported by the Soviet Union) invades US-supported South Korea. The attack comes without 2 American forces occupying Japan after WWII are sent to defend South Korea. The US and United Nations forces are nearly pushed off the Korean peninsula. The American com- mander is General Douglass MacArthur. CHINA CHINA NORTH KOREA NORTH KOREA Sea of lapan Sea of Jepan warning and President Harry Truman, with the help of the United Nations, vows to defend democratic South Korea. "Seonl Seoul Yellow Se SOUTH KOREA Yallow Se SOUTH KOREA JAPAN JAPAN June 25, 1950 September 14, 1950 In November of 1950, communist China enters the war and pushes the UN and ÚS forces back into South Korea. CHINA CHINA 3 MacArthur stages a risky, yet successful counterattack at the port of Inchon. North Korean forces are routed and pushed back all the way to the Yalu River, the border of North Korea and communist China. NORTH KOREA Senof Sen of Japan NORTH KOREA The war drags on for several years, finally ending in 1953 very close to the original 1950 borders. The war caused more than two million deaths, including over 50,000 Americans. Yellew See Inchoe SOUTH KOREA Yollow Sea ISOUTH KORRA MacArthur attack JAPAN Armietice line JAPAN
Transcribed Image Text:Source: Map created from various sources. 1 Communist North Korea (supported by the Soviet Union) invades US-supported South Korea. The attack comes without 2 American forces occupying Japan after WWII are sent to defend South Korea. The US and United Nations forces are nearly pushed off the Korean peninsula. The American com- mander is General Douglass MacArthur. CHINA CHINA NORTH KOREA NORTH KOREA Sea of lapan Sea of Jepan warning and President Harry Truman, with the help of the United Nations, vows to defend democratic South Korea. "Seonl Seoul Yellow Se SOUTH KOREA Yallow Se SOUTH KOREA JAPAN JAPAN June 25, 1950 September 14, 1950 In November of 1950, communist China enters the war and pushes the UN and ÚS forces back into South Korea. CHINA CHINA 3 MacArthur stages a risky, yet successful counterattack at the port of Inchon. North Korean forces are routed and pushed back all the way to the Yalu River, the border of North Korea and communist China. NORTH KOREA Senof Sen of Japan NORTH KOREA The war drags on for several years, finally ending in 1953 very close to the original 1950 borders. The war caused more than two million deaths, including over 50,000 Americans. Yellew See Inchoe SOUTH KOREA Yollow Sea ISOUTH KORRA MacArthur attack JAPAN Armietice line JAPAN
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