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Korean War Geography

Using the map on the previous page, label the following items on the map to the right.

Bodies of Water:● East China Sea● Sea of Japan● Yalu River

Political Boundaries: ● 38th parallel ● North Korea● South Korea● China● Soviet Union (east of

China)

Capital Cities:Use the star to mark each city with its label!

● P’yongyang ● Seoul

1. How is Korea divided after WWII?

2. How does the Korean War begin?

3. Draw a dashed line to mark the farthest north the UN forces fought4. Draw a DOTTED line to mark the farthest South the Chinese/North Koreans forces fought

5. How does the war end?

The Vietnam War

Prior to World War II Vietnam had been a colony of the French. During World War II the Japanese took control of the area. When the war ended there was a power vacuum. Vietnamese revolutionary and communist Ho Chi Minh wanted freedom for the country of Vietnam. However, the Allies all agreed that Vietnam belonged to the French.

In 1954 the French lost a major battle to the Vietnamese. They decided to pull out of Vietnam. The country was divided up into a communist Northern Vietnam and a Southern Vietnam along the 17th parallel also known as the Demarcation Line of 1954. It was supposed to be reunited under a single election in 1956. However, the United States did not want the country to become communist. They helped Ngo Dinh Diem get elected in the South.

The Vietnam War was fought between communist North Vietnam and the government of Southern Vietnam. The North was supported by communist countries such as the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. The South was supported by anti-communist countries, primarily the United States and French.

The United States lost the Vietnam War. It lasted for twenty years, something the US never expected when it joined in the fight. Not only did the US lose the war and the country of Vietnam to the communists, the US lost prestige in the eyes of the world.

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Vietnam War Geography

Using the map on the previous page, label the following items on the map below.

Bodies of Water: ● Gulf of Tonkin● Gulf of Thailand● South China Sea

Political Boundaries:● North Vietnam● South Vietnam● Laos● Cambodia● Thailand● China● 17th parallel

Capital Cities:Use the star to mark each city with its label!

● Hanoi● Saigon

1. Name two countries who made Vietnam their colony:

2. How was Vietnam divided? What countries supported them?

3. How did the war end?