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War in the Pacific
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History
10th Grade
06/01/2009

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The Japanese will lose 4 aircraft carriers, they will lose 253 planes; Battle between Hawaii and Japan
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Battle of Midway
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the first battle of importance; there is no ship to ship contact, completely air based and air craft battle; Americans and Australians lose ships but will halt the Japanese invasion of Australia.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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heavy air attacks on the Japanese navy from the Kamikaze planes
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Battle of Okinawa
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Battle of the Solomon Islands; first major offensive by the US
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Battle of Gadalcanal
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Japanese retaking of the Philippines
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Battle of Layte Gulf
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US, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France, and China
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Big 5
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Who can veto resolutions proposed by the Security Council?
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A member of the Big 5 (permanent member)
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How do they vote in the general assembly?
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2/3 majority vote on all important matters such as the admittance of a new country
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Who selects members of the non permanent members of the Security Council?
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the other ten members were elected every two years from different countries. All of the big five members (permanent) members must vote yes
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The Soviet Union closes down all transportation methods out of Berlin They even reduce the coal; they want the western democracies out; we fly in everything they need until the soviet union admits defeat and opens up the passageways
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Berlin blockade and airlift
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The agency in the United Nations that was intended to promote cultural cooperation?
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UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) to promote international collaboration
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First involvement of the UN in post world war conflicts?
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Korean Conflict, Vietnam
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NATO
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group against NATO this was all the countries involved with the Soviet Union
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Warsaw Pact
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described the Communist bloc countries; these countries weren't sharing all of its info with the rest of the world
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Iron Curtain
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plan made by the secretary of state named Marshall and was a plan to rebuild the western European countries
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Marshall Plan
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war with the US and the democratic countries against the Soviet Union and all the communist bloc countries, this war was created when the US adopted the foreign policy of containing communism
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Cold War
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US will accept any free people that are attempting subjication of arms and outside pressure; Soviet Union and their communist ideas the Us also agrees that in the case of a civil war they will intervene
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Truman Doctrine
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In 1950 when the security council passed a resolution calling north korea to withdrawl from south korea what was going on with the security council to issue that demand?
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New president elected to the league of nations
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Leader of North Korea:
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Kim Il Sung
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Leader of South Korea:
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Syngman Rhee
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Truman refers to Korean conflict as what?
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police action
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End result of Korean Conflict:
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Communism doesnt spread; communism falls in the Soviet Union but not in China and the rest of Asia
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What major change occurred in the Far East after the Korean Conflict?
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Communism falls in the Soviet Union but not in China and the rest of Asia
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WHO
Definition
World Health Organization
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FAO
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Food and Agricultural Organization
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ILO
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International Labor Organization
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treat Organization
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By 1940-41 who gets control of Vietnam
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Japan
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Which European country was determined to regain control of Vietnam
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France
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Who are the parties that fight in the 1st Indochina war
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Vietnam and France
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Who did Hochi min get economic aid from
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Communist China and the Soviet Union
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What is the name of the French holding that signals the end of the French involvement in Vietnam?
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the fortress known as Dien Bien Phu
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when they decided to divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel creating a north and south vietnam
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Geneva Conference
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these people go into south vietnam and try to convert people to communism
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Vietcong
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the vietcong and the north vietnamese try to push over all the south vietnam; it was a failure and the us was able to stop it but it was a terrible impact on the US; this is when the US decide to change their foreign policy to Deescalation
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Tet Offensive
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