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6. When did war break out in Korea?

  • 20th October 1948
  • 25th June 1950
  • 1st October 1950
  • 8th February 1948

7. What was the position of Syngman Rhee in February 1946?

  • Leader of North Korea
  • Leader of South Korea
  • Chair of the Representative Democratic Council in Seoul
  • Leader of the peoples committee in South Korea

8. When did Korea become a satellite state of the Japanese empire?

  • 1905
  • 1907
  • 1910
  • 1902

9. What organisation was formed in November 1947?

  • UNTCOK- United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea
  • KWP- North Korean Workers Party
  • SEATO- South East Asia Treaty Organisation
  • NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

10. Did Rhee and Kim have any common ground?

  • Yes- They were both Nationalists- wanted reunification of Korea
  • Yes- They were both Communist
  • Yes- They were both anti- communist
  • No- They had nothing in common

11. What was the position of Kim Il Sung in February 1946?

  • Leader of the Peoples Committee (North Korea)
  • Chair of the Representative Democratic Council in Seoul
  • Chair of the Pyongyang committee
  • Leader of South Korea

12. At the Potsdam conference (1945), along what parallel did the USA and USSR agree to split Korea?

  • 19th parallel
  • 17th parallel
  • 38th parallel
  • 36th parallel