Questions of 2017 Unification Quiz Program for High School Students


[answer] Joint Committee of America and Soviet Union



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[answer] Joint Committee of America and Soviet Union

(or First Joint Committee of America and Soviet Union)

【Explanation】 A Joint Committee of America and Soviet Union was held according to the decision of the Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference. But the conference was postponed without any results because America and Soviet Union confronted each other on the contents of the negotiation to establish the provisional government of Korea.




  1. What is the name of the person described below?

ㆍHe was sent to the Paris Peace Conference in 1918 as a representative of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

ㆍHe filled the post of a deputy premier of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

ㆍHe led the movement of the left-right cooperation with Yeo Woon-hung.

ㆍHe promoted the South and North Negotiation with Kim Koo to establish a unified Korean government.




[answer] Kim Kyu-sik


  1. Following is a part of the First Constitution of the Republic of Korea. What are the words to fill in (a) and (b) below?

Article 1. (a) is a democratic republic.

Article 53. The President and Vice President shall be elected by secret voting at (b).




[answer] Republic of Korea, National Assembly


  1. Who was selected as the premier of the People’s Republic of Korea by the Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence led by Yeo Woon-hyung?

[answer] Rhee Syngman

【Explanation】 The People’s Republic of Korea proclaimed in 1945 selected Rhee Syngman as its premier. But Rhee refused it.




  1. What is the title of the following statement announced by Kim Koo?

I will offer my body on an altar if my fatherland asks me to do so. I will not cooperate with establishing of the exclusive government of Korea to seek a lame complacency for myself but rather fall down lying my head on the 38th parallel trying to build a unified fatherland of ours


[answer] I Plea in tears to the thirty million compatriots!

【Explanation】 The phrase quoted is the part of “I plea in tears to the thirty million compatriots” announced by Kim Koo in February 1948.




  1. Write the name of following organization.

- The youth who came to South Korea from the five provinces in North Korea organized it.

  • It was deeply involved in suppressing the Jeju Apr. 3 Incident.


[answer] Northwest Youth Association

【Explanation】 The Northwest Youth Association organized by the youngsters from North Korea was involved in suppressing the Jeju Apr. 3 Incident claiming anti-communism.




  1. Which one below was not included in the three nations which participated for the Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference?

① the U.S.A. ② the U.K. ③ the U.S.S.R. ④ China

[answer]

【Explanation】 The U.S.A., the U.K. and the U.S.S.R. attended the Moscow Foreign Ministers Conference.




  1. On which day was the first constitution of the Republic of Korea proclaimed by the National Assembly organized in 1948?

① May 10 ② Jun. 25 ③ July 17 ④ Aug. 15

[answer]

【Explanation】 The Constitution Day is a national holiday in commemoration of proclaiming the constitution of the Republic of Korea on July 17, 1948. ①First democratic general election was carried out in South Korea on May 10, 1948. ②Korean War broke out on Jun. 25, 1950. ④Liberation was achieved on Aug. 15, 1945 and establishment of the government of the Republic of Korea was proclaimed on Aug. 15, 1948.




  1. What is the name of the first President of the Republic of Korea?

① Rhee Syngman ② Lee Si-young ③ Yun Bosun ④ Park Chung-hee

[answer]

【Explanation】 Rhee Syngman was the first through third president. ②Lee Si-young was the first vice president. ③Yun Bosun was the fourth president. ④Park Chung-hee was the fifth through to the ninth president.




  1. Which one below was the issue of conflict between the left and right wing in the course of promoting the left-right movement?

① Releasing the political prisoners

② Establishing a provisional government

Method of land reform

④ Continuing the Joint Committee of America and Soviet Union



[answer]

【Explanation】 The left-right movement promoted in 1946 had difficulties due to the confrontation between the two wings. In particular, they confronted seriously each other in the issue of dealing with the pro-Japanese group and the method of land reform across the country. The left wing insisted on executing the pro-Japanese immediately, while the right wing asserted withholding it. For the land reform, the left wing insisted on free confiscation and distribution, while the right wing insisted on purchase and distribution at a cost.




  1. What is the name of the organization underlined below?

On the very day of liberation, Yeo Woon-hyung met the Japanese Governor to Korea to discuss transferring the administration authority and he organized this organization with Ahn Jae-hong in a form of cooperation between the left and right wing. This organization set its branches across the country and organized the security squads to maintain the order after the liberation.

① Korea Democratic Party ② Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea

③ The Committee of the Left-Right Cooperation

④ Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence



[answer]

【Explanation】 The Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence was based on the Alliance of Korean Independence, which took the administration authority from the Japanese Government General of Korea to maintain the order after the liberation. ③Committee of the Left-Right Cooperation was organized to establish a unified government when the first Joint Committee of America and Soviet Union fell a part in 1946 and the theory of establishing an exclusive government was on the rise.




  1. Who was not the person attending the “Four Party Talks” described below?

In order to prevent an exclusive election in South Korea only and discuss the unification of the country, the South-North Leaders Conference was held in Apr. 1948 in Pyongyang. They announced a resolution that they objected the exclusive election in South Korea only and withdrawal of the armed forces of America and Soviet Union. Afterwards the Four Party Talks among the leaders were held without any results.

① Kim Koo ② Yeo Woon-hyung ③ Kim II Sung ④ Kim Doo-bong



[answer]

【Explanation】 The talks among the political leaders of the South and North were held and they adopted a joint statement objecting the exclusive election only in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and withdrawing the military forces of America and Soviet Union. While the leaders talks were under way, the Four Party Talks were held to discuss the pending issues between the two sides, where Kim Koo, Kim Kyu-sik, Kim II Sung and Kim Doo-bong attended.




  1. Which one below is the right description on the Land Reform Act implemented after the government of the Republic of Korea was established?

① Free confiscation ② Paid distribution ③ Strengthening the landlord system ④ Limitation of owning five lots of land per one household

[answer]

【Explanation】 The land reform policy of the Republic of Korea was based upon the principle of the “Possessing the land by the person cultivating the land,” which removed the land lord and tenant farming system and owing the land by the farmers was realized. Its details were the method of capitalism of “Paid purchase and paid distribution.” The farming land exceeding three lots per one farming household was purchased by the government. However, the land reform policy implemented in 1946 by the Provisional People’s Committee of North Korea was “Free confiscation and free distribution.”




  1. Which one below participated in the Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence?

① Kim Koo ② Song Jin-wu ③ Ahn Jae-hong ④ Park Hun-young

[answer]

【Explanation】 Ahn Jae-hong, deputy chairman of the Committee represented the Center-right wing.




  1. Who was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea after the government was established?

① Byun Young-tae ② Lee Bum-suk ③ Lee Shi-young ④ Jang Taek-sang

[answer]

【Explanation】 The first Prime Minister was Lee Bum-suk after the government of the Republic of Korea was established in Aug. 1948.




  1. Which one below is not the right description on the joint statement made by the South North Political Leaders Talks held by the suggestion of Kim Koo and Kim Kyu-sik?

① Immediate withdrawal of the foreign forces

② Establishment of a unified nation by a general election

③ Possible break out of civil war was confirmed.

④ Performing a general election first in the areas available for election



[answer]

【Explanation】 Resolution of performing a general election only in the areas available for election was made by a sub-general assembly of UN. When division of the country was visible, Kim Koo and Kim Kyu-sik promoted South North Negotiation to establish a unified government. As a result, the South North Negotiation was held in Pyongyang and a joint statement was announced.




















History10. Korean War and Provocation by North Korea



  1. Soviet Union opposed the North Korean invasion plot immediately before outbreak of the Korean War. Write ○ if it is correct or × if not.

[answer] ×

【Explanation】 Soviet Union supplied North Korea with military aids well before the War and approved the invasion plot in 1950.




  1. Hostility between the South and North was deepened due to the Korean War.
    Write ○ if it is correct or × if not.

[answer]

【Explanation】 The War caused numerous loss of lives, many families separated and generated lots of war orphans. The damages sustained by both sides during the war deepened the hostility between South and North Korea further.




  1. The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
    Write ○ if it is correct or × if not.

[answer]

【Explanation】 The Korean War started early in the morning on June 25, 1950 with the full scale attack by North Korea.




  1. The UN Forces dispatched during the Korean War were composed of 15 nations including the U.S.A. and Japan.
    Write ○ if it is correct or × if not.

[answer] ×

【Explanation】 The UN Forces were composed of 16 nations. Five countries dispatched the medical support teams and other 40 UN members supported various kinds of materials.




  1. Write the date the Korean War Armistice Agreement was signed.

[answer] July 27, 1953


  1. The nations which signed the Korean War Armistice Agreement were South and North Korea, China and UN Forces.

[answer] ×

【Explanation】 Kim II Sung, the supreme commander of North Korean army, Peongdeofai, commander of Chinese supporting army and Clark, Commander-in-chief of UN Forces put their signatures on the agreement.




  1. Write the progression of the Korean War in order.

a. January 4 retreat

b. Ceasefire talks started.

c. Incheon Landing Operation started.

d. The ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Agreement




[answer] c-a-b-d

【Explanation】 (c)Seoul was recovered in September 1950 by the successful Incheon Landing Operation. (a)Seoul was lost again by January 4 retreat in January 1951. (b)Ceasefire talks started in July 1951 by the suggestion of Soviet Union. (d)The ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Agreement was signed in October 1953 after the Armistice Agreement in July the same year.




  1. This successful operation of General MacArthur, Commander-in-chief of UN Forces enabled the Korean army which retreated its front line way down to the Nakdonggang River at the southern tip of the peninsula conterattacked to recover Seoul. What is the name of the operation?

[answer] Incheon Landing Operation (Operation Chromite )

【Explanation】 The Incheon Landing Operation was successful involving the UN Forces of 16 nations including America and the Korean army. As a result, Seoul, the captial city of South Korea was recaptured.




  1. What is the area that belongs to (a) underlined?

o When the UN Forces and Korean Army advanced up to the Yalu River flowing along the border of China and North Korea, China sent a large scale of troops to Korea. As the war situation was getting worse by the Chinese major forces, American forces and Korean army operating at the Northeast front line gathered at (a) to retreat. The large scale evacuation operation by sea transported about 100,000 soldiers and many goods to the South and about 90,000 refugees were saved.
o The lyrics of “Be Strong Geumsoon”

At the (a) pier where snowstorm flaps

I called bitterly and tried to find you

Where were you Geumsoon? You got lost and wandered

I came back alone after January 4 shedding tears of blood

What am I doing now without my family

I am a merchant at the International Market



[answer] Heungnam


  1. Write the official title of the “Communist Government” underlined.

In October 1949, the National Party of Chiang Kai-shek was defeated by the Communist Party of Mao Zedong and Chiang moved to Taiwan and a communist government was established in the mainland China.


[answer] People’s Republic of China

【Explanation】 In 1949, after the three years’ civil war between the National Party and Communist Party in China was over, the People’s Republic of China led by Mao was established in the mainland China and Chiang moved to Taiwan with the National Party forces to set up Free China.




  1. What is the name of “this agreement” underlined?

Rhee Syngman’s administration of South Korea opposed truce and insisted on the unification by advancement into North Korea during the Korean War. But he agreed upon the ceasefire after the U.S. government promised signing of this Agreement, long term economic aid and reinforcing Korean army. According to this Agreement American Forces continue their station in South Korea after the Korean War and they can intervene in the armed clash in the Korean Peninsula immediately without the UN resolution.


[answer] The ROK-US Mutual Defense Agreement


  1. What is the name of the organization to fill in the blank below?

Many civilians were massacred during the war not only by the North Korean army but also by the South Korean soldiers. For example, there happened

( ) incident. ( ) was organized by joining those converted from the left wing activities to proliferate anti-communism ideology and enlighten them. When the Korean War broke out, South Korean army and police slaughter the members of ( ) without going through any legal procedures.




[answer] People’s Press Alliance (Press Alliance)

【Explanation】 The most typical case of slaughtering the civilians during the war was the incident of People’s Press Alliance and the Massacre of the Geochang Civilians.




  1. Which one below is not the effect of the Korean War?

① Industrial facilities were destroyed.

② Sense of village community was weakened.

③ Numerous families were separated and lots of war orphans were found.

④ Exchange between the South and North for a peaceful unification became active.



[answer]

【Explanation】 After the war, Rhee Syngman’s administration strengthened the anti-communism policy, asserting the unification by expanding northward and North Korea insisted on the unification under communism.




  1. Which country below was not included in the UN Forces to Korea?

① America ② Australia ③ Turkey ④ India

[answer]

【Explanation】 The 16 nations included in the UN Forces were the U.S.A., U.K, Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, France, the Philippines, Turkey, Thailand, Greece, South Africa, Belgium, Luxemburg, Colombia and Ethiopia.




  1. Which one below is not the right situation before the Korean War?

① Acheson Declaration

Communization of China

③ Withdrawal of the forces of America and Soviet Union from the Korean Peninsula.

④ Executing the ROK-US Mutual Defense Agreement



[answer]

【Explanation】 The ROK-US Mutual Defense Agreement was signed in October 1953 after the Armistice Agreement was signed in July in the same year. ③Soviet Union army was withdrawn in December 1948 and the US troops in Jun. 1949 except its military advisers. But the US Forces keep stationed in Korea according to the mutual defense agreement executed after the Korean War and they can intervene in the armed clash in the Korean Peninsula without going through UN resolution.





  1. What is the right one to fill in the following blank?

When the situation of the war was reversed by the successful Incheon Landing Operation, UN Forces and South Korean Army recaptured Seoul and advanced to the border. But it was reversed again by the involvement of Chinese army. Afterwards as the front lines were in deadlock along ( ), the armistice talks started by the suggestion of Soviet Union. While the talks were under way, fierce offensive and defensive battle continued along ( ).

① Pyongyang ② 38th parallel ③ the Yalu River ④ the Nakdonggang River



[answer]


  1. It was announced in January 1950 and declared that Republic of Korea and Taiwan would be excluded from the defensive lines of America. What is the title of the policy?

① Truman Doctrine ② Marshall Plan ③ Acheson Declaration ④ Cairo Declaration

[answer]

【Explanation】 In January 1950, America decided its Far East defensive line to be from the Aleutian Islands, Ryukyu Islands of Japan to the Philippines. It means South Korea was excluded from the defensive lines of America in the Pacific region. ①The Truman Doctrine declared in 1947 was to render aid to the nations adopting anti-communism policy to prevent the communism from being expanded in Europe. ②It was followed by Marshall Plan (Europe Revival Plan) which rendered more active aid to Europe. ④The Cairo Declaration was a joint statement announced by three nations, the USA, the UK and China, in 1943 at the end of World War II, which guaranteed the independence of Korea for the first time internationally.




  1. Which one below did not take place after the outbreak of the Korean War?

① President Rhee Syngman released the anticommunist prisoner of war during the armistice talks.

② President Rhee handed the right of commanding Korean Army over to the UN Forces Commander.

③ UN Security Council decided UN Forces to enter Korean War to support South Korea.

④ Acheson Declaration excluded South Korea from the defensive line of America.



[answer]

【Explanation】 The Acheson Declaration was announced in January 1950, which was before the Korean War.




  1. The Armistice Agreement was signed in July 1953, two years after the talks started. Which one below is not the right description of the agreement ?

① Releasing of anti-communism prisoner of war (POW)

② Install a military demarcation line

③ Install a demilitarized zone

④ Organize the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission



[answer]

【Explanation】 Releasing the anti communism POWs is not described in the Armistice Agreement but President Rhee opposing the cease fire took the action on Jun. 18, 1953. He released the POWs unilaterally opposing the truce and it caused the talks to be delayed.




  1. When was Seoul recaptured by the UN Forces and South Korean Army, after January 4 retreat?

① Mar. 1951 ② September 1950 ③ Aug. 1952 ④ February 1953

[answer]

【Explanation】 Seoul was lost again by January 4 retreat in 1951 and South Korean Army and UN Forces counterattacked and recaptured the capital city in Mar. 1951.




  1. After the military demarcation line was installed, the POWs who were not returned according to their request were handed over to the area which was controlled by “this country.” Which is “this country”?

① India ② Switzerland ③ Poland ④ Czechoslovakia

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