Human Geo. last day

Today we finished Human Geography with a test on North Korea. I learned a lot in this whole unit, i especially found this last topic on North Korea interesting. I didn't do as well as i thought i did. I studied the wrong material for the test. Overall i enjoyed this course and am excited to start Western Civilization.

North Korea last day

Kim II-Sung (1912 - 1994)
ruled from 1948 - 1994

• Prime minister 1948 - 1972
• President 1972 until death

Great leader, eternal leader, Supreme Leader, Eternal President of the Republic

facts 

• Kim II-Sung viewed as a God
• establishment of "cult of personality 
• the people are rewuired to show extreme devotion to the leader 

Kim Jong-II (1941 - 2011)

ruled from 1994 - 2011 as a supreme leader 

Kim Jong-Un (32 years old) 

born in 1983

became Supreme Leader

• studied in Switzerland 
• threatened to bomb the United States 

North Korea movie - day 2

In the movie today we mainly saw the life of an everyday person living in North Korea. There are many blind people young and old, that haven't been able to see in years. With the doctor there and his crew, he will preform thousands of surgeries to help these people. I learned that there is a meeting place that both North and South Korea meet up to discuss (this only happens sometimes). i also learned that  40% of the children in North Korea are not fed properly and do not have the shelter they need to survive.
 

North Korea Movie - Day 1

Today we started watching a movie about North Korea. A journalist got together with a doctor that is going to North Korea to preform surgery on the many blind that are there, the people in North Korea don't know that she is a journalist. They just assume she's part of the doctors staff. While there, they take a look at the are and conditions the people are in outside of the capital.

Korea - North and South

North Korea

• oppressive government 
• very secluded and isolated from the world
• currently headed by Kim Jong-Un
• Kim Jong-Un didn't seem to like The Interview 
• notice that they say "Korea," not North Korea -  they claim to be the legitimate rulers of the entire peninsula

Oppressive Government

• state-run socialist goverment that many consider to be a Stalinist dictatorship
• official name: Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)
• notice that they say "Korea," not North Korea -  they claim to be the legitimate rulers of the entire peninsula

secluded and isolated

• isolated by the government
• also somewhat isolated geographically
• after all, they are on a peninsula
• Pyongyang is the capital

             
Differences:
lights out at night
not connected
no money
little electricity

Exam tomorrow

Today we went over information that will be on the exam tomorrow. The information he gave us was really clear on what we need to study to prepare really well. Personally i need to go over the religions and Socrates. I think i will be ready if i go over all the power points, notes, and tests.

test day

Today we took the test. It was mainly on the different religions and some about slumdog millionaire, i didnt do as great as i wanted to and could have studied the material a little better.