North Korea and South Korea
When did leaders from North and South Korea meet for the first time to discuss reunification?
2000, the 1st time since the Korean War.
What is the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea?
38th Parallel or D.M.Z.
What is a command economy?
A system in which the government plans the economy and decides what is produced.
What is a demilitarized zone? Why does it exist?
An empty buffer zone created to keep two countries from fighting.
What factors contributed to the death of many North Koreans in the 1990s?
Famines and government mismanagement.
What issues does South Korea face today?
Goverment corruptions and issues with North Korea.
What is North Korea's relationship with the world?
Isolation from the rest of the world. Nuclear weapons program worries Asian countries and the world.
Which country's army occupied the Korean Peninsula in the early 20th century?
Japan's
Who ruled North Korea from 1948 to 1994?
Kim 2 Sung.
Which three people have ruled North Korea since the nation's founding?
Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un.
How did Korea work both for and against Japan during World War 2?
Koreans had to choose the work or fight for them.
How are the governments of each Korea different?
NK is Communist with limited civil rights and government control of the economy. SK is controlled by a few families (corrupt) with more freedom and a growing economy.
Name the capital of each Korea.
Seoul and Pyongyang.
What issues does North Korea face today?
Shortages of food and electricity, isolated from the rest of the world, lack of technology, and poor economy.
Who supported North Korea during the Korean War?
The Soviet Union and China.
Who supported South Korea during the Korean War?
The U.N. and the U.S.
What factors have helped the South Korean economy?
The US has helped, business and government leaders have worked together to put an emphasis on manufacturing for import.
What did the U.S. agree to do in hopes of convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear program?
They gave them electricity and wheat.
The division was partly the result of a disagreement between which other two countries?
U.S. and Soviet Union.
When and how did North Korea's current rulers come to power?
When Kim Jong Il died in 2011.
The Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries after what conflict?
World War 2