REVIEW FOR LAST HUMAN GEO TEST

Today in class we reviewed for our LAST HUMAN GEO TEST! The semester is almost over and we have one more human geo test to take. The unit we have been working on for the past two weeks was about North Korea. We learned about the leaders and the oppressive government that takes place in the North Korean country. We also watched a documentary on everything that happens inside of North Korea. Here is the material that we need to know for tomorrow's test :

- type of government - socialist and Stalinist
- the capital of North Korea - Pyongyang
- name some countries
- kim il-sung was the first leader, invaded South Korea in 1950
- kim jong-il was the second leader
- the word and meaning of Juchae - we can do things for ourselves
- myths about kim jong-il
- kim jong-un was the third leader
- he was the youngest world leader
- terrible leader worse than the past two leaders of the country
- biggest army in the world

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Today in class we continued with the powerpoint we were going through about North Korea. We also took some more notes on the leaders of the country. We also heard about some of the crazy stories about the leaders and how they teach their people how they are absolute perfection and no one is greater. Here are some notes from today:

- The first leader of North Korea was Kim Il- Sung

- He was in charge from 1948-1994

- His title was the Great Leader or Supreme Leader

- He viewed as a god

- This was the establishment of "cult of personality

- People are required to show extreme devotion to him

- During the early part of his rule, many churches and temples were destroyed

- The second leader of North Korea was Kim Jong- Il

- He ruled from 1994-2011

- One myth about him was that he could control the weather based on his mood

- Another myth is that he wrote 1,500 books in three years

- The present leader of North Korea is Kim Jong-Il

- He became the Supreme Leader 

- He is only 32 yrs old and is the youngest leader in the world

- He was obsessed with basketball and computer games

- He attended school in Switzerland

- Terrible leader, maybe even worse than the past two leaders

North and South Korea

When we got back from break on Monday, we started a new unit and it will be our last unit for our human geo class. Next semester most people have Western Civilization and that class takes place of human geo. Our last unit is called the differences between North and South Korea. Most of it though, talks about North Korea and how it is isolated from the world. Here are some notes we took about this subject:

- North Korea has a oppressive government
- It is very secluded and isolated from the world
- Currently headed by Kim Jong-Un
- Kim Jong-Un didn't seem to like The Interview
- State-run socialist government that many consider to be stalinist dictatorship
- Official name - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
- Not North Korea - they claim to be the legitimate rulers of the entire peninsula
- Isolated by the government
- Isolated Geographically
- They are on a peninsula
- Pyongyang is the capital and is located 39 degrees north
- Bel Air, MD is also located 39 degrees north
- North Korea is a developing country, and it lacks development
- North Korea has more than 24 million people