Imperialism
This political revolution began due to Japan's fear of being colonized by other western nations.
What is the Meiji Restoration?
What are paper cranes?
What is communism?
Naval officer who arrived on the shores of Japan to end 220 years of isolationism.
Who is Commadore Matthew Perry?
A system that was introduced by Kim Jong-Il, which made the Korean People’s Army the most powerful economic and political force and largest receiver of resources.
What is Military First?
Korea was a colony of Japan for much of its modern history, but after this global conflict in 1945, Korea was no longer under colonial rule.
What is World War II?
Land that runs across the 38th parallel and acts as a buffer zone between North and South Korea.
What is the DMZ (demilitarized zone)?
Economic and political system that focuses on collective ownership. Production and distribution of resources is decided by the government.
What is socialism?
Current leader of North Korea who purges important leaders who he feels would threaten his power and legitimacy.
Who is Kim Jung-Un?
A unified military force that was established in 1954 in Japan that engages in international peacekeeping operations with the United Nations. It is used for self defense and has many branches.
What is the Self Defense Force?
The Japanese committed many atrocities while they held Korea as a colony, this included kidnapping and raping women and girls.
What are comfort women?
The method used by the US to end fighting in Japan during WWII, which caused the death of tens of thousands of Japanese civilians and had long-term effects on health.
What is the use of the atomic bombs?
An economic system where prices are determined by supply and demand with little government involvement. This system is what South Korea uses today.
What is a free-market economy?
The founder and leader of North Korea who created a workers' state and took control of every aspect of society.
Who is Kim Il-sung?
This term is used by the North Korean state as they invested in heavy industries and developed the civilian and military economy rapidly. Due to this investment, urbanization, school enrollment and infrastructure increased in development.
What is a Workers' Paradise?
Japan began to build this in order to gain equal status and power with other western nations.
What is an empire?
This piece of the Japanese Constitution of 1947 outlined Japan's call for renouncing war and the government's reduction of their military force.
What is Article 9?
A system where the government determines production instead of a free market. The government controls everything.
What is a command economy?
The person who held all of the power in feudal Japan.
Who is the Shogun?
A system implemented by the North Korean regime that divides the population into social classes according to their perceived loyalty.
What is the Songbun System?
Due to the Meiji Restoration, Japan began to reform its government and abolished the shogunate and became a modern day this.
What is a nation-state?
After three years of fighting on the Korean Peninsula, North and South Korea ended the war with this, and kept the peninsula split in two.
What is an armistice?
This form of government took over Japan during its economic crisis in 1929, and the Japanese advocated for a strong central authority and focuses on control and military strength.
What is a military dictatorship?
South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong who have shown success in modern industrialization.
Who are the "Asian Tigers"?
Slogan used during the Meiji Restoration that focused on enriching the country and strengthening the army, and encouraged building a modern nation-state.
What is Fokoku Kohei?