South Korea
North Korea
India
Key Terms
What the What??
100
What is the official language in South Korea?
Korean
100
Who is the leader of North Korea?
Kim Jong-un
100
What is the main religion in India?
Hinduism
100
The use of technology to move, record, and process information, which includes computers, internet, and cell phones.
Information Technology
100
What is the capital of Singapore?
Singapore
200
What is the capital of South Korea?
Seoul
200
What is the capital of North Korea?
Pyongyang
200
What is the official language of India?
India
200
An area that uses the same clock.
Time Zone
200
In what continent are most of our sneakers made?
Asia
300
What are the two main religions in South Korea?
Buddhism and Christianity
300
When did North and South Korea sign a peace treaty?
NEVER
300
List two of India's comparative advantages in the IT industry.
Many English speaking people. They are awake while we are asleep. They work for much lower wages than in the US. They have highly trained and educated people.
300
The development of a global, or worldwide, society in which people, money, information, and goods flow fairly freely across national borders.
Globalization
300
Which country once controlled Singapore and India?
Great Britain / England / United Kingdom
400
Name two corporations that are from South Korea.
LG Electronics, Samsung, Hyundai, Kia
400
What does it mean that North Korea has a "personality cult" for Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il?
They are viewed by many North Koreans as godly and are worshiped and praised daily.
400
What is the caste system? Does it still exist in India today?
Caste is a fixed social class that people are born into and will spend their entire lives in. Today, the caste system still exists, but it is changing. It is not as strict and fixed as before, and people in poor castes can work their way out of poverty.
400
The flow of goods and services across national borders, with little or no government control.
Free Trade
400
How is the making of sneakers an example of globalization?
The many materials required to make sneakers come from a variety of countries. Those materials are sent to another country to be manufactured into shoes. Then the shoes are sent around the world to be sold.
500
What is one big reason South Korean children considered the unhappiest children on the planet?
They have to spend their entire days studying and going to school with little time for playing and relaxing.
500
What happened in North Korea in the 1990s that caused around 2 million North Koreans to die?
Famine and starvation
500
What caused India's brain drain? What caused their brain gain?
India's brain drain was caused by having many highly educated Indians not finding good jobs in India, so they moved to the US and Europe. The brain gain was caused by the IT revolution in India, which brought more high-paying jobs for India's highly educated population.
500
A condition in which countries have strong economic ties and depend on each other for resources, technology, trade, and investment.
Economic Interdependence
500
Name 3 of the "Four Asian Tigers".
Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong.
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