Nukes and Stuff
Political Cartoons and More
North Korean Claims
Terms to Know
Miscellaneous
100

When a country sees a threat and attacks

What is launch a preventative strike?

100

The nation that helped Kim Il-Sung come to power

What is the Soviet Union?

100

The nation(s) who started the Korean War

What are the United States and South Korea?

100

The rulers/dictators of North Korea that descend from Kim Il-sung

What is the Kim Family?

100

The war (1950–53) fought between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, supported by the US and other members of the United Nations

What is the Korean War?

200

The main trading partner of North Korea

What is China?

200

Technique where the cartoonists identify or name certain things in their cartoons with words so that it is apparent what they represent

What is labeling?

200

The winner of the Korean War

Who is North Korea?

200

The process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs without criticism or question

What is indoctrination?

200

An area (like the border between North Korea and South Korea) from which weapons and military forces have been removed

What is the DMZ?

300

A restriction on North Korea that limits its access to trade and banking. 

What is impose more U.S. sanctions against North Korea or China?

300

Technique where cartoonists may compare a simple image or concept to a more complex situation in order to help the viewer understand the situation in a different way.

What is analogy?

300

The reasons "south" in "south Korea" is not capitalized. 

What are the do not recognize it as a nation or do not respect it?

300

A person who leaves his or her own country or group to join an opposing one

What is a defector?

300

The place people who talk bad about the government are usually sent

What are political prisons?

400

The U.S. could respond by acting mighty and exercising its military in the region.

What is act tough to deter North Korea?

400

Technique where the cartoonists may use simple objects to represent larger ideas or concepts

What is symbolism?

400

Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung never did this

What is use the bathroom?

400

A situation in which a public figure (such as a political leader) is deliberately presented to the people of a country as a great person who should be admired and loved

What is a cult of personality?

400

Political ideology of North Korea that strives for political independence, economic self-reliance, and military independence

What is Juche?

500

Dealing with international issues without the use of force

What is using diplomacy and negotiation?

500

Technique where a cartoonist may express an opinion on a topic by highlighting the difference between the way things are and the way things should, or are expected, to be

What is irony?

500

Some of the actions Kim-Il Sung took during the Korean War

What are fighting, planning/ordering attacks, meeting with citizens, and farming?

500

Required enlistment especially for military service

What is conscription?

500

The correct spelling of North Korea's capital and largest city

What is P-Y-O-N-G-Y-A-N-G?