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What is Korea's real name?
Choson
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What does Choson mean?
land of the morning calm
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How did Korea start?
3 tribes
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Which tribe took over in Korea?
the center island and started dynasty
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What dynasty lasted for 600 years in Korea?
the Yi dynasty
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What religions are big in Korea?
Confusism, Buddhism, Toaism
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What indicates that the Korean war action is not over?
- a treaty was never signed
- 30,000-35,000 soldiers getting combat pay
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When Japan had control over what did they do to the Korean people?
they preformed experiments on them?
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How long did Korea not have to govern themselves?
from 1910-WWII
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What was the movement called when Russia came from the North and the US came from the South and cut off Japan?
the pincher movement
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What was Russia doing while they were in the North of Korea?
they made little communist cells while they were occupying the North
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What did the US do on August 15, 1948 in Korea?
the established the Republic of Korea (ROK)
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What did Russia do on Semptember 9th, 1948?
Communists created the democratic peoples republic of Korea
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What is Japan's real name?
Nippan
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Who was considered by many to be the George Washington of South Korea?
Sigma Rhee
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In South Korea where does most of the power still lie?
ROK military
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Who was the first "president" of North Korea?
Kim Il-Sung
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How long was Kim Il-Sung dictator of North Korea?
from 1948-the 1990's
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How old was Kim Il-Sung's son when he took over as dictator and what had been his previous job?
- he was in his 70's
- he had been a movie director
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What happened on June 25, 1950?
- North Korea invaded South Korea
- a communist state invaded a free state
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which US president brought the issue of fighting in Korea to the UN?
President Truman
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How was it possible that the UN voted yes to fighting to keep Korea free?
Russia was not there to protest because they had boycotted the UN over a money issue
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What peninsula became independent in 1957-58?
the Malaya Peninsula
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who was Bereney controlled by?
a sultan
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what 2 areas are on the island of Barneyo?
Sabah and Sarawak
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why did an indonesian man want the land on Barneyo?
because of the oil on the island
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Britain said that Singapore could be independent if they did what?
if they joined up with an already successful country
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When Singapore joined the the other Malaysian countries they became the what?
the federation of Malaya
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when did Singapore gain independence?
1962
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What was the divesity problem with the federation of Malaya?
half Chinese and half Malaysians with a few Indonesian
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Why were the Chinese in the federation of Malaya upset?
because they didn't want the Malaysians to be leaders over them
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When does Singapore leave the federation of Malaya?
1965
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When Singapore and Malaysia seperated what did they do for each other?
they signed a treaty
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what did the treaty that Singapore and Malaysia protect Singapore from?
Sicardo
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where does Singapore get a lot of its resources from?
Malaysia
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what are some evidences that Singapore has a lot of brain power?
#1 in biotechnologybig with the stockmarketluxury airlines
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when was there a solar eclipse in Tahiti in the Southern Hemisphere?
1770
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How many were in the crew that went down to observe the solar eclipse?
6 people
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When were the crew of 6 going to observe the solar eclipse allowed to open the letter they were given?
after the solar eclipse
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Who did they send to take the group of scientists down to Tahiti?
Captain Cook
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What kind of ship did the British not want for the science trip to Tahiti?
a clippar ship
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What kind of ship did Captain Cook have?
a coal barge
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what features of a coal barge made it perfect for the British exploration job?
it had a flat bottomplenty of space for provisions
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