Test friday

Today in Human Geo we went over more of the power point on North Korea. On friday we will have a quiz on the content.
-Past rulers were Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and current leader is Kim Jong-un
-things that have happened under his ruling are
he was viewed as a god
He  establishment of “cult of personality”
The north Koreans are required to show extreme devotion to him
He has wiped out most of the religions during the early part of his rule, the state destroyed over 2000 Buddhist temples and Christian churches
Once Kim Jong-Il died people thought that his son, Kim Jong-un, would make Korea a better place but when he went into office he threatened the United States.
North Korea has the fourth biggest army in the world and they have a large amount of nukes.

Ending of Inside North Korea

Today in Human Geo we finished the documentary on North Korea. In the final portion of the movie a security guard who escaped from North Korea was interviewed and talked about the consequences that happened  because he left. He was asked to make a picture of the camp and he knew it from memory. Later it showed the blind patients who were testing their ability to see. Once they patients removed the covers from their eyes they looked at their leader and began to praise him and thank him for giving them the ability to see. Lots of people thought that these people were doing it in fear or in praise, but the video said that the Koreans might not know the difference between them.

Inside North Korea

Today in Human Geo we watched a documentary on North Korea. Since our classroom doesn't have a projector that can show movies on it we went to Mr. Schick's class to watch the movie. The documentary showed a doctor and his team that go around the world to poor countries and then they have people go through surgery to help people get rid of cataracts. But this was just a way for american journalist to get into North Korea and take video of the of the country. Things that the Americans saw was that there was a lot of pictures and portraits of Kim Jong- Il all around the capital. Also they found things that seemed funny such as a bench that was in a glass case because Kim Jong-Il sat on it. We didn't finish the video so we will probably finish the video on Friday.

Facts on North and South Korea

North Korea has an oppressive government and is a very secluded and isolated from the world.The people in North Korea do not learn the same information that we do such as social studies. They also have a controlled internet that is controlled by the government. The leader of  North Korea is Kim Jong-Un.
Oppressive government
-state-run government that many consider to be a Stalinist dictatorship
-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
North Korea is secluded and isolated from the rest of the world and the government does it.
they are on a peninsula
Pyongyang is the capital
When seen with a satellite at night north Korea is almost invisible compared to South Korea with its lights

Exams next week

Yesterday in Human Geo we received two of our test, Cultural geography test, Feat. Five major religions and Political geography- the test. On the political geography test I got a 91 and the cultural geography test I got an 85. We reviewed over the two test and Mr. Schick said most of the exam questions would be from the tests that we had from in class. People who received a grade lower than 70 had a chance to retake the tests on Monday to get a better grade in the class. Monday in class we will be reviewing for the exam

Test tomorrow

Today was Mr. Schick's birthday and he gave everyone cookies. He was only in class for a little bit because he had an academic team tournament, So we had Mr. Kimble for a sub. Since tomorrow is our test we were allowed to either do homework or study for tomorrows test. I finished up some of my homework and studied during the class period.

Five religions

Buddism
-Four noble truths
*There is suffering
*Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering
*There is cessation of suffering
*the eight fold path will lead to the cessation of suffering
-The Eightfold path
Right view
Right intention
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Right effort
Right mindfulness
Right dedication

Judaism 14-18 million(ninth)
called Jews
Location Israel
founded by Abraham
Holy book Talmud Torah
Monotheistic
Ten commandments
13 principles of faith