North and South Korea geography and history

an overthrow of the government

• coup
• Buddhism
• recoup

a separation of people or societies with regard to beliefs, values, and customs due to a division under different political systems

• cultural divergence
• assimilation

• socialism

a result of trade with China

• Chinese culture spread to Korea
• Korea became communist

• China took power over Korea

religion introduced to the peninsula from China in the 4th century

• Buddhism
• Sintoism

• Judaism

set up ethics and principles that provided the basis for a complex governmental bureaucracy

• Confucianism
• Atheism

• Communism

name given to Korea because its rulers tried to keep the country isolated from the outside world.

• Hermit Kingdom
• Shintos

• Cat Islanders

effect of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905

• Korea became a protectorate of Japan
• Japan became a protectorate of Korea

• Korea split into North and South

After World War II,

• Korea became a Japanese country

• Korean Peninsula was jointly occupied by the Soviet Union and the United States
• Korea became part of the USSR

Dividing line between North and South Korea

• 38th Parallel
• Equator
• Prime Meridian

first premier under the North Korean Communist regime in 1948

• Kim II Sung
• Mikael Gorbachev

• Shinzo Abe