Monday, May 9, 2011

Vocabulary

Vocabulary


1- Reunification: refers to the hypothetical future reunification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government.


The union of south and north Korea will be call reunification.


2- Communist: is a sociopolitical movement that aims for a classless and stateless society structured upon common ownership of the means of production, free access to articles of consumption, and the end of wage labour and private property in the means of production and real estate.


North Korea is one of the only five communist countries.


3- Counteroffensive: is the term used by the military to describe large scale, usually strategic offensive operations by forces that had successfully halted an enemy's offensive, while occupying defensive positions.

We are going to start the counteroffensive at the morning.


4- Repatriation: is the process of returning a person back to one's place of origin or citizenship. This includes the process of returning refugees or soldiers to their place of origin following a war.


North Korea leader refuse to the repatriation.


5- Armistice: is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting.


Both side in the war decide to armistice.

2 comments:

  1. I like the words you picked. I think these terms are important to know not just for the Cold War but for other parts in history. What sources did you use?

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  2. North Korea's leader refused the repatriation of who?

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