The Demilitarized Zone

The demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea

was established after the Korean War. It is 2.5 miles wide and

151 miles long. It is a buffer zone created to keep the two

countries from fighting. A demarcation line, or a line that

marks the border between the two countries, runs through the

middle of the demilitarized zone. The zone is scattered with

landmines, bunkers, and barbed-wire fences. There are

almost no residents or buildings within the zone. However, the

strip of land is sometimes used as a tourist destination, a

meeting place for negotiations, and for military checkpoints.

According to the passage, which would BEST describe the Demilitarized Zone?

A.
South Korea’s “Hollywood”

B.
North Korea’s financial district

C.
Land that separates North and South Korea

D.
The public park area set up for North and South Koreans

The Correct Answer is C

Land that separates North and South Korea

Explanation:

A demilitarized zone or DMZ is an area in which negotiations or agreements between countries, military authorities, or battling groups refuse army installations, exercises, or employees.

DMZ or a demilitarized zone is a weapon-free zone between North Korea and South Korea, no defenses or troops are allowed in this zone or a piece of land, although each side is massively guarded to prevent attack by the other.

It has also been made into a wildlife park in hopes that might prevent each side from becoming offensive.

from thales, who is often considered the first western philosopher, to the stoics and skeptics, ancient greek philosophy opened the doors to a particular way of thinking that provided the roots for the western intellectual tradition. here, there is often an explicit preference for the life of reason and rational thought. we find proto-scientific explanations of the natural world in the milesian thinkers, and we hear democritus posit atoms—indivisible and invisible units—as the basic stuff of all matter. with socrates comes a sustained inquiry into ethical matters—an orientation towards human living and the best life for human beings. with plato comes one of the most creative and flexible ways of doing philosophy, which some have since attempted to imitate by writing philosophical dialogues covering topics still of interest today in ethics, political thought, metaphysics, and epistemology. plato’s student, aristotle, was one of the most prolific of ancient authors. he wrote treatises on each of these topics, as well as on the investigation of the natural world, including the composition of animals. the hellenists—epicurus, the cynics, the stoics, and the skeptics—developed schools or movements devoted to distinct philosophical lifestyles, each with reason at its foundation.

with this preference for reason came a critique of traditional ways of living, believing, and thinking, which sometimes caused political trouble for the philosophers themselves. xenophanes directly challenged the traditional anthropomorphic depiction of the gods, and socrates was put to death for allegedly inventing new gods and not believing in the gods mandated by the city of athens. after the fall of alexander the great, and because of aristotle’s ties with alexander and his court, aristotle escaped the same fate as socrates by fleeing athens. epicurus, like xenophanes, claimed that the mass of people is impious, since the people conceive of the gods as little more than superhumans, even though human characteristics cannot appropriately be ascribed to the gods. in short, not only did ancient greek philosophy pave the way for the western intellectual tradition, including modern science, but it also shook cultural foundations in its own time.

a they donate money to humanitarian causes

c   they volunteer to alleviate suffering

d   they blame all muslims for not being able to keep their fellow muslims in line.