Every falling star Vocab chapter 1-3

Coerce

persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats

oppressed

subject to harsh and authoritarian treatment

guerrilla

member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces

Socialism

A political theory of organization that aims to give workers shared ownership of the tools, land, and buildings that they use to make products or provide services

communist

  A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs 

dissemination

The action or face of spreading something, especially information, widely.

Anomalies

Something that deviates from what is standard, normal or expected.

Famine

extreme scarcity of food

Pyongyang

capital city of north korea

propaganda

biased or misleading information that’s used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

regime

A government in power

kimchi

Korean cooking. A spicy pickled or fermented mixture containing cabbage, onions and sometimes fish

Conscious

Aware of one’s own existence,sensations,thoughts,surroundings

goad(ing)

A stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle,oxen,etc

omens

Event regarded as a portent of good or evil