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Activity
1: Using cartoons to study attitudes - the Chinese
viewpoint summarised.
Understanding
the meaning of cartoons can be difficult. This
task is designed to help you decode this cartoon.
Look
at the cartoon above carefully and answer the
following questions:
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How is the USA depicted in this cartoon?
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| as
an ape |
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as
a shark |
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as
an
octopus |
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| 2.
Which countries, apart from South Korea
does the octopus already control? |
| Vietnam
and Japan |
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Taiwan
and Vietnam |
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Japan
and the Philippines |
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| 3.
According to the cartoon, which countries
would the octopus like to grab? |
| Korea
and Vietnam |
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Malaya
and Indonesia |
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Korea
and Malaya |
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| How
does the cartoonist show that the people
of South East Asia might be unhappy
with American intentions? By showing: |
| a
fishing net |
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rifles
and tanks |
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bayonets
pointing towards the creature |
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According
to this Chinese artist, is the US claim to be
interested in protecting South Korea their real
motive for sending military forces to South East
Asia?
 Task
Write
down a plan to answer this essay question:
| Is
it true that the American motive in South
Korea was purely to defend peace and democracy,
or were there other motives at work?
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