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15 Cards in this Set
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Pacific Rim states |
Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan; typified by rapid growth rates
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: zaibatsu |
huge industrial combines created in Japan in the 1890s as part of the process of industrialization
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Korekiyo Takahashi |
Minister of finance in Japan during the 1930s; increased government spending to provide jobs
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Tojo Hideki |
Japanese general, put down attempted military coup in 1936
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Singapore |
Originally held by the British as part of the colony of Malaya; largely Chinese population
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Taiwan |
Island off Chinese mainland; became refuge for Nationalist Chinese regime under Chiang Kai-shek as Republic of China in 1948
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: General Douglas MacArthur |
American commander in the Pacific campaign of World War II
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Liberal Democratic Party |
Monopolized Japanese government from its formation in 1955 into the 1990s
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Republic of Korea |
Southern half of Korea sponsored by United States following World War II
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: People's Democratic Republic of Korea |
Northern half of Korea dominated by USSR; long headed by Kim Il-Sung; attacked South in 1950 and initiated the Korean War
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Korean War |
Fought from 1950-1953 North supported by USSR and later by PRC; South supported by the USA and international UN force
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Hong Kong |
British colony on Chinese mainland, major commercial center, returned to China in 1997
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Hyundai |
Example of huge industrial groups that wield great power in modern Korea; virtually governed Korea's south-eastern coast
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Chiang Ching-kuo |
Son and successor of Chiang Kai-Shek as rule of Taiwanese government in 1978; continued authoritarian government
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Chapter 31, Japan and the Pacific Rim
Vocabulary: Lee Kuan Yew |
Ruler of Singapore from independence in 1959 to present
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