East Asia And Southeast Asia

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Douglas MacArthur

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the man in charge of the American occupation of Japan

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Diet

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parliament of Japan

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The liberal democratic party

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the democracy that has ruled Japan since the 1950s

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zaibatsu

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since the late 1800s, powerful, banking and idustrial families in Japan

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gross domestic product

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total value of all goods and services produced by a nation

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trade deifict

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situation in which a nation imports more than it exports

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How did Japan achieve political revocery?

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-end of zaibatsu
- gdp soared
-producing goods for exports
- modernized and out-produced industries in the west
- educated, highly skilled work force
-government did not have to spend money on a military
-exporting furnished materials like steel

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What role has Japan played in world affairs in recent affairs?

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-became a major investor in China and the emerging nations of Southeast Asia
- publically regretted for war crimes
-given foreign aid to emerging nations
-rearming

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What challenges face Japanese society today?

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-political machines like LDP
- overpopulation
-expensive housing
-earthquakes
-women pplay smaller role in society
- workers feel less loyal to companies

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People's Republic of China

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Mao's communist force

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five year plan

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a five year plan to ddevelop agriculture and heavy industry

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Great Leap Forward

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- in an attempt to make agricultre more efficeint, Mao created a commune, which had quotas to meet

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cultural revolution

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-Mao wanted to purge "bourgeois", or non-revolutionary, tendecies
-urged young chinese to experience revolution firsthand, as his generation had
- teens formed red guards, revolted against party leaders, teachers, artists, and writers

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Little Red Book

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a book of Mao's sayings

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four modernizations

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- emphasis on agricultre, industry, science, and defense

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Tianamnmen Square

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place where tens of thousands of teenagers protested for chinese democracy, and were slaughtered

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collectivization

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pooling of land and labor in an attempt to increase efficiency

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commune

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community in which property is held in common, living quarters are shared, and physical needs are provided in exchange for work at assigned jobs

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joint venture

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business organized by two parties, with profits shared by both participants

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special enterpise zone

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area in China where foreigners can own and operate industries

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How did Mao's economic policies harm China?

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-communes turneed out poor quality goods
-slowed food output, 30 million Chinese starved to death

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What major issues did China face during the Cold War?

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-US did not set up formal diplomacy with China until 1979
- Stalin rejected Mao's views
- border clashes with Soviet Union

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What economic reforms did Deng Xiaping introduce?

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- four modernizations, agriculture, industry, science, and defense,
- entreprenuers allowed to set up their own businesses
- more economic freedom such as technology and foreign investors and chapital

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What challenges does China face today?

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- state run industries were inefficient and hard to end
- prison labor to produce cheap goods
- imperialism on Tibet

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Asian tigers

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Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea

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Lee Kwan Yew

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prime minister of Singapore for 30 years

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Symgman Rhee

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the leader of South Korea

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Kim II Sung

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leader of North Korea, communist ally of the Soviet Union

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Describe how China's strength has affected the devlopment of Taiwan and Hong Kong

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- tension eased between China and Taiwan
- Chinese in Hong Kong built ties to mainland China, gave Hong Kong chance to buy and sell goods with a market that was unavailable to many other countries

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How did Singapore's leaders encourage economic growth?

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-supported free-market economies
- kept labor costs low
- attracted foreign capital
-expanded Singapore's seaport into one of the world's busiest harbors
- welcomed skilled immigrants and insisted on education

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How do the economies of South Korea and North Korea differ?

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South Korea- captialistic and based on exporting inexpensive textiles
North Korea- state-owned industries and collective farms

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How has the North Korean government's policy on isolation affected the nation?

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-refuse to reunite with South Koera
- have nuclear weapons

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Ho Chi Minh

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-leader of communist resistance in North vietnam

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Khmer rouge

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Cambodian communist groups who unleashed a reign of terror and slaughtered all western influences

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Corazon Aquino

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president of the Phillippines

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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winner of the 1990 Myanmar elections

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ASEAN

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asociation of Southeast Asian Nations formed in 1967 to achieve prosperity and improve regional self-reliance

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domino theory

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belief taht if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall, like a row of falling dominoes

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cease fire

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halting in fire

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embargo

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ban on trade

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Ho Chi Minh

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-leader of communist resistance in North vietnam

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Khmer rouge

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Cambodian communist groups who unleashed a reign of terror and slaughtered all western influences

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Corazon Aquino

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president of the Phillippines

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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winner of the 1990 Myanmar elections

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ASEAN

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asociation of Southeast Asian Nations formed in 1967 to achieve prosperity and improve regional self-reliance

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domino theory

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belief taht if one nation fell to communism, neighboring nations would also fall, like a row of falling dominoes

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cease fire

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halting in fire

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embargo

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ban on trade

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Describe the effects of war on Vietnam?

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- communists won, imposed harsh rule on the south, slow economic recovery

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Describe the effects of war on Cambodia

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--communists won, a million Cambodians killed, enslaved Camodians

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What economic and ethnic issues have faced governments in the phillippines and Indonesia?

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- very poor peasant class
- Benigno Aquino dictator of phillippines
- Indonesia has 13,000 islands and 300 ethnic groups

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Why is the pacific rim seen as an important link in the global economy?

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it is an important place for world trade