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10 Cards in this Set
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a generally conservative party with a pro-U.S. foreign policy that dominated Japanese politics after the party's formation in 1955
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Liberal Democratic Party
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giant banking and industrial organizations broken up to establish an economy to support a peaceful and democratic Japan
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zaibatsu
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dictator of Phillipines in 1970s, wife is Imelda, keeps power by imposing martial law, arresting political opponents, steeling money from the government, and allowing free elections
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Ferdinand Marcos
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1980 political opponent, who becomes popular but is assassinated near his election
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Benigno Aquino
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Benigno's widow, who was elected president
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Corazon Aquino
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communist leader of N. Korea after WW II, who sets up his government like the USSR and builds up military
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Kim II Sung
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takes power after his father and tests nuclear weapons, both created a cult of personality
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Kim Jong II
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S. Korean leader, government set up like the U.S.
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Syngman Rhee
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South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore
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Asian Tigers
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some economists believe the 2000s will be known as this because they will dominate global trade
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"Asian century"
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