KEY TERMS - CHINA | KEY TERMS - JAPAN | KEY TERMS - NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA | CAPITALS | MISCELLANEOUS |
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What is radical
Extreme
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What is subsidy
Money given by a government to assist a private company
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What is demilitarized zon (DMZ)
An area in which no weapons are allowed
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What is Beijing
The capital of China
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What is Taiwan
In 1949, after their defeat by the Communists, the Nationalists left China and fled to
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What is Red Guard
Groups of students who carried out Mao Zendong's policies during the Cultural Revolution
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What is recession
A period during which an economy and the businesses that support it shrink, or make less money.
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What is truce
Cease-fire agreement
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What is Tokyo
The capital of Japan
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What is Richard Nixon
In 1972 ______________ was the first US president to visit China
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What is free enterprise
An economic system in which people can choose their own jobs, start private businesses, own property, and make a profit
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What is birth rate
The number of live births each year per 1,000 people
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What is diversity
To add variety to
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What is Seoul
The capital of South Korea
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What is subsistence farming
Growing food mainly for the farm family rather that for sale is called
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What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The total value of all goods and services produced in an economy
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What is labor
Work people do for which they are paid
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What is famine
Huge food shortage
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What is Pyongyang
The capital of North Korea
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What is the Four Modernizations
Den Xiaoping's program in China that focused on improvements in farming, industry, science and defense
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What is Cultural Revolution
A policy aimed at creating a completely new society with no ties to the past.
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What is keiretsu (kay ret soo)
A Japanese term that describes a group of companies the join together to work towards one another's success.
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What is Communist
North Korea has a _________________
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What is Taipei
The capital of Taiwan
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What is the United States
After World War II ended, what country helped rebuild Japan's industries
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