Mr. Brown AP World ECHHS
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| 375205797 | Tojo Hideki | Japanese general who dominated internal politics from the mid-1930s; gave the military dominance over civilian cabinets | 0 | |
| 375205798 | Singapore | part of the British colony of Malaya with a mostly Chinese population; after World War II emerged as a flourishing, independent city-state | 1 | |
| 375205799 | Republic of Korea | southern half of Korea occupied by the United States after World War II; developed parliamentary institutions under authoritarian rulers; underwent major industrial and economic growth after the 1950s | 2 | |
| 375205800 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | northern half of Korea dominated by USSR after World War II; formed a communist dictatorship under Kim Il-Song; attacked South Korea to begin the Korean War | 3 | |
| 375205801 | Korean War | fought between 1950 and 1953 between North Korea and its Soviet and Chinese allies and South Korea and United Nations' forces directed by the United States; ended in stalemate | 4 | |
| 375205802 | Taiwan | island off the Chinese mainland that became the refuge for Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomindang regime; maintained independence with United State support; rapidly industrialized after the 1950s | 5 | |
| 375205803 | Hong Kong | British colony in China; became a major commercial and industrial center; returned to China in 1997 | 6 | |
| 375205804 | Lee Kuan Yew | authoritarian ruler of Singapore for three decades from 1959; presided over major economic development | 7 | |
| 375205805 | Korekiyo Takahashi | Japanese minister of finance during the 1930s; increased government spending to stimulate the economy | 8 |
