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[PART 5] Ch. 31-36: The 20th Century Flashcards

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Time: 1914-Present

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166334827Singaporeinvulnerable British naval base, captured by Japan in WWII, independent after war (Lee Kuan Yew established authoritarian government, suppress political diversity)0
166334828Douglas MacArthurAmerican commander in Pacific in WWII, headed American occupation government in Japan after, commanded international forces in Korean War1
166334829Liberal Democratic Partymonopolized Japanese government from 1955-1990s (after war)2
166334830Republic of KoreaSouth, allied with US after WWII, parliament, defended by UN in Korean War, industrialization after wars3
166334831Democratic People's Republic of KoreaNorth, allied with USSR, attack South in 1950 (Korean War), independence as communist state afterwards4
166334832TaiwanNationalist Chinese regime in 1948, rapid industrialization after 1950s5
166334833Hong KongBritish colony in China, major commercial center, returned in 19976
166334834Bangladeshformerly East Pakistan, independence in 19727
166334835Biafraindependent nation in E Nigeria, large Ibo population, suppressed and part of Nigeria in 19708
166334836Saddam Husseinmilitary leader of Iraq, led Iraq in war with Iran, wanted to annex Kuwait, defeated in Persian Gulf War9
166334837Primary productsfood or crops with high demand in industrialized economies, price fluctuates widely (corn, wheat, gold silver)10
166334838Green Revolutionintroduction of improved seed strains, fertilizers, irrigation for higher yields in corn, rice, wheat (dense Asia)11
166334839Kwame NkrumahAfrican nationalist in decolonization, created 1st independent Ghana (1957)12
166334840Muslim BrotherhoodEgyptian nationalist movement (1928), fundamentalist Islam, strikes against Khedival government13
166334841African National Congressfounded in 1912 to increase rights of Black Africans14
166334842Nelson Madelapresident of South Africa (1994-1999), first to be elected in representative democratic election15
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