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

Time: 1914-Present

166334827	Singapore	invulnerable British naval base, captured by Japan in WWII, independent after war (Lee Kuan Yew established authoritarian government, suppress political diversity)	0
166334828	Douglas MacArthur	American commander in Pacific in WWII, headed American occupation government in Japan after, commanded international forces in Korean War	1
166334829	Liberal Democratic Party	monopolized Japanese government from 1955-1990s (after war)	2
166334830	Republic of Korea	South, allied with US after WWII, parliament, defended by UN in Korean War, industrialization after wars	3
166334831	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	North, allied with USSR, attack South in 1950 (Korean War), independence as communist state afterwards	4
166334832	Taiwan	Nationalist Chinese regime in 1948, rapid industrialization after 1950s	5
166334833	Hong Kong	British colony in China, major commercial center, returned in 1997	6
166334834	Bangladesh	formerly East Pakistan, independence in 1972	7
166334835	Biafra	independent nation in E Nigeria, large Ibo population, suppressed and part of Nigeria in 1970	8
166334836	Saddam Hussein	military leader of Iraq, led Iraq in war with Iran, wanted to annex Kuwait, defeated in Persian Gulf War	9
166334837	Primary products	food or crops with high demand in industrialized economies, price fluctuates widely (corn, wheat, gold silver)	10
166334838	Green Revolution	introduction of improved seed strains, fertilizers, irrigation for higher yields in corn, rice, wheat (dense Asia)	11
166334839	Kwame Nkrumah	African nationalist in decolonization, created 1st independent Ghana (1957)	12
166334840	Muslim Brotherhood	Egyptian nationalist movement (1928), fundamentalist Islam, strikes against Khedival government	13
166334841	African National Congress	founded in 1912 to increase rights of Black Africans	14
166334842	Nelson Madela	president of South Africa (1994-1999), first to be elected in representative democratic election	15