Ch. 31 APWH Ray Flashcards

366212226	Korekiyo Takahashi	Japanese minister of finance during the 1930s; increased government spending to stimulate the economy.	0
366212227	Tojo Hideki	Japanese general who dominated internal politics from the mid-1930s;.gave the military dominance over civilian cabinets.	1
366212228	Singapore	part of the British colony of Malaya with a mostly Chinese population; after World War II emerged as a flourishing, independent city-state.	2
366212229	Douglas MacArthur	America commander during the war against Japan; headed American occupation government of Japan after the war; commanded United Nations forces during the Korean War.	3
366212230	Liberal Democratic Party	conservative political party that monopolized Japanese governments from 1955 into the 1990s.	4
366212231	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.	5
366212232	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	northern half of Korea dominated by USSR after Word War II; formed a communist dictatorship under Kim Il-Song; attacked South Korea to begin the Korean War.	6
366212233	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.	7
366212234	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.	8
366212235	Hong Kong	British colony in China; became a major commercial and industrial center; returned to China in 1997.	9
366212236	Hyundai	major Korean industrial giant; typical of firms producing Korea's economic miracle.	10
366212237	Lee Kuan Yew	authoritarian ruler of Singapore for three decades from 1959; presided over major economic development.	11
366212238	Pacific Rim states	FIND AND LEAVE IN COMMENTS	12
366212239	zaibatsu	huge industrial combines created in Japan during the 1890s. Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895): fought in Korea between Japan and Qing China; Japanese victory demonstrated its arrival as new industrial power.	13
366212240	Chaing Ching-kuo	COMMENT THE DEFINITION	14