AP World History Chapters 35 & 36 Flashcards

2410236147	In what way did China and Vietnam differ from the other nations of the Third World?	The traditional patterns of civilization in China and Vietnam collapsed, whereas most colonized peoples managed to retain much of their pre-colonial cultures.	0
2410236148	Who headed the American occupation government of Japan?	General Douglas MacArthur	1
2410236149	Americans introduced the following reforms BUT	Outlawing labor unions; Giving women the vote	2
2410236150	What party monopolized Japanese government into 1990s?	Liberal Democratic Party	3
2410236151	In what year did the American occupation of Japan come to an end?	1952	4
2410236152	In what way was the restoration of an independent Korea complicated?	Korea was divided into zones controlled by the U.S. and the Soviet Union.	5
2410236153	Who was the political leader of Soviet-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Korea?	Kim Il-Sung	6
2410236154	The first leader of the US-dominated Republic of Korea was?	Syngman Rhee	7
2410236155	In what year did the conflict between North and South Korea come to temporary conclusion with the signing of an armistice?	1953	8
2410236156	Who commanded the United Nations troops who participated in the Korean conflict on behalf of the Republic of Korea?	General Douglas MacArthur	9
2410236157	Describe the situation in Korea following the Korean War.	Korea remained divided with relatively authoritarian governments in both halves of the divided nation.	10
2410236158	What Chinese leader established an autocratic government on Taiwan in 1948?	Chiang Kai Shek	11
2410236159	Which of the following economic powers of the Pacific Rim remained a European colony long after World War II?	Hong Kong	12
2410236160	Which nation retained a large British naval base until 1971?	Singapore	13
2410236161	Describe the Japanese political system after 1955?	It was led by the Liberal Democratic Party with no experience with shifts in party administration and emphasis laid in conservative stability.	14
2413837289	What was the only weakness of the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan in the 1980s?	Liberal Democrats were bonded with corruption.	15
2413842480	What Western label was applied to the close coordination of Japanese government and business for promotion of economic growth and export expansion?	Japan, Incorporated.	16
2413845190	Which of the following was NOT a feature of government involvement in Japanese industry?	Granting huge military contracts	17
2413852235	Describe the development of Japanese culture in the postwar era.	Aside from interior decoration and film, Japanese contributions to world culture were negligible.	18
2413861118	Which of the following was NOT a factor in the amazing economic growth of Japan following the 1950s?	A rapidly growing military-industrial complex	19
2413869286	What did Japan's distinctive economic culture after the 1950s NOT include?	The Zaibatsu system	20
2413881362	Which of the following represents a significant difference between Japanese and Western women in the later 20th century?	The Japanese feminist movement was confined to a small number of intellectuals.	21
2413890315	In the 1980s the Japanese government invested considerable money in teaching	Eating with chopsticks	22
2413897432	What nation other than Japan in the Pacific Rim was the most obvious example of the spread of new economic dynamism?	South Korea	23
2413902412	What leadership was typical of South Korea between 1960 and the late 1980s?	Liberal Democratic; Military	24
2413904558	Which of the following statements most accurately describes Korean economic growth after 1950?	Korea was able by the 1970s to compete successfully in the areas of steel, automobiles, and cheap consumer goods.	25
2413909849	Which of the following companies exemplifies the economic growth and political influence of Korean corporations?	Hyundai; Daewoo	26
2413912933	In 1978, how did the United States government change its relationship with China?	Severed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognized the legitimacy of the communist government of mainland China.	27
2413924744	Who is Taiwan's greatest trade partner?	Japan	28
2413927665	In what way was the Chinese Communist takeover of China different than that of the Bolshevik Revolution?	The Chinese Communists claimed a unified country and did not experience years of civil war and foreign intervention	29
2413944842	Which of the following statements concerning Chinese foreign policy during the 1950s and 1960s is NOT accurate?	China was able to achieve a close alliance with the emerging Third World government in India as a means of uniting the major powers of Asia.	30
2413951200	Which of the following statements concerning Chinese domestic policies during the 1950s and 1960s is most accurate?	With the introduction of the first five-year plan in 1953, the Communist leadership turned away from the peasantry	31
2413955805	Mao's 1958 program of pushing industrialization through small-scale projects integrated into the peasant communes was called	the Great Leap Forward	32
2413966472	China responded to to its population problem in the mid 1960s by	limiting urban couples to two children and rural couples to one.	33
2413969526	By 1960, why did Mao lose his position as State Chairman?	It was because of the general and catastrophic failure of the Great Leap Forward.	34
2413979041	Which of the following "pragmatists" came to power following Mao's fall in 1960?	Zhou Enlai	35
2413982082	Which of the following principles was NOT part of the Chinese Communist party attitudes towards women?	Women proved themselves during World War II.	36
2413990360	Mao's last campaign, launched in 1965, was	the Cultural Revolution	37
2413993342	The "Gang of Four" were	Jiang Qing and three allies who contested for power with the "pragmatists" on behalf of the aging Mao.	38
2414011420	During the 1980s, all of the following were typical of Chinese government EXCEPT	democratic reform	39
2414013894	The French intervened in the eighteenth century Vietnamese rebellion and supported	Nguyen Anh	40
2414019408	The outcome of the 18th century Vietnamese Rebellion was	the unification of the country under a single emperor at Hue.	41
2414022314	By what decade did the French manage to achieve control of all of Vietnam?	1890s	42
2414026967	In what way was the early nationalist organization in Vietnam similar to other Third World nations?	It was composed of a Western-educated middle class.	43
2414030528	The Communist-dominated nationalist movement in Vietnam during World War II was	the Viet Minh	44
2414031861	The Vietnamese nationalists in 1954 decisively defeated the French at what battle?	The Battle of Dien Bien Phu	45
2414035456	How many states admitted into the UN between the 1960s and 1980s?	Over a hundred new states	46
2414044479	What role did working class and rural men and women play in the global network?	Rural poor drawn into sweat shop labor and thus into the global economy	47
2414049578	Length of cold war (until context shifted after 1985)?	30 years	48
2414050720	What factor did NOT play a role in the demise of communism?	Reassertion of eastern European initiative	49
2414053256	What was the name of the strategic arms treaty negotiated between the superpowers in 1979?	SALT II	50
2414054600	What was NOT a change in Chinese policy in the late 1970s?	The decision to relax political controls	51
2414058033	How did the US protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?	boycotted the 1980s Moscow Winter	52
2414060420	Who was the Russian leader who significantly altered policies after 1985?	Mikhail Gorbachev	53
2414067716	What is perestroika?	economic restructuring and more leeway for private ownership.	54
2414071181	In what country did violence lead to the overthrow of communist leader?	Romania	55
2414072597	What was NOT a factor leading to the stagnation of industrial production in the Soviet Union?	Shortage of raw resources and materials	56
2414075958	What was NOT a reform of Mikhail Gorbachev?	the dividing of the Soviet Union into its original states.	57
2414082382	What was the name of the new parliament encouraged by Gorbachev in 1988?	the Congress of People's Deputies	58
2414083893	In which country did the Communist Party rename itself Socialist?	Hungary	59
2414085540	Which country pushed for economic liberation -- held back by the Soviet Union?	Bulgaria	60
2414087914	What was the country that installed a non-communist government in 1988?	Hungary	61
2414089231	The German reunification occurred in what year?	1988	62
2414090441	Name the minority nationality regions in the former Yugoslavia.	Muria	63
2414091594	Name the Baltic states.	Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia	64
2414100795	Boris Yeltsin emerged as head of what major Soviet Republic in 1991?	Russia	65
2414101208	What did the former Soviet Union become?	Common wealth of independent states	66
2414102638	What was NOT a concern of the former Soviet Union?	Invasion by the West	67
2414109863	Who took over after Yeltsin as leader of Russia?	Putin	68
2414112691	What was the trend in the world following the end of the Cold War?	The spread of multiparty democracy	69
2414119353	Which country did NOT experience democratic restructuring in the mid 1970s?	Germany	70
2414120252	Which Latin American countries did NOT adapt to democracy in the 1990s?	Cuba	71
2414122429	What is the heaviest populated country of Africa?	Nigeria	72
2414123722	What country remained a superpower after the end of the Cold War?	the United States	73
2414124944	What country was excluded from the UN Human Rights Commission in 2001?	the United States	74
2414127630	What countries were identified by the United States as a potential nuclear threat?	North Korea, Iran, Iraq	75
2414131235	The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was a response to what?	Kuwait	76
2414131724	What is the common currency of the EU?	Euro	77
2414132858	IN what year did the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center occur?	September 11, 2001	78
2414134999	What countries did NAFTA join?	Canada, the United States, and Mexico	79
2414137289	The Second Persian Gulf War in 2003 led to the invasion of what country?	Iraq	80
2414138178	Czechoslovakia is now split into what two nations?	Czech Republic and Slovakia	81
2414139107	Where has the Russian military put down revolts in the 1990s?	Chechnya	82
2414140342	What is globalization?	The increased interconnectedness of all parts of the world	83
2414142338	Generalizations regarding the globalization of the Earth?	Human homogeneity: very similar fashion, lifestyle ideas, foods, technology, etc etc	84
2414143010	what was the most important technological innovation regarding global communications?	The cellular phone.	85
2414144695	Where is VW "Bug" produced?	Germany	86
2414146840	IN 2000, what percentage of American households did not have English as the primary language?	25%	87
2414148143	What company was the most striking international cultural influence since 1970s?	McDonald's	88
2414148612	What was the role of All Saint's Day in Northern Mexico?	It was displaced by Halloween.	89