AP World History (ch 29)

__________ headed the American occupation government in Japan after the end of World War II.

Douglas MacArthur

American authorities pressed for the democratization of Japan by __________.

extending suffrage to women

Compared to Japan, Korea's postwar adjustment was __________.

more complicated

Hong Kong and Singapore are unique among areas in the Pacific Rim because they have __________.

special ties to Britain

__________ is currently the most common political ideology in most of the Pacific Rim states.

Authoritarianism

During the 1970s, how did South Korea's economic growth rates compare to those of Japan?

South Korea's economic growth rates matched Japan's economic growth rates.

What can be said of multinational automobile manufacturer Hyundai, which is headquartered in South Korea?

Hyundai wields great political power in parts of South Korea.

Although rapid economic change gave Taiwan's government greater stability during the 1970s, one of the greatest setbacks that this nation experienced at the same time was __________.

U.S. recognition of the People's Republic of China, which was then followed by U.S. severance of diplomatic ties with Taiwan

The Japanese invasion of China during the 1930s helped Mao Zedong's Communist Party by __________.

capturing China's coastal cities, which were the Nationalists' economic strongholds

What can be said of the relationship between the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army after Mao Zedong defeated the Nationalists and established the People's Republic of China?

The army remained subordinate to the Communist Party.

The Mass Line approach that led to the creation of agricultural cooperatives in 1950s China had its roots in __________.

Mao Zedong's hostility toward elitism

Mao's Great Leap Forward, which was introduced in 1958, proposed to revitalize China's economy by __________.

developing small-scale projects in peasant communes to further industrialization

The Tayson Rebellion that took place in Southern Vietnam during the late 1770s led to __________ in Southeast Asia.

a greater French political presence

__________ dominated the Communist Party of Vietnam from the late 1920s and led the resistance against French and U.S. dominance of this region until his death in 1969.

Ho Chi Minh

South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem was an unpopular leader in his homeland because of his __________.

strong ties to the United States and to Roman Catholicismstrong ties to the United States and to Roman Catholicism

The 1963 Japanese law that stated, "[They] shall be loved and respected as those who have for many years contributed toward the development of society, and wholesome and peaceful life shall be guaranteed to them" called for the Japanese public to pay special obligations to __________.

the elderly

The Korean War was a conflict between __________ ideologies.

communist and democratic

Nationalist rule under Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan during the early postwar era can be described as __________.

authoritarian

Japan's foreign policy advanced its economic performance during the postwar era because of its __________.

minimal military expenses due to U.S. protection

The People's Action Party in __________ suppressed opposition movements and imposed a high degree of unusual discipline on its citizens.

Singapore

One important role played by the former British colony of Hong Kong is to __________.

serve as a link between the communist regime in mainland China and the rest of the world

How has South Korea reacted to North Korea's recent emergence as a nuclear power?

South Korea has wavered in its foreign policies toward North Korea as it has sometimes opposed North Korea and, at other times, has had a more open relationship with this nation.

Economic observers have suggested that the United States can improve its own economic power by imitating Pacific Rim strategies that have __________.

established more partnerships between government and private industry

After Mao Zedong and the Communist Party gained power in China, their first priority was to __________.

redistribute lands to the peasantry

"Backyard" furnaces were associated with China's __________.

Great Leap Forward

Unlike Mao Zedong's wife, Jiang Qing, Madame Chiang Kai-shek supported __________ for Chinese women.

a return to traditional domestic roles

The Gang of Four during the later years of Mao Zedong's rule was concerned about __________.

internal challenges to an elderly Mao from the pragmatists in the Communist Party

By the 1890s, the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam __________.

was a puppet government under French control

The Viet Cong differed from the Viet Minh in that they __________.

were based in South Vietnam

By 1968, the United States had committed nearly __________ military personnel to the conflict in Vietnam.

500000.0

__________ was one area in the Pacific Rim that was granted independence by the United States shortly after the end of World War II.

The Philippines

How did Japan differ from other nations after the adoption of its new constitution at the end of World War II?

Japan became the only major nation in the world where military forces with "war potential" were abolished, which led to limited military strength.

What can be said of party rule in Japan during the postwar era?

The Liberal Democratic Party monopolized Japan's government into the 1990s.

Kim Il-sung and Syngman Rhee were the __________, respectively.

leaders of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea

What was meant when Korea was described as continuing a dual pattern of development after the Korean War ended in 1953?

North Korea changed little and remained isolated under Kim Il-sung's communist rule, while South Korea began to make gains in its economy.

Japan succeeded in maintaining a stable government during the postwar era due to the __________ tone of its political system.

conservative

During the postwar era, Japanese intellectuals such as writer and dramatist Hiraoka Kimitake created works to __________.

protest cultural change in their homeland

Which statement traces South Korea's political history since the end of the Korean War in 1953?

After several decades of military and conservative rule, South Korea turned to liberal democratic policies that promoted competition for government leadership.

Even though South Korea quickly joined the ranks of newly industrialized nations during the late twentieth century, it has also experienced high rates of migration to other parts of the world due to __________.

a high population density

Taiwan's government began to concentrate more on increasing economic gains during the late twentieth century as it began to lose interest in __________.

pursuing military action against the communist regime in mainland China

Taiwan and Singapore were similar in that both nations had __________ during the postwar era.

founding leaders who ruled for decades

Besides rapid growth rates and expanding exports, the Pacific Rim states also share __________.

a belief in group loyalties over excessive individualism or protest

Japan began to develop a permanent balance-of-payments superiority over the United States during the 1970s and 1980s by __________.

exporting more goods to the United States than it imported from them

During the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s, Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek __________.

was more concerned with defeating Mao Zedong's communist forces than with driving out the Japanese

Although successes against the Japanese invasion were critical in the communist drive to victory over the Nationalists, the communists' __________ gained the support of most of the peasantry, students and intellectuals, and government bureaucrats in their successful bid against Chiang Kai-shek and his followers.

social and economic reform programs

Mao's announcement that he wanted to "let a hundred flowers bloom" resulted in the __________.

harsh repression of many intellectuals who were critical of communist rule

By 2000, China's population had __________.

exceeded 1 billion people

Because of their contributions to the victory of the revolutionary cause, Mao Zedong described __________ as people who "hold up half of the heavens."

women

Mao's Cultural Revolution was launched during the 1960s to __________.

restore his dominance over pragmatists in the Communist Party

In the 1920s, the defeat of the Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDD) in its attempt to rid Vietnam of French colonial rule meant that __________.

the bourgeois nationalists were never again the dominant force in the Vietnamese struggle for independence

One factor of success shared by the Viet Minh and Mao Zedong's Communist Party that led to their control of their homelands' governments was __________.

using guerrilla warfare against their enemies

The Viet Minh's success in capturing the fortress at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 signaled __________.

an end to the French occupation of Vietnam

Cold War interests similarly affected Korea and Vietnam because both areas __________.

were arbitrarily divided into northern and southern zones

The failure of the United States to defeat communism in Vietnam was due partially to __________.

the presence of U.S. troops, which made it possible for the communists to convince most of the population that another imperialist aggressor threatened their independence

In the decades immediately following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, communist efforts to rebuild Vietnamese society made little headway due to __________.

isolation from the international community