AP World History Ch. 34 Exam Review, Graded A+. Verified.

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AP World History Ch. 34 Exam Review, Graded A+. Verified. Singapore - ✔✔-Part of the British colony of Malaya with a mostly Chinese population; after World War II emerged as a flourishing, in... dependent city-state. Douglas MacArthur - ✔✔-American commander during the war against Japan; headed American occupation government of Japan after the war; commanded United Nations forces during the Korean War. Liberal Democratic Party - ✔✔-Conservative political party that monopolized Japanese governments from 1955 into the 1990s. 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. Democratic People's Republic of Korea - ✔✔-Northern half of Korea dominated by U.S.S.R. after Word War II; formed a Communist dictatorship under Kim Il-Song; attacked South Korea to begin the Korean War. 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. Taiwan - ✔✔-Island off the Chinese mainland that became the refuge for Chiang Kai-shek's Guomindang regime; maintained independence with United States' support; rapidly industrialized after the 1950s. Hong Kong - ✔✔-British colony in China; became a major commercial and industrial center; returned to China in 1997. Hyundai - ✔✔-Major Korean industrial giant; typical of firms producing Korea's economic miracle. Lee Kuan Yew - ✔✔-Authoritarian ruler of Singapore for three decades from 1959; presided over major economic development. Mass Line - ✔✔-Economic policy of Mao Zedong inaugurated in 1955; led to formation of agricultural cooperatives that then became farming collectives in 1956; peasants lost land gained a few years earlier. Great Leap Forward - ✔✔-Economic policy of Mao Zedong introduced in 1958; proposed small-scale industrialization projects integrated into peasant communities; led to economic disaster and ended in 1960. Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Liu Shaoqui - ✔✔-Pragmatists who, along with Zhou Enlai, opposed the Great Leap Forward; wanted to restore state direction and market incentives at the local level. Jiang Qing - ✔✔-Wife of Mao Zedong; one of the Gang of Four; opposed pragmatists and supported the Cultural Revolution; arrested and imprisoned for life in 1976. Cultural Revolution - ✔✔-Initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 to restore his dominance over the pragmatists; disgraced and even killed bureaucrats and intellectuals; called off in 1968. Red Guard - ✔✔-Student brigades active during the Cultural Revolution in supporting Mao Zedong's policies. Gang of Four - ✔✔-Jiang Qing and her allies who opposed the pragmatists after the death of Mao Zedong; arrested and sentenced to life in prison. Tayson Rebellion - ✔✔-Peasant revolution in southern Vietnam during the 1770s; toppled the Nguyen and the Trinh dynasties. Minh Mang - ✔✔-Second ruler of united Vietnam (1802-1841); emphasized Confucianism and persecuted Catholics. Vietnamese Nationalist Party (VNQDD) - ✔✔-Middle-class revolutionary organization during the 1920s; committed to violent overthrow of French colonialism; crushed by the French. Communist Party of Vietnam - ✔✔-The primary nationalist party after the defeat of the VNQDD in 1929; led from 1920s by Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh - ✔✔-Shifted to a revolution based on the peasantry in the 1930s; presided over the defeat of France in 1954 and the unsuccessful United States intervention in Vietnam. Viet Minh - ✔✔-Communist Vietnamese movement; fought the Japanese during Word War II and the French afterwards. Vo Nguyen Giap - ✔✔-Military commander of the Viet Minh and the victor at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Ngo Dinh Diem - ✔✔-Became president of South Vietnam with United States' support in the 1950s; overthrown by the military, with U.S. approval. Viet Cong - ✔✔-The Communist guerrilla movement in southern Vietnam during the Vietnamese war. Pacific Rim Region - ✔✔-including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; typified by rapid growth rates, expanding exports, and industrialization; either Chinese or strongly influenced by Confucian values; considerable reliance on government plan [Show More]

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