Key Terms
The work people do for which they are paid
What is labor
Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution policy's aim was
What is to create a new society
The most important part of Japan's economy today
What is the service industries
Service industries provide _________________
What are the most jobs in Japan today?
a holy place
What is a shrine?
Money given to assist private companies by a government.
What is a subsidy
Where did the Chinese Nationalists establish the Republic of China
What is Taiwan?
Three things which affect Japan's labor force
What are its aging population, its low birthrate, and its limited immigration?
Many Chinese artists, professors, and doctors were imprisoned during ____________________
What is the Cultural Revolution?
an economic system in which business are privately owned
What is capitalism?
Some Japanese companies began to lay off employees to overcome the shrinking economy, or the ________.
What is recession
Taiwan is where Chinese Nationalists established
What is the Republic of China
The main reason Japan became a prosperous industrial nation was its ability to
What is improve existing products
The "Great Leap Forward" was meant to _____________________
What is increase the production on farms nd in factories?
a person who develops original ideas in order to start new businesses
What is an entrepreneur?
Groups of students who carried out Mao Zedong's policies during the Cultural Revolution
What is the Red Gaurds
This radical program intended to increase output from farms and factories in China was known as the ________________.
What is "Great Leap Forward"
Japan helped its economy grow by
What is improving existing products?
What remained the same after Poland's change to a Communist government
What are language and religion?
Environmental pollution and a high unemployment rate
What are major challenges Poland still faces?
Under this economic system, people can choose their own jobs, start private businesses and make a profit.
What is free enterprise
Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations have helped China's economy by
What are increased China's gross domestic product and has made Chins a major economic power?
low birthrate
What is the reason Japan doesn't have a growing labor force?
The communist government ruling Poland, force school children to learn Russian
What is because it was the main language of Russia?
Long-term investment that will create more jobs
What is membership in the EU might bring these changes to Poland?