China: History & Government
This Communist leader came to power after the Chinese Civil War.
Mao Zedong
Japan rebuilt its economy after WWII with major help from this country.
USA / United States
This guarded strip of land separates North and South Korea.
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
This term measures the total value of goods and services produced within a country.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
specific line of latitude was the original boundary established between North and South Korea at the end of WWII before the Korean War began.
38th Parallel
Mao created this program to quickly expand farming and industry, but it caused a massive famine.
Great Leap Forward
This Japanese business system involves companies working together for shared success.
Keiretsu
About 80% of North Korea’s trade is with this country.
China
This system allows private individuals to make most business decisions with little government involvement.
free enterprise
These traditional Japanese warriors followed a strict code
Samurai
This youth group helped Mao remove his political enemies.
Red Guards
Japan is experiencing a labor shortage because of these two major factors.
aging population and strict immigration policies
South Korea and Japan thrives in major industries despite having this one major disadvantage.
limited natural resources
This ideology aims to create a classless society with shared property.
communism
The world’s longest man-made structure stretches across northern parts of this country.
The great wall of China
After losing the civil war, the Nationalists fled to this island.
Tawian
Government financial support given to businesses is called this
subsidy
This type of economy, used by North Korea, is controlled entirely by the government.
command economy
This statistic shows the average economic output per person in a country.
GDP per capita
This 1989 event in Beijing, led largely by students seeking political reform, resulted in a violent military crackdown that remains a highly sensitive and censored topic in China today.
Tiananmen Square Protests
Deng Xiaoping strengthened China’s economy by allowing these two things for foreign investment.
private businesses / special economic zones
Japan’s success is largely tied to this type of economic system based on private ownership, competition, and free markets.
capitalism
During Mao Zedong regin what were the 3 perfect situations that led to a serve famine
Farming declined workers in factory, poor weather, crops destroyed= serve famine
Where is Japan placed on the worlds econmics charts
4 largest
This island nation’s capital is Tokyo, and it’s famous for Mount Fuji.
Japan