Vocabulary
Japan's landform
What is an archipelago?
language, food, clothing, color of hair, color of skin
what is an Ethnic Group?
In order to gain power and resources, Japan invaded and took over Asian countries in the Pacific; this would be an example of
What is Imperialism?
when one country falls to communism, the neighboring countries are in danger of also falling to communism
what each side of Korea's government was during the Korean War
What is North Korea is communist and South Korea is democratic?
explain a tariff, quota, embargo
religion in Japan, characteristics are kami, do not worship a god, try to honor the kami
What is Shinto?
Was in charge of the occupation of Japan. Bonded and became good friends with Hirohito. Was involved in Japan and Korea. Wanted to do too much in the Korean War, and ignored his commands and was fired.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
Policy to provide political, military, and economic aid to countries that were threated by communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
types of economies Japan, North Korea, and South Korea have
Mixed leaning toward market.
North Korea is leaning towards command.
Policy to provide political, military, and economic aid to countries that were threated by communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
explain how entrepreneurs help a countries economy
bring variety of goods, jobs, providing goods and services to a country
President Truman did this to end war quickly, save US lives, avoid invading mainland Japan
What is bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima with atomic bombs?
how the Korean War ended
What is in an armistice and ceasefire (armistice), and there was never a peace treaty signed. DMZ at the 38th Parallel.
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country where the head of government is the Prime Minister and there is an emperor, but his power is limited because this country has a constitutional monarchy/parliamentary democracy
What is Japan?
three policies of containment
Truman Doctrine, NATO, Marshall Plan
All to stop the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine=help countries threatened by communism by giving aid to them
Marshall Plan=help European countries rebuild
NATO=alliance to protect eachother
Why did the US occupy Japan? (4 goals)
create a democracy (democratization), rebuilt the economy, take away the army (demilitarize), make sure they will never be a threat again
what is the DMZ and why was it formed
Demilitarized Zone, after the Korean War, at the border of North and South Korea used as a neutral zone.
high literacy rate, high standard of living, high GDP
low literacy rate, low standard of living, low GDP
difference between presidential and parliamentary democracies
What is a presidential democracy is where the citizens have the power, citizens vote for their leader directly AND a parliamentary democracy is where the citizens elect the legislature and the legislature chooses the leader?
what two presidents were involved in the Vietnam War?
Who is Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) and Richard Nixon?
explain the importance of Truman, Hirohito, MacArthur to Japan
Truman=dropped bombs on Japan
Hirohito=emperor, head of government then became the head of state to be a more ceremonial head because it was important to Japan's culture to keep him
MacArthur=rebuilt Japan into a democracy and demilitarized it
describe who Kim-Il Sung and Kim Jong-Un are
answers may vary...but=dictators of North Korea, family members, communist, first and third rulers of North Korea, their people have limited rights and freedoms, their people have no say in the government or economy
describe how leaders are chosen AND the government type in North Korea, South Korea, and Japan
NK=autocracy, no citizen participation. heredity
SK= democracy, people vote
Japan= parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, people vote for the legislature and choose prime minister, emperor is heredity