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Japan/Koreas/Vietnam
Japan/N&SKorea/Vietnam Unit Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archipelago | A group of islands |
| Autocracy | North Korea's system of government |
| Capital goods | Machinery, equipment, technology, factories |
| Ceremonial | The emperor of Japan's power is now mainly ___ following WWII |
| Cold War | Time of tension between the US and the Soviet Union following WWII |
| Command | North Korea's economic system |
| Communism | Ideal that the Soviet Union held; its allies could introduce it to other countries like Korea and Vietnam |
| Constitutional monarchy | Japan's government is a __ __ meaning the emperor's power is limited by laws |
| Containment | The idea of ___ states that the US will aid any democratic country being threatened by communism |
| Diet | The legislative branch of the Japanese government that chooses the Prime Minister |
| DMZ | Demilitarized zone between North and South Korea |
| Domino theory | The idea that if one country falls to communism, then others will follow |
| Education | Japan values ___ as a way to improve its human capital resources |
| Embargo | Ban on trade for political reasons, like the US has with North Korea |
| Export | A good or service produced in the home country and sold to another country |
| France | Vietnam was once a colony of ___ |
| GDP | The amount of money a country earns from items it produces |
| General MacArthur | US General that was responsible for overseeing US support in Japan after WWII |
| Hiroshima | The first of 2 Japanese cities to be bombed by the US with an atomic bomb |
| Nagasaki | The second of 2 Japanese cities to be bombed by the US with an atomic bomb |
| Ho Chi Minh | Communist leader of North Vietnam; nationalist who led Vietnam to independence from France |
| Import | When trading, bringing in resources from other areas; the Japanese ___ much of their food |
| Investment | Japan's economy is successful because of the government's ___ in capital goods |
| Kami | The Shinto belief that all things have a spirit, like the typhoon that blew back Mongol invaders is considered a "divine wind" or kamikaze |
| Military | After WWII, Japan was prevented from rebuilding its ___ and could never declare war on another country |
| Nationalism | A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country |
| Natural resources | Raw materials supplied by nature that come from the earth, the water, or the air and are used to produce goods |
| North Korea | Of the 2 Koreas, it is a communist dictatorship |
| Pearl Harbor | US naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by the Japanese in 1941; this attack brought the US actively into WWII |
| Peninsula | A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides, like where North and South Korea are located |
| Prime Minister | Japan's Diet (legislature) chooses this leader |
| Ring of Fire | A geographic zone that extends along the rim of the Pacific Ocean and has numerous volcanoes and earthquakes |
| Samurai | Class of warriors in early Japan |
| Seafood | Because Japan is mainly mountainous and has little farmland, much of the Japanese diet consists of ___ |
| Shinto | Religion that originated in Japan that includes the belief that all things in nature have a spirit |
| South Korea | Of the 2 Koreas, it is a democratic country with a mixed-market economy |
| Specialization | Goods and services are produced in better quality, quantity, and speed when people focus on producing a few things instead of making everything they want by themselves (like Japan's auto or tech industries) |
| Starvation | Because North Korea has poorly organized farming, many people have faced ___ |
| Subsidy | A government payment that supports a business or market |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
| Technology and automobile | 2 industries in Japan that are successful and create many items for export |
| Tokyo | The world's most densely populated city |
| Unitary | Type of government where power is held by the central government, like in Japan |
| Viet Cong | Communist guerrillas fighting in the Vietnam War |
| Vietnam | Country that reunited its North and South after US troops withdrew in 1975 |
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MrsRidley
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