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Sexton chapter 21
Bellevue West chapter 21
Question | Answer |
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Zaibatsu | Large business organization that dominate the Japanese economy |
Gross Domestic Product | The total value of goods and services produced by a nation in a given year |
Collectivization | The pooling of peasant land and labor in order to increase efficiency |
Commune | Community in which property is held in common, living quarters are shared, and physical needs are provided for in exchange for work at assigned jobs |
Joint Venture | Business organized by two parties, with profits shared by both participants |
Special Enterprise Zones | Area in China where foreigners can own and operate industries |
Asian Tigers | Nickname given to countries of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Sinapore, and South Korea who quickly and successfuully industrialized after World War II |
Domino Theory | Belief that a communist victory in South Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments across southeast Asia to fall to communism |
Embargo | The blockage of trade between one country and another |
Khmer Rouge | Ruling communist party of Cambodia that sluaghtered millions of Cambodians while controlling the country during the 1970's |