Honors History of East Asia

 

Economic Transformation Review Guide

 

Be able to answer the following:

  1. Describe the campaigns and reforms in the early years (1949-1961) of the People’s Republic of China.
  2. Describe the Japanese post-war “Economic Miracle.”
  3. Describe the South Korean post-war “Economic Miracle.”
  4. How did Confucian ideals contribute to the East Asian economic miracles? Make reference to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore.

 

Be able to identify the following terms:

  1. Yoshida Shigeru
  2. Article IX
  3. SDF
  4. “A gift from the gods”
  5. Divine Aid
  6. Canon
  7. Nikon
  8. Mitsui
  9. Toyota
  10. Japan Inc.
  11. Sony
  12. Ibuka Masaru
  13. Honda
  14. The Dream
  15. Mazda
  16. Kurosawa Akira
  17. The Seven Samurai
  18. Lifetime employment
  19. Typhoon mentality
  20. Gaman
  21. State-Guided Capitalism
  22. The LDP
  23. Zaibatsu
  24. The 5 Confucian Relationships
  25. 5 Confucian Values
  26. Chaebol
  27. Lucky Goldstar
  28. Samsung
  29. Hyundai
  30. Daewoo
  31. Syngman Rhee
  32. Student demonstrations 1960
  33. Chang Myon
  34. Park Chung-hee
  35. Military Coup 1961
  36. Korea-Japan Basic Treaty (1965)
  37. Normalization with Japan
  38. The Big Push
  39. Pohang
  40. The Vietnam War
  41. KCIA
  42. Yushin
  43. Civil Liberties during the Park years
  44. Assassination attempts on Park
  45. Nationalization of banks
  46. The Republic of China
  47. Chiang Kai-shek
  48.  February 28th Massacre (1947)
  49. Chiang Ching-kuo
  50. Guomindang (GMD)
  51. Kaohsiung Incident
  52. Democratic Progressive Party
  53. Chen Shui-bian
  54. Singapore
  55. Lee Kuan Yew
  56. Multiethnic society
  57. Colonial background of Singapore
  58. Sir Thomas Sanford Raffles
  59. Singaporean legal code
  60. Singaporean population policy
  61. The Lion City
  62. Merlion
  63. Propaganda
  64. October 1, 1949
  65. Mao Zedong
  66. The PLA
  67. Tibet
  68. Dalai Lama
  69. Xinjiang
  70. Taklamakan
  71. Uygur
  72. Han
  73. Propaganda
  74. “Resist America, Aid Korea”
  75. Marriage Law
  76. “Women hold up half the sky”
  77. Land Reform
  78. Struggle Meetings
  79. The CCP
  80. Cadres
  81. 100 Flowers Campaign
  82. The Anti-Rightist Campaign
  83. The Great Leap Forward
  84. “Backyard Furnaces”
  85. Sino-Soviet Relations
  86. Collectivization
  87. Communes
  88. The Disaster of 1959
  89. The Great Famine (1959-1961)
  90. The War Against the Sparrows