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Chapter 34 GSPRITE

*Special Note- Test has been moved to Monday, April 30th.

Geography

What happened to Korea during the Cold War Era?

Social

Reforms introduced to Japan during occupation?

In what ways was Vietnam similar to other 3^rd World Nations?

Political

Douglas MacArthur

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan- Problems?

Kim IL-Sung  and Syngman Rhee

What type of leadership guided South Korea during the 1960’s-1980’s?

What leader established the autocratic government of Taiwan?

What did the U.S. do in regards to Taiwan in 1978?

How does Mao lose his power as state chairman?

“The Gang of Four”

Vietminh

Dien Bien Phu

Intellectual/ Technology

Differences between Chinese Communism and Russian Communism?

The Great Leap Forward

Cultural Revolution

One Child Policy of China

Economy

Factors of economic success in post-war Japan?

Japan and South Korea have become economic powerhouses in Pacific Rim

Hyundai- What country does it help out?

Chapter 34 GSPRITE Notes

GSPRITE Chapter 33

Geography

Why so much ethnic conflict in Africa?

Social

“Population Bomb”

Factors that contribute to high birth rate

Political

Military regimes common across Africa

Ghana- Kwame Nkrumah-What happened to his programs?  What did he do about criticism?

Uganda-Idi Amin

Egypt- Gamal Abdul Nasser

Anwar Sadat (Egypt)- Ended war with Israel

Jawaharlal Nehru- First elected leader of free India

Iran-Ayatollah Khomeini

Iran has war with Iraq in early 1980’s

South Africa- dominated by Nationalist Party until 1994

Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk

Intellectual/ Technology

Aswan Dam project- Modernize Egypt

India is most successful at preserving civil rights

Iranian Revolution is fundamentalist regime (like the Taliban or Mahdi)

What are“homelands” (South Africa)

Economy

Some countries have started to export oil to boost economy

Chapter 33 Notes

Chapter 32 GSPRITE Notes

Social           

Guatemalan reforms of Jose Arevelo

Castro’s reforms for Cuba

Military Officers in Latin American (how do they see themselves)

Latin American population- since 1950 it has doubled

Problems faced by Latin America

Political

Political institutions remain unchanged (dictatorships)

CIA in Guatemala

Fidel Castro

26^th of July Movement

Ernesto Che Guevara

New Cuban Government-Type of Gov’t?  Received support from who?

Tactics used by military governments in Latin America

Invasion of Panama

Religious

Dominate religion is Roman Catholic

Intellectual/ Technology

1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd World

Where can we find communism today?

“Banana Republics”

“Good Neighbor Policy”

Containment of Communism-How does it affect Latin America?

Economy

United Fruit Company

Percentage of imports Cuba received from U.S. before embargo=3/4

Chapter 32 Class Notes

C+C 2004 (Written in class on 4/17)

Compare and Contrast how the First World War and its outcomes affected Two of the following regions in the period from the war through the 1930’s

-East Asia

-Middle East

-South Asia (Indian Subcontinent)

Chapter 31 Notes

GSPRITE Chapter 31

Geography

-Countries of the Eastern Block

-Division of German territory

-Countries that had communist governments separate from Soviet Union- Albania, Greece and Yugoslavia

Political

-Colonies that breakaway from European control (Egypt, Vietnam and India)

-Solidarity

-Nikita Khrushchev- How did he change Soviet government after Stalin?

-Mikhail Gorbachev

-NATO-Why was it established?  What did it do?

Economic

-Marshall Plan

-Western European countries received aid to fight communism

-Military spending was #1 in US during Cold War

-Welfare state-What services were being offered?

-Technocrat

-European Economic Community (EU)

-European economy post WWII?- All time high,  low unemployment