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12. General Sukarno’s corrupt, authoritarian government was aligned with which Cold War power?
A. The United States
B. The People’s Republic of China
C. The Soviet Union
D. India

13. The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, was forced from power as a result of
A. U.S. intervention.
B. war with Vietnam.
C. the rise of Democratic Kampuchea.
D. a U.N. organized election.

14. During the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong shut down China’s schools and encouraged militant high school and college students known as Red Guards to
A. take land from the landlords and distribute it to the peasants.
B. criticize intellectuals and traditional values.
C. torture and kill people they believed to be politically corrupt.
D. occupy Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

15. China’s Great Leap Forward resulted in
A. better relations with the Soviet Union.
B. the creation of an extensive transportation network in the country.
C. an increase in both imports and exports as the economy improved.
D. sharp drops in agricultural production and widespread famine.

16. The Cultural Revolution in China led to
A. a flowering of art, architecture and literature.
B. the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.
C. a Communist revolution.
D. the overthrow of Mao Zedong.

17. Which U.S. president ended decades of hostility toward China?
A. John F. Kennedy
B. Richard Nixon
C. Jimmy Carter
D. Ronald Reagan

18. The Four Modernizations, instituted by Deng Xiaoping after Mao’s death, were in the fields of
A. education, national defense, agriculture and finance.
B. art, literature, theatre and dance.
C. national defense, industry, science and technology, and agriculture.
D. banking and finance, business, universities, and art.

19. After World War II, Mao Zedong fulfilled a promise he made to China’s peasants by
A. implementing the first five-year-plan.
B. making improvements in literacy rates and public health.
C. initiating the Cultural Revolution.
D. redistributing the property of rural landowners among the peasants.

20. Which of the following most helped Japan’s economic recovery after World War II?
A. The outbreak of the Korean War
B. Raising the minimum wage
C. The growth of a service economy
D. The criminalization of labor unions

21. Industrial growth in Japan after World War II was fueled by
A. The military dictatorship’s control over the economy.
B. U.S. support and and good labor relations.
C. Strong protective tariffs.
D. Soviet and Chinese aid.

22. What helped Japan’s economy to expand and grow after the Korean War?
A. An improved standard of living for Japanese workers
B. A strong work ethic and good relations between management and labor
C. More women began attending high school and college
D. The new constitution

23. The growth of economies in Asia after World War II, especially the Asian Tigers, was caused by
A. an emphasis on foreign trade and the production of consumer goods.
B. an economy devoted to heavy industry and the military.
C. large amounts of economic aid from the United States.
D. an emphasis on domestic trade and the production of electronics.

24. The economies of countries in Asia suffered in the late 1990s when a financial panic spread through the region. This was due to
A. the Asian Tigers providing ample education and training to their citizens.
B. a lack of government regulation that allowed Asian Tiger banks to borrow from foreign companies invested heavily in the region.
C. a lack of access to the major shipping routes of the Pacific Ocean.
D. low-cost products that the Asian Tigers could not sell in the United States.

25. What helped to rebuild Japan’s economy after World War II?
A. Emperor Hirohito’s strong leadership
B. Massive defense spending
C. U.S. economic aid and Japan’s location as a supply source during the Korean War
D. Abolishing light industries

Yvonne