Exam 30: Toward the Pacific Century

Are there any aspects of post-1950 Japanese politics that reflect the continuation of pre-1940, even Meiji, influences and policies? If so, what are they and are they positive or negative in nature? How did the Allied occupation after World War 2 change Japan's political and economic institutions, and what remained unchanged?

Identify the following terms. -"an orgy of blood"

The country that suffered a domestic holocaust at the hands of the Khmer Rouge is

In the formation of the two regions of Pakistan in 1947, the Western Punjab region is made up of marshy deltas from the Ganges. ​

Identify the following terms. -"tea hair"

Identify the following terms. -Sri Lanka and the Elam Tigers

Identify the following terms. -Kenzaburo Oe and the Nobel Prize for Literature

Discuss Pakistani development after independence. What have been the most influential events and trends there? Are the trends likely to continue? What has been the impact of 9/11 on Pakistan?

Identify the following terms. -Philippines independence, July 1946

India seized most of Kashmir in 1948 because of its largely Hindu population.

How successful have the quasi-Socialist programs been in India during Nehru's era and with his successors? What tangible results have been seen, versus what complications or failures? ​

Identify the following terms. -Republic of China (Taiwan)

Why are Australia, New Zealand, and Hawa2 considered "western" despite their marginality to Asia?​

Which of the following statements best characterizes the nature of India today?

Identify the following terms. -Japan's Liberal Democrats and Socialists

The first leaders of the People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea, respectively, were

Identify the following terms. -Hong Kong and Guangdong province

Identify the following terms. -the Pacific Century?

During the 1980s and 1990s, there was a great deal of talk that the achievements of Japan and the "little tigers" indicated that the world was about to enter a new historical phase, that of the

In 1971, East Pakistan became the new independent nation of