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Test 3 Flashcards

1
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how did costa rica change their government

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they got the military out of power

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2
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what happened to Argentina

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was once rich country that made poor decision after another

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3
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who is peron from argentina

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he was a ruler between world wars for argentina

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4
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what was the problem with peronism

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  1. highly clientelistic
  2. followed fascist ideology from hitler
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5
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who is the current president of argentina

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javier milei

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6
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what is one reason africa is poor

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they hold very tight ethnic groups so the physical borders do not mean much

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7
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why has indonesia grown more than nigeria

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they put more importance on nationalism (one group)

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8
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what is the capital of kenya

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nairobi

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9
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what is the capital of sweeden

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stockholm

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10
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what is the currency of sweeden

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krona

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11
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how did sweeden act in the 19th century

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  1. built up infant industries to create cartels (like germany)
  2. allowed people to unionize (created very socialist democratic party)
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12
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what is the definition of corporations

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collective action groups that pool resources together

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13
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how did the first world war affect sweeden

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good, they were able to stimulate using exports

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14
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how did inter war time affect sweeden

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  1. decided to deficit spend on infrastructure
  2. left and right agreed to create welfare state while keeping oligopolies (salts-juban agreement)
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15
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what are main points of the rehn-meiger model

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  1. move up industries to higher level ones (lumber to tech)
  2. keep wages low to increase profits which would allow more productive industries to win
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16
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what is a problem with the rehn-meiger model

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it left people in the slower industries behind or unemployed

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17
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what was the problem with sweeden in the 60s

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younger people were free riders on the welfare state causing it to become very expensive

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18
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how did sweeden make their industries competitive internationally

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invested in human capital to create a comparative advantage

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19
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things to know about meji japan business makeup

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  1. very large corporations (modeled after germany)
  2. oligarchs ruled not the emperor
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20
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what group is the majority in china

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Han chinese

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21
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who is the current leader of china

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xi jingping

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22
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what is the political and economic makeup of china currently

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politically communist but economically capitalism

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23
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what century is called the “century of humiliation” for china

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19th

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24
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why is it called the century of humiliation

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china lost…
1. hongkong to britain
2. taiwan to japan

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25
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who was the chinese civil war fought between

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ccp vs kmt

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26
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who was the leader of the ccp

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Mao zedong

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27
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who was the leader of the kmt

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chaing

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28
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after the kmt lost where did they go

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taiwan

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29
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what were the 2 big events started by Mao

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  1. cultrual revolution
  2. great leap forward
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30
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what was the great leap forward

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a developmental approach for economic change

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31
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what were the results of the great leap forward

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  1. 30 million people died
  2. famine
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32
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what was the reason for the cultural revolution

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to purge the country of anti-china values (no capitalism)

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33
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what was the result of the cultural revolution

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3 million people died

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34
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what is china currency

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yuan

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35
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who lead modernization and changes in china during the 70s

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deng

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36
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how did the meji era of japan change the economy

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there was massive industrialization and became a developmental state

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37
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what type of industries did Japan model theirs after

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german cartels

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38
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what were the japan cartels called before ww2

A

ziabatsu

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39
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what were the japan cartels called after ww2

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kieretsu

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40
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what caused japanese democracy to become unstable in the early 20th century

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military coups

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41
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post ww2 what happened to the ziabatsu

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they were forced apart by americans and top executives were forced into retirement

42
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what other economic ideas did americans introduce

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  1. wanted new land reform for middle class
  2. allowed labor unions to form and negotiate
43
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why were the keiretsu created

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to stop the spread of communism, they had to call back many executives from the ziabatsu

44
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what did the keiretsu promise

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lifetime employment

45
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what type of system did japan have in place for policy making

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unitary system

46
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why was there deflation caused in the japanese economy

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underconsumption due to saving and living simplistic lifestyles

47
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how did abe die

A

assassinated

48
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what are things classical liberals like

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  1. low taxation
  2. low spending on social programs
49
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what is the currency of russia

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ruble

50
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what was the name of the social democratic party in russia

A

Mensheviks

51
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what was the name of the communist party in russia ww1

A

Bolsheviks

52
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who was the leader of the bolsheviks

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lenin

53
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what was one of the things the bolsheviks wanted

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collectivism– giving land from large landowners to small

54
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what did the bolsheviks do with the industries in USSR

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nationalize all of them

55
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what is the new economic policy in russia

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  1. privatized some sectors but kept all heavy ones nationalized
  2. created a different tax structure based on percentage instead of forcing
56
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what did stalin do with the new economic policy after lenin died

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he went away from it (state owned everything)

57
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who came to power after stalin in 1953

A

Nikita Khrushchev

58
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what were the russian elites called

A

nomenklatura

59
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what were the main points of shock therapy given to russia after 1991

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  1. tried to privatize in 500 days
  2. created a voucher system of everyone owning a share of companies
60
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what was the problem with the voucher system in russia

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a regular person did not know what to do with them so they quickly congregated into the hands of the nomenklatura

61
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what did the nomenklatura become after buying up all the vouchers

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oligarchs

62
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who was the leader before putin

A

yeltzin

63
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who was the leader before yeltzin and in between Khrushchev

A

Gorbachev

64
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what did putin do when he came into power

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break up and build up different oligarchs

65
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where is the european union capital

A

brussels

66
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where is the EU central bank

A

frankfurt germany

67
Q

what is the arab spring

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uprising in the middle east due to a vendor being abused, lead to the government falling in tunisia

68
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what happened in lybia post arab spring

A

US helped overthrow Ghaddafi

69
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why did the arab spring have trouble causing more democratic institutions to be put into place

A

the anti-government movement was based on tribal lines making it hard for everyone to come together

70
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what type of political leaders does the middle class strive for

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western democratic leaders

71
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what type of political leaders do poor people strive for

A

populist candidates

72
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what is political islam

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political ideologies that have risen up based on islam that are authoritarian ideologies

73
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what is the capital of turkey

A

ankara

74
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what is the currency of turkey

A

lira

75
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where was the muslim brotherhood created

A

eygpt in the 1920s

76
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what was the difference between ron inglehart and william easterly thinking

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Ron: richer the country the more they care about non-materialistic things
William: the more they care about materialistic things

77
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what did mathlus propose would happen

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the more people means less food for people, the longer living societies will eventually collapse

78
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when was the chinese civil war

A

1949

79
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why does globalization hurt the middle class

A

outsourcing labor costs causes people to make less money in the country

80
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what type of culture does china have

A

merit based

81
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where would industrialization take place during the great leap forward

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in the back of farms (called collectivized farming)

82
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what happened to the products made during the great leap forward in china

A

they were poor quality

83
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what did the soviets do during the great leap forward

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took all the blueprints and left because they did not like it

84
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who replaces mao

A

deng

85
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what did deng to do change china

A

introduced state capitalism and imported from other countries

86
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what is a special economic zone (SEZ) in china

A

smaller areas where shock therapy could be tested and used to allow foreign countries to invest

87
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why were people protesting in Tiananmen square in 1989

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they wanted more democratization and representation

88
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what was the outcome of tiananmen swuare

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deng brought 200k army and hundreds were killed

89
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what are the 2 things political decay come from

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  1. cognitive (fail to realize the change and adapt)
  2. political actors/elites (insiders to new system can game it)
90
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what is ISI

A

import substitution industrialization

91
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what does ISI do

A

helps protect domestic industries to allow them to grow until they can compete globally

92
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what type of law does iran use

A

shira law

93
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who is reza shah

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the leader of iran during the world wars

94
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who did reza shah agree with

A

hitler

95
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who was the 1979 iranian revolution fought between

A

shah (backed by US and britain) vs Khomeini

96
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who won the iranian revolution

A

khomeini

97
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what is south koreas cartel called

A

chaebol

98
Q

what is the korean currency

A

won

99
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what was the problem economically with korea in the 90s

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the chaebols were too big to fail but they still allowed them to fail (daewoo)

100
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after ISI what did korea change to

A

export lead growth

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