Rebirth and Revolution: Nation-Building in East Asia and the Pacific Rim

Chapter 34

Megan Rouse, Rachel Sherman, and Evy Sands Period 1

Vocabulary

1. Liberal Democratic Party2. Korean War3. Mass Line 4. Cultural Revolution5. Gang of Four6. Vietnamese Nationalists 7. Red Guard

Objectives

1. How is Japan’s postwar government characterized?2. What is the chief socio-cultural tension within post-

war Japan? Why is it important?3. What substantially determined Korea’s postwar

development?4. What characterizes contemporary Japan and Taiwan?5. Why did the Vietnamese struggle against the French

colonial rule?6. Why did the French depart from Indochina?