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- 3. After decades of dependence on the United States and Europe for technology and markets, countries in the Asia Pacific region are preparing for the next economic leap driven by trade, ________, and technology.
- 7. APEC has as its common goal to increase economic ________.
- 9. Acronym for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- 10. Starting in 1996, the leading economies of Asia experienced a serious financial ______.
- 12. The Greater China refers to both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC), or _______.
- 13. In 2017 President Trump pulled the United States out of the 12-country Trans-Pacific _______ that included members from around the Pacific Rim.
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- 1. Northeast China was the ______ and technological center of the country in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 2. Before World War II, what city was perhaps the most important center for Asia Pacific trade and finance?
- 4. How many major events account for the vigorous economic growth of the ASEAN countries and their transformation from cheap-labor havens to industrialized nations?
- 5. FedEx plane airlifted what animal from China to the Memphis, Tennessee, zoo for a 10-year visit.
- 6. The steps that the countries took to expand and diversify their industrial base to foster intraregional trade when ASEAN was first created have resulted in the fastest-growing ______ in the region and an increase in trade among members.
- 8. Acronym for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- 9. Acronym for Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- 11. After 155 years of British rule, Hong Kong reverted to China in 1997 when it became a special administrative region.