Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore Have Evolved from the Sweatshop

question 61

Multiple Choice

Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore have evolved from the sweatshop economies of the 1960s and 1970s to

• A) the strongest exporting countries in the world.
• B) the industrial powers of the 21^st century.
• C) the strongest importing countries in the world.
• D) service-based economies boasting the largest supply of knowledge workers on earth.

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Definitions:

Catholics

Followers of the Roman Catholic Church, the largest Christian church, led by the Pope and characterized by its traditions and beliefs in sacraments and apostolic succession.

Temperance Movement

A social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages, prevalent in the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Transcendentalists

Philosophy of a small group of mid-nineteenth-century New England writers and thinkers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller; they stressed personal and intellectual self-reliance.

Farm Labor

Refers to the workforce involved in the agricultural sector, including both skilled and unskilled workers engaged in farming tasks.