What Happened to the So-Called Asian Tigers in the 1960s

question 40

Multiple Choice

What happened to the so-called Asian tigers in the 1960s and 1970s?

• A)They underwent a period in which their economies turned into mild communism.
• B)The literacy rates of these countries declined in this time period (that is, a smaller percentage of the people could read).
• C)They all became part of the First World.
• D)They became the most technologically advanced countries in the world.
• E)They underwent the process of opening their economies and experienced rapid economic growth.

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