| A | B |
|---|
| Kuomintang | Nationalist Party |
| Treaty of Versailles | Did not give back China's territories belonging to Germany |
| May Fourth Movement | A National protest in China in 1919, in which people demonstrated against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign interference. |
| Mao Zedong | One of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party. Revolutionary leader.Supported by Soviets. Led rural revolution |
| Jiang Jieshi | Also known as Chiang Kai-shek. Second leader of the Kuomintang. Fought the Communists. First president of the Nationalist Republic of China. |
| Long March | 6,000 mile journey made in 1934-35 by Chinese Communists fleeing Jiang Jieshi's Nationalist forces |
| Chinese Communists | Led by Mao Zedong |
| Chinese Nationalists | Led by Jiang Jieshi |
| Revolutionary Alliance | Forerunner of the Kuomintang. Overthrew the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. |
| Communist Forces | Communist base in the hills of south-central China |
| Red Army | Name of the Communist army under Mao Zedong |
| Caves of Shaanxi | Endpoint of the Long March |
| Manchuria | Chinese province invaded by the Japanese in 1931 |
| Civil War of 1930 | War between the Chinese Nationalists and the Chinese Communists |
| Tiananmen Square | Gate of Heavenly Peace - in Beijing - site of many political activities. |
| Sun Yixian | First leader of the Kuomintang. President of the new Republic of China. |
| loose sand | People without a nationalist spirit according to Sun Yixian |
| Nationalism or end to foreign control, people's rights or democracy, people's livlihood or economic security | Three principle of the people for a modern government according to Sun Yixian |
| 1916 | Civil war in China after Sun |
| Shangahi Massacre | Killing of Communist leaders and trade union members in city streets by Nationalists. |
