| A | B |
|---|
| Jiang Jieshi (Chinag Kai-shek) | Nationalist Chinese Leader: pro-democracy. His party was forced from China to Taiwan |
| Long March | 6,000 mile "escape" for Communism from the Nationalist Party. Over 70% of Communist died. |
| Mao Zedong | Communist Leader in mid 1900s. Reforms included Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution; |
| Great Leap Forward | China's attempt under Mao to modernize agiculture and industrial; communes, collectization, and "backyard" furnaces |
| Cultural Revolution | Mao's revolution. Keyed on young Chinese population, Red Guard, to follow his "Red Book". Mao creates "chaos" to gain control |
| Deng Xiaoping | Ruler of China after Mao, capitalistic ruler, "no-democracy", modernizes China |
| Tiananmen Square Massacre | student protest (Demostration), in 1989, as students wanted more human rights, democracy. Deng squashed this by calling in the military and killing 400 |
| Red Guard | Mao's youth followers during his "Cultural Revolution" |
| Cultural Revolution | Revolution by Mao in China to reclaim his power in China |
| Sun Yat Sen | overthrew the Qing Dynasty |
| Kuomintang | Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang) government, which did littel for the peasants (more democratic; Nationalists) |
| Communes | groups of people who lived and worked together |
| Sanctions | often economic penalties |
| Indifferent | "don't care", not taking action |
| Proliferation | tons, lots |
| Exploited | take advantage of |
