| A | B |
| emanating | emerge, flow |
| sovereignty | supreme power or authority |
| intellectuals | a person possessing a highly developed intellect |
| development | growth |
| oppression | putting down |
| industrial | manufacturing and machines |
| communism | government ownership |
| protester | someone who is fighting against something |
| words | speak them and they have meaning |
| economic | having to do with money |
| Mao Zedong | the first communist leader in China. He cam to power in 1954 |
| The Great Leap Forward | His plan to try to fix the economy |
| Deng Xiaoping | He fixed a lot of the problems that Mao created and saved the country. |
| hukou system in china | Registering in the city or county where you were born |