| A | B |
|---|
| isolationism | remaining separate from other countries and their influence |
| opium | addictive narcotic drug that comes from the unripe poppy seeds |
| Sun Yat Sen | father of the first republic of China. Leader of the Nationalist party |
| democracy | government by the people |
| warlords | strongmen who kept their power through violence |
| Nationalist | political party in China that wanted democracy |
| Chiang Kai-Shek | leader of nationalist party after Sun Yat Sen died |
| peasants | small farmers or laborer of the land |
| Communism | a system of common ownership |
| revolution | a dramatic change |
| guerilla | a member of a revolutionary movement, usually among the peasant population |
| Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung) | led the long struggle that made China a Communist nation |
| Open Door Policy | opening a country to trade with other (foreign) countries. |
| Qing Dynasty | last dynasty of China. United with the Boxers to rid China of foreigners |
| Boxers | a set of rebels who wanted to overthrow the Qing dynasty and rid China of foreigners. Slogan: “Overthrow the Qing and destroy the foreigners.” |
| landlord | a person who rents their property for a fee |
| feudalism | a system of land ownership and fees paid to use or live on another’s land |
| capitalism | an economic system based on the free market |
| dissident | one who calls for freedom |
| Radical | extreme |
| Free enterprise | economic system where people are allowed to choose their own jobs, start private businesses, and make a profit |
| Great Leap Forward | a radical policy started by Mao that rushed to increase production on farms and in factories |
| Taiwan | an island 1000 miles off China’s coast where the Nationalist fled after being defeated by the Communist |
| Asian Tigers | South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan |
| Red Guard | bands of student radicals |
| Hong Kong | a British Colony for 155 years. China regained control of this colony on July 1, 1997 |
| Richard Nixon | the American president who visited China in 1972 |
| Long March | Communist retreated to Northwestern China. This retreat saved the Communist party in China |
| Feudalism | a system of land ownership and fees paid to use or live on another’s land |
| Dissident | people who call for democratic freedoms |
| Rightest | people who criticized Communism and the way Mao was running China |
