Chp. 21 (Asia & Africa After WWII) Part 2 Vocab

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After WWII, this event happened. It resulted in China becoming communist.

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The Chinese Civil War

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This was the name given to the people that fought for communism in China and for Mao Zedong.

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The Red Army

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This is the name of the Nationalists Party that fought against communism in the Civil War in China.

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Guomindang

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This man was the leader of the Nationalists Party and led the Chinese Republic for quite sometime. The Civil War led to a loss for him. He and his supporters fled to Taiwan when they lost.

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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After Mao Zedong and his communist supporters won the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-Shek and his supporters fled to this island. There Chiang Kai-Shek claimed that the REAL Chinese government was on this island, not in mainland China.

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Taiwan

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This is the first communist leader of China. He killed more people than anyone else in world history.

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Mao Zedong

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This was the book that all Chinese people had to memorize and be able to recite during the era of Mao Zedong's rule.

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The Little Red Book

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This was an initiative by Mao Zedong to economically change China into a communist state. It demanded people leave the cities and go to the countryside. It involved in collectivization. It was a MASSIVE failure. MILLIONS of people died from famine, disease, etc.

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The Great Leap Forward

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This sound nice. It is not. It is a time period during Mao Zedong's rule, where he demanded that anything "old" in China must be destroyed. This included people, artifacts, architecture, etc. It led to destruction, chaos, and widespread killings across China.

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Chinese Cultural Revolution

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This was the name for the groups of young Chinese supporters of Mao that helped promote the ideas of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

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The Red Guard