Mod W Hist - China, Atomic Bomb, Neo-Colonialism

Orwell stated that the history of "civilisation" is largely a history of...

• progress

• weapons

• war

• religious conflict

What made Orwell's article so important?

• He correctly predicted the coming of WWII

• He correctly predicted that nuclear weapons would bring peace

• He predicted the Cold War

Does Orwell present a positive or negative view of Atomic Weapons?

• He sees them as a good for helping stabilizing the world

• He sees them as tools of oppression.

• He worries about small countries ability to produce them

Orwell stated that what made the success of American and French Revolutions possible

• Democracy

• Great leaders

• Money

• Cheap, easily produced weapons

When was the Cold War?

• 1940s to 1990s

• 1910s to today

• 1920s to 1940s

• 1940s to 1950s

What were the Tiananmen Square Protests about?

• Workers demanding a higher wage

• Students calling for democracy and free speech

• Farmers demanding subsidies for bad crops

Outcome of Korean War

• Strengthened US-Chinese Relations

• Incredibly high casualities

• Resulted in the split of Korea into North/South Korea

• Led to election of Mao

Who was Chiang Kai-Shek?

• 1st leader of China's Communist Party before Mao

• The tank man at Tiananmen Square

• Head of China's Nationalist Government fled to Taiwan

The Great Leap Forward

• Was a peace agreement between North and South Korea

• Led to deadliest man-made famine in W. History

• Name for the 1990s fall of Chinese Communist Party

• U.S. policy toward China in the 1960s

100 Flowers Campaign?

• peaceful protest by Chinese against Soviet intervention

• farmers revolt seeking individual land ownership

• last battle of Chinese Civil War.

• encouraged public criticism of Chinese govt