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| an economic structure or government that promotes the establishment of a classless society based on common ownership of products and property |
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| communist leader of a nationalist movement in Vietnam and first president of North Vietnam |
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| a group that had Vietnamese independence as its goal |
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| conference held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1954 to end French control of Indochina (Vietnam) This conference marked the beginning of US involvement in Vietnam. |
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| a term meaning if one country fell to communism, all the others nearby would fall as well |
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| leader of a Chinese revolutionary group which forced the last emperor to give up power in 1912 and formed the first Republic of China |
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| Chinese leader, founder of the Chinese Communist Party, and first head of state of the People's Republic of China |
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| a 6000-mile journey taken by Mao Zedong and his followers to avoid capture by the Chinese government |
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| People's Republic of China |
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| The official name for mainland China, which has a communist government |
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| a name given to the Chinese communist army |
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| a large plaza in central Beijing, China which was the site in 1989 of major student demonstrations suppressed by the government |
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| Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) |
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| Chinese military leader who led the Nationalists against Communist forces and was driven from the mainland in 1949 to Taiwan, where he served as first president of the Republic of China |
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| Chinese Nationalists (Kuomindang) |
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| followers of Chiang Kai-shek who opposed Communist forces in China |
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| republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the southeast coast of mainland China; also called Nationalist China |
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| a United States policy using military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to slow the spread of Communism, enhance America's security and influence abroad, and prevent a "domino effect" |
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| Korean soldier and communist politician who fought against Japan (1932-1945) and led North Korea from 1948 to 1994 |
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| an area in which it is forbidden to station military forces or maintain military installations |
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| a movement in China led by Mao Zedong in 1965-1966 to eliminate ideas and people who opposed the government; it was characterized by military rule, terrorism, restructuring of the educational system, purges of intellectuals, and social and economic chaos. |
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| Mao Zedong’s plan in 1958 to modernize China’s economy |
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| a Communist party leader who guided China on a course of pragmatic economic reforms during the 1970s |
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