China Vocabulary
The Vocab on the sheet, basically the same as Mr. Hyde's, just mine is better (and I have a couple more important words)!
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- one child policy
- created in 1980 to prevent over-population
- martial law
- when the army runs a city (ex. Tiananmen Square)
- Cultural Revolution
- Started by Mao Zedong, created to get rid of the 4 olds (ideology, habit, thought, custom), created Red Guard and Red Brigade, citizens were sent to 're-education' camps, lasted from 1966-1976
- Red Book
- Book written by Mao Zedong, respected like a bible
- Gorvachov
- leader of the U.S.S.R at the time of Tiananmen Square
- warlord
- a military leader
- Goddess of Democracy
- the students' in Tiananmen Square's own version of the Statue of Liberty, a symbol for the protesters
- agrarian
- a farming society
- Red Guard
- Sent by Mao Zedong to kill and terrorize anyone who followed the 4 olds
- theocrat
- one who rules a nation and religion
- abdicate
- to give up power
- light industry
- consumer goods; bicycles, clothing, appliences
- Red Brigade
- Students sent by Mao Zedong to work in the fields for 8-10 years
- Gorbachev
- leader of the U.S.S.R at the time of Tiananmen Square
- Long March North
- 6,000 mile long march north led by the Communists trying to flee Chiang Kai-shek's order to kill all who favored Communism when the Communists and Nationalists were fighting over who would have control over China; 92% of the Communists on the march died
- Great Leap Forward
- Started by Mao Zedong, combined collective farms into People's Communes, failed because there was no incentive to work harder, ended after 2 years
- 4 olds
- the 4 things Mao Zedong wanted to rid of during the Cultural Revolution: Old Ideology, Old Habits, Old Thoughts, and Old Customs
- spheres of influence
- areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly (ex. Europe and U.S. in China)