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Unit 7 Vocabulary
Vocabulary for Unit 7: History of South and East Asia
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International Studies
7th Grade
01/06/2010

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Communism
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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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Ho Chi Minh
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communist leader of a nationalist movement in Vietnam and first president of North Vietnam
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Vietminh League
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a group that had Vietnamese independence as its goal
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Geneva Conference
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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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Domino Theory
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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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Sun Yat-sen (Yixien)
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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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Mao Zedong
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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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Long March
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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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Red Army
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a name given to the Chinese communist army
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Tiananmen Square
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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 of 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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Containment Policy
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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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Kim Il Sung
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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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Demilitarized Zone
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an area in which it is forbidden to station military forces or maintain military installations
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Cultural Revolution
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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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Great Leap Forward
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Mao Zedong’s plan in 1958 to modernize China’s economy
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Deng Xiaoping
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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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