chapter 29 vocabulary quiz for may 11th, 2009 .... I THINK
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| 25378953 | Ba Jin | one of the most important and widely-read Chinese writers of the 20th century | 0 | |
| 25378954 | Bertrand Russell | founder of analytic philosophy, published principia mathematica, an attempt to ground mathematics into logic. | 1 | |
| 25378955 | collectivization | Creation of large, state-run farms rather than individual holdings; allowed more efficient control over peasants; part of Stalin's economic and political planning; often adopted in other Communist regimes | 2 | |
| 25378956 | Comitern | International office of communism under USSR dominance established to encourage the formation of Communist parties in Europe and elsewhere | 3 | |
| 25378957 | Communist Party | Originally a wing of nationalist movement; became primary nationalist party after decline of VNQDD in 1929; led in late 1920s by Nguyen Ai Quoc, alias Ho Chi Minh | 4 | |
| 25378958 | Corridos | narrative song and poetry form, a ballad, of the mestizo Mexican cultural area | 5 | |
| 25378959 | descamisados | Term meaning "the shirtless ones," popularized by Juan and Evita Perón to refer to the working-class masses and dispossessed. | 6 | |
| 25378960 | Eva Duarte | Also known as Evita Perón; first wife of Juan Perón; became public spokesperson for Perón among the poor until her death in 1952 | 7 | |
| 25378961 | Francisco Mandero | Moderate democratic reformer in Mexico; proposed moderate reforms in 1910; arrested by Porfirio Díaz; initiated revolution against Díaz when released from prison; temporarily gained power, but removed and assassinated in 1913 | 8 | |
| 25378962 | Guomindang | Chinese Nationalist party founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1919; drew support from local warlords and Chinese criminal underworld; initially forged alliance with Communists in 1924; dominated by Chiang Kai-shek after 1925 | 9 | |
| 25378963 | Henry Ford | assembly | 10 | |
| 25378964 | Indigenism | ethnic nationalism emphasizing the group's indigeneity to their homeland | 11 | |
| 25378965 | John Dewey | United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education, pragmatism | 12 | |
| 25378966 | Long March | Communist escape from Hunan province during civil war with Guomindang in 1934; center of Communist power moved to Shaanxi province; established Mao Zedong as head of the Communist party in China | 13 | |
| 25378967 | Mao Zedong | Communist leader in revolutionary China; advocated rural reform and role of peasantry in Nationalist revolution; influenced by Li Dazhao; led Communist reaction against Guomindang purges in 1920s, culminating in Long March of 1934; seized control of all of mainland China by 1949; initiated Great Leap Forward in 1958 | 14 | |
| 25378968 | Mariano Azuela | fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 | 15 | |
| 25378969 | Mexican Revolution | Fought over ten years from 1910; resulted in ouster of Porfirio Díaz from power; opposition forces led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata | 16 | |
| 25378970 | MVD | Ministry of Internal Affairs in Imperial Russia, later USSR, | 17 | |
| 25378971 | Puyi | Last emperor of China; deposed as emperor while still a small boy in 1912 | 18 | |
| 25378972 | Red Army | Military organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follower of Lenin; made use of people of humble background | 19 | |
| 25378973 | Red Scare | a period of general fear of communists | 20 | |
| 25378974 | Revolutionary Alliance | secret society and underground resistance movement organized by Sun Yat-sen | 21 | |
| 25378975 | Syndicalism | Economic and political system based on the organization of labor; imported in Latin America from European political movements; militant force in Latin American politics | 22 | |
| 25378976 | Twenty-One Demands | An ultimatum presented by Japan to China on May 7th,1915, primarily requiring China to cease its leasing of territory to other foreign powers | 23 | |
| 25378977 | Vladimir Lenin | Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR | 24 |
