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| 37144622 | Mao Zedong | The leader of the Long March in the Chinese Civil War (1934), he was chairman, and effectively the most powerful figure, of the People's Republic of China from 1949 until his death. |  |
| 37144623 | Confucianism | The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct. |  |
| 37144624 | Four Modernizations | Deng Xiaoping's plan to change China after the disaster of Cultural Revolution. Improve- agriculture, science/technology, defense and industry |  |
| 37144625 | Hu Jintao | General Sec. of the communist party of china and president |  |
| 37144626 | Wen Jiabo | Current Chinese prime minister |  |
| 37144627 | Tiananmen Square | Site in Beijing where Chinese students and workers gathered to demand greater political openness in 1989. The demonstration was crushed by Chinese military with great loss of life. |  |
| 37144628 | Cultural Revolution | a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard |  |
| 37144629 | Great Leap Forward | China's second five-year plan under the leadership of Mao, it aimed to speen up economic development while simultaneously developing a completely socialitst society. This included the creation of collective farms, which provided no incentives to work. This plan failed and more than 20 million people starved between 1958 and 1960. |  |
| 37144630 | People's Republic of China | when Mao Zedong gained control of the country he called it the Peoples Republic of China. |  |
| 37144631 | Hundred Flower's Campaign | Under this directive in the 1950s, Mao encouraged intellectuals to voice their grievances with the government. |  |
