Ch. 29B Vocab. Flashcards

153299020	Mao Zedong	Leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1927-1976). He led the Communists on the Long March (1934-1935) and rebuilt the Communist Party and Red Army during the Japanese occupation of China (1937-1945). -first communist leader -brought in communism -wanted to get rid of four olds -estalished red guard (red brigade) -had the red book -started great leap forward -started cultural revolution (got rid of Red Guards) -established People's Republic of China -got rid of binding feet	0
153299021	Long March	The 6,000-mile (9,600-kilometer) flight of Chinese Communists from southeastern to northwestern China. The Communists, led by Mao Zedong, were pursued by the Chinese army under orders from Chiang Kai-shek. (789)	1
153299022	Sino-Japanese War	(1894-95) War fought between China and Japan. After Korea was opened to Japanese trade in 1876, it rapidly became an arena for rivalry between the expanding Japanese state and neighbouring China	2
153299023	Stalingrad	City in Russia, site of a Red Army victory over the Germany army in 1942-1943. The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point in the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. Today Volgograd	3
153299024	Pearl Harbor	United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.	4
153299025	Battle of Midway	U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.	5
153299026	Hiroshima/Nagasaki	United states dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Mass bombing of ciies and civilians, one of the terrible new practices of WWII had ended in the final nightmare- unprecedented human destruction in a single blinding flash. Japanese announced their surrender	6
153299027	Manhattan Project	Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb. Much of the early research was done in New York City by refugee physicists in the United States.	7
153299028	Peoples Republic of China	commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia Mao Zedong beat Jiang Jiesh and gained control of the country he called it the Peoples Republic of China.a socialist republic ruled by the Communist Party of China under a single-party system	8
153299029	Holocaust	A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.	9