AP World: Chapter 35 Flashcards

153402196	Cultural Revolution	Movement initiated in 1965 by Mao Zedong to restore his dominance over pragmatists; used mobs to ridicule Mao's political rivals; campaign was called off in 1968	0
153402197	Dien Bien Phu	Most significant victory of the Viet Minh over French colonial forces in 1954; gave the Viet Minh control of northern Vietnam	1
153402198	Gang of Four	Jian Qing and four political allies who attempted to seize control of Communist government in China from the pragmatists; arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1976 following Mao Zedong's death	2
153402199	Great Leap Forward	Economic policy of Mao Zedong introduced in 1958; proposed industrialization of small-scale projects integrated into peasant communes; led to economic disaster, ended in 1960	3
153402200	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	4
153402201	Ho Chi Minh	Also known as Nguyen Ai Quoc; led Vietnamese communist party in struggle for liberation from French and U.S. dominance and to unify north and south Vietnam	5
153402202	Jiang Qing	Wife of Mao Zedong; one of Gang of Four; oopposed pragmatists and supported Cultural Revolution of 1965; arrested and imprisoned for life in 1976	6
153402203	Long March	Communist escape from Hunan province during civil war with Guomindang in 1934; center of Communist power moved to Shaanxi province; firmly established Mao Zedong as head of the Communist party in China	7
153402204	Mao Zedong	Communist leader in revolutionary China; advocated rural reform and role of peasantry in Nationalist revolution; influenced by Li Dazhao 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	8
153402205	May Fourth movement	Resistance to Japanese encroachments in China began on this date in 1919; spawned movement of intellectuals aimed at transforming China into a liberal democracy; rejected Confucianism	9
153402206	Ngo Dinh Diem	Leader of South Vietnam, 1954-1963; supported by United States, but not by Vietnamese Buddhist majority; assassinated in 1963	10
153402207	People's Liberation Army	Chinese Communist army; administered much of country under People's Republic of China	11
153402208	People's Republic of China	Communist government of mainland China; proclaimed in 1949 following military success of Mao Zedong over forces of Chiang Kai-shek and the Guomindang	12
153402209	Red Guard	Student brigades utilized by Mao Zedong and his political allies during the Cultural Revolution to discredit Mao's political enemies	13
153402210	Sun Yat-sen	Head of Revolutionary Alliance, organization that led 1911 revolt against Qing dynasty in China; briefly elected president in 1911, but yielded in favor of Yuan Shikai in 1912; created Nationalist party of China (Guomindang) in 1919; died in 1925	14
153402211	Tayson Rebellion	Peasant revolution in southern Vietnam during the late 1770s; succeeded in toppling the Nguyen dynasty; subsequently unseated the Trinh dynasty of northern Vietnam	15
153402212	Viet Cong	Name given by Diem regime to communist guerrilla movement in southern Vietnam; reorganized with northern Vietnamese assistance as the National Liberation Front in 1958	16
153402213	Viet Minh	Communist-dominated Vietnamese nationalist movement; operated out of base in southern China during World War II; employed guerrilla tactics similar to the Maoists in China	17
153402214	Whampoa Military Academy	Founded in 1924; military wing of the Guomindang; first head of the academy was Chiang Kai-shek	18
153402215	Yuan Shikai	Warlord in northern China after fall of Qing dynaty; hoped to seize imperial throne; president of China after 1912; resigned in the face of Japanese invasion in 1916	19