Chapter 22 ID's Flashcards

ID's From AP World History Spodek 3rd Edition.

383439034	Chiang Kai-shek	General and leader of Nationalist China after 1925. Although he succeeded Sun Yat-sen as head of the Guomindang, he became a military dictator whose major goal was to crush the communist movement led by Mao Zedong. (p. 788)	0
383439035	Mao Zedong	Communist that stressed the peasant farmers, community organization and indigenous institutions.	1
383439036	"Great Leap Forward"	Administered by powerful, distant government officials who attempt to restructure the entire empire's economy according to communist ideology; led to economic catastrophe including millions of deaths by starvations.	2
383439037	Cultural Revolution	Purpose was to purge the party of time-serving bureaucrats and to reignite revolutionary fervor.	3
383439038	Dalai Lama	Guy in Tibet that fled to India to seek refuge after the Chinese invasion of 1950.	4
383439039	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	A 20th century statesman, politician, and lawyer who is known for being the founder of Pakistan.	5
383439040	Jawaharlal Nehru	An Indian lawyer, politician, and statesman who became the 1st Prime Minister of Independent India and became known for his "Neutral" policies in foreign affairs.	6
383439041	Satyagraha	Particular philosophy and practice within broader overall category known as nonviolent resistance or civil resistance	7
383439042	Ahimsa	Kindness and non-violence towards all living things including animals; it respects living being as a unity, the belief that all living things are important.	8
383439043	Swadeshi	Part of Indian independence movement, was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British empire from and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of Swadeshi, which had some success.	9
383439044	Sikh	Disciple of Guru originated in the 15th century in the Punjub region of South Asia.	10
383439045	Indira Gandhi	Indian politician who served as the 3rd Prime minister of India for 3 consecutive terms and the 4th term. First women to become Prime Minister of India.	11
383439046	Sati	Ancient Indian tradition of the immolation of a widow on her husband's funeral pyve, now illegal.	12