China Test Flashcards
(72 cards)
What is the capital of Taiwan
Taipei
What is the capital of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
When was the birth of Chinese civilization
3000 BC
Long white river was the birth of Chinese civilization
Huang he river
What was early China’s main concern
How to feed a large population
Define the term sphere of influence
Areas of control
What year did the nationalists seized power in China
1911
Define abdicate
To give up
Who is the first president of China as a republic
Sun Yatsen
Who took over the Nationalist party after sun yay-sen death
Chain Kai-shek
What was the long march
Men were chased by the Communists for 6000 miles
Who took up as the leader of the Communists before World War II
Mao
What event required the communist and nationalist to work together
Invasion by Japan
Who joined the Communists after World War II
Peasants
What year were the nationalists defeated in mainland China
1949
Where did Chaing Kai-shek flee to
Taiwan
On October 1, 1949 mao sets of a communist state called what
The peoples Republic of China
What was a major goal for Mao
Agricultural productivity
Define collective farms
People work together whatever they harvested people would share
Describe the great leap forward
Failed to me Maus goals. New plan with combine collectives into self-sufficient communes
What were the red guard
Army of young radicals
Define the cultural Revolution
Radical idea to establish a new, socialist society
What four things did the cultural Revolution look to destroy
One. Old ideology
two. Old thought
Three. Old habits
Four. Old customs
Why did the cultural Revolution
The con of me was almost completely ruined hundreds of thousands in jail
