End of the Cold War Flashcards

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The first communist leader of China

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Mao Zedong

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2
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The leader of Chinese Nationalists who received support from the United States

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Jiang Jieshi

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3
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A major “uprising” aimed at purifying communist China of people who engaged in or encouraged “useless or dangerous” behavior

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Cultural Revolution

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4
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Chinese nationalist party that succeeded in overthrowing the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty

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Kuomintang

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5
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Briefly became president of a new Republic of China, who hoped to establish a government based on the “3 principles of the people.”

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Sun Yixian

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A national protest in China in 1919, in which people demonstrated against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign influence

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May 4th Movement

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A 6,000 mile journey made by Chinese communists fleeing Jiang Jeishi’s nationalist forces

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Long March

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A series of 5 year plans to boost the industrial & agricultural output of China

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Great Leap Forward

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He was a moderate Soviet leader who, made many popular social and economic reforms

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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A soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information

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Glasnost

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A restructuring of the Soviet economy to permit more local decision making and limited private ownership

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Perestroika

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He was the Russian Federation’s first directly elected president

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Boris Yeltsin

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13
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A loose association of former Soviet republics that was formed after the breakup of the Soviet Union

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CIS

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An economic program implemented in Russia involving a shift from a command economy to a free market economy

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“Shock Therapy”

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15
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Under the leadership of Lech Walesa, this labor union, force the Polish government to reform its economic policies

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Solidarity

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16
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A term which is used to describe events in Germany, in 1990 that led to the merging of the communist east with the
democratic west

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Reunification

17
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Although a lifelong communist, this Chinese leader supported moderate economic policies, including using some elements of capitalism

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Deng Xiaoping

18
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A set of goals adopted by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping , that involved progress in agriculture, industry, defense and science and technology

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Four Modernizations

19
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A huge public space in Beijing, China; in 1989, it was the site of a student protest for democratic reforms

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Tiananmen Square

20
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A thriving business center and British colony, that was returned to China in 1997

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Hong Kong