End of the Cold War Flashcards
The first communist leader of China
Mao Zedong
The leader of Chinese Nationalists who received support from the United States
Jiang Jieshi
A major “uprising” aimed at purifying communist China of people who engaged in or encouraged “useless or dangerous” behavior
Cultural Revolution
Chinese nationalist party that succeeded in overthrowing the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty
Kuomintang
Briefly became president of a new Republic of China, who hoped to establish a government based on the “3 principles of the people.”
Sun Yixian
A national protest in China in 1919, in which people demonstrated against the Treaty of Versailles and foreign influence
May 4th Movement
A 6,000 mile journey made by Chinese communists fleeing Jiang Jeishi’s nationalist forces
Long March
A series of 5 year plans to boost the industrial & agricultural output of China
Great Leap Forward
He was a moderate Soviet leader who, made many popular social and economic reforms
Mikhail Gorbachev
A soviet policy of openness to the free flow of ideas and information
Glasnost
A restructuring of the Soviet economy to permit more local decision making and limited private ownership
Perestroika
He was the Russian Federation’s first directly elected president
Boris Yeltsin
A loose association of former Soviet republics that was formed after the breakup of the Soviet Union
CIS
An economic program implemented in Russia involving a shift from a command economy to a free market economy
“Shock Therapy”
Under the leadership of Lech Walesa, this labor union, force the Polish government to reform its economic policies
Solidarity
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
Reunification
Although a lifelong communist, this Chinese leader supported moderate economic policies, including using some elements of capitalism
Deng Xiaoping
A set of goals adopted by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping , that involved progress in agriculture, industry, defense and science and technology
Four Modernizations
A huge public space in Beijing, China; in 1989, it was the site of a student protest for democratic reforms
Tiananmen Square
A thriving business center and British colony, that was returned to China in 1997
Hong Kong
