unit 8

Question 1

Proxy War

Answer 1

a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly; happened often during the Cold War including the Korean War, Angolan Civil War, and the Sandinista-Contras conflict in Nicaragua

Question 2

Mao Zedong

Answer 2

(1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew the Nationalists. Established China as the People’s Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976; led the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution to bring economic and cultural change to Communist China

Question 3

Great Leap Forward

Answer 3

economic and social plan used in China from 1958 to 1961 which aimed to use China’s vast population to rapidly transform the country from an agrarian economy into a modern industrial society; resulted in famine and the deaths of more than 45 million people

Question 4

Cultural Revolution

Answer 4

(1966-1976) Political policy in started in China by Mao Zedong to eliminate his rivals and train a new generation in the revolutionary spirit that created communist China; an attack on traditional Chinese cultural values. The Cultural Revolution resulted in beatings, terror, mass jailing, and the deaths of thousands.