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Mao Vocabulary
glossary terms from Wicked History Mao Biography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliance | An agreement to join forces and work together |
| Anarchy | A situation with no order and no one in control |
| Annihilation | Complete destruction |
| Bolsheviks | Russian Marxists who established the communist soviet union after the Russian tsar was over thrown in 1917 |
| Commune | In china during the great leap forward, a huge farm that was made up of smaller cooperatives; thousands of people lived together there, sharing all the land , possessions, and responsibilities |
| Communism | A system in which the government owns all land and property and controls the economic and political lives of the citizens |
| Communist | A person supporting the communist party of china, the soviet union , or another communist country |
| Cooperative | In china during the early 1950s a system in which villagers joined together to share land and equipment the food they produced was given to the cooperative though some people were allowed to keep private plots to raise their own food |
| Confiscation | The seizure of some ones property or possessions |
| Counter-revolutionary | A person who wanted to undo the changes brought up by the revolution |
| Constitution | A document that states a system of laws in a country the rights of the people and the powers of the government |
| Danwei | During Mao’s regime a work unit to which a person bound for life danwei leaders were given strict controls over the lives of their members |
| Democratic | A system of government in which the people hold the power either directly or by voting to elect representatives |
| Devastating | Highly destructive or damaging |
| Dissenter | A person who disagrees with an idea or opinion |
| exploitation | The misuse of someone or something for selfish purposes |
| famine | A serious and widespread lack of food |
| fraud | An act of deception intended to result in personal or financial gain |
| guerrilla | Describing small groups of fighters who launch surprise attacks against an official army |
| humiliation | Deep shame or embarrassment |
| illiterate | Not able to read or right |
| imperial | Having to do with an emperor or empire |
| nationalist | In china a member of the political party that overthrew the Qing dynasty with the goal of creating a modern republic |
| Opium | An addictive drug made from the juice of the opium poppy |
| Propaganda | Biased information that is spread to influence the way people think |
| Province | A district or region of some countries |
| Purge | The removal or elimination of members of a group who are perceived to be disloyal |
| Queue | A long braid that Chinese men wore to signify their loyalty to the Qing dynasty |
| Quota | A goal, set in numbers, that a person or group is ordered to achieve |
| Ration | A fixed amount of something, such as food, that each person is given |
| Republic | Form of government in which people elect representatives to run the country |
| Revolutionary | A person who supports the overthrow of his or her government |
| Warlord | In china in the early 1900s, a person who led his own army and had control over a particular region |
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