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Fisher Global Era 3F
Global Era 3 F: East Asia (China, Japan, Korea)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chiang Kai-Shek | Follower of Sun Yat Sen, becomes leader of China after last dynasty |
| Guomindang | Nationalist Party, political party led by Chiang Kai-Shek |
| Long March | Mao Zedong and followers flee from Guomindang |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader of China after defeat of Chiang Kai-Shek with support of peasants |
| Great Leap Forward | Mao Zedong creates commune farms, millions die of famine |
| Communes | Large farms; crops stored instead of distributed; produced non-edible food crops |
| Red Book | Mao's book of quotes, citizens required to read it |
| Cultural Revolution | Mao's movement to reinforce his authority by ordering killing of approx. 1-2 million opponents |
| Red Guard | Student military group ordered by Mao to kill opponents during Cultural Revolution |
| Deng Xiaoping | Communist leader of China after death of Mao |
| Four Modernizations | Deng's reforms of agriculture, industry, and defense, technology |
| Tiananmen Square | Massacre of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators |
| One Child Policy | Limit on births per family, violent enforcement |
| Japan after WWII | Weakened by war,emperor renounced divinity, democratic government begins |
| Korean War | Civil war between communist North and democratic South |
| DMZ | 38th parallel line dividing North and South Korea |
| South Korea today | Democracy, strong economy, trade partner with US |
| North Korea today | Communist government, poor economy, has nuclear weapons |