World History, Ideologies, and Global Conflicts Flashcards

Vocabulary practice flashcards generated from lecture notes covering key historical terms, political ideologies, Chinese communist history, and world war concepts.

Nationalization

Process where a government takes control over a privately owned business or industry and turns it into public property.

Mao Zedong's Revolutionary Strategy

Strategy that relied on a people's war by mobilizing China's massive rural peasantry to surround and capture the cities, using guerrilla tactics summarized by a 4-line slogan.

Peasantry (Chinese Communist Revolution)

The main force of the Chinese Communist Revolution under Mao Zedong, consisting of farmers and rural workers.

Socialism

Economic system where means of production like factories, land, and resources are owned collectively by the public or state rather than individuals.

Socialist Economy (Features)

An economy where the state or community owns and controls the means of production, distribution, and exchange to maximize social welfare rather than private profit.

Women's Status under Chinese Socialism

Status under which women gained legal, political, and economic rights on paper.

Jiang Jieshi

Chinese political and military leader who led the Nationalist Party and governed Mainland China from 1928-1949.

Mao Zedong

Chinese communist and revolutionary leader who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Peasant Revolution

An uprising where poor farmers and rural workers rebel against a ruling class to fight unfair taxes, harsh treatment, and loss of land.

Guerrilla Warfare

Style of fighting where small groups of ordinary people or irregular soldiers use surprise methods to battle a better military.

The Long March

Big military retreat by the Chinese Communist Party and its Red Army to escape the advancing Nationalists.

Edgar Snow

American journalist and author best known for introducing the Chinese communists into the Western world.

Collectivization

Taking private property like individual farms or businesses and joining them into large shared groups owned or controlled by government or community.

Communism

Political and economic ideology that aims to create a classless, stateless society where the public owns production.

Communist Revolution

A revolution where property, tools, and factories are owned by the public instead of individuals.

Russian Revolution

Political and social change in Russia starting in 1917 in which Russia abolished its monarchy.

Joeseph Stalin

Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid 1920's.

Chinese Communist Party

Founding and sole ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.

The 3 People's Party

American political party in the late 19th century that represented struggling farmers and working class people.

Nationalist Party

Political organization that focuses its platform and appeals on promoting the cultural, economic, or political interests of a specific nation or ethnic group.

Causes of WWII

Triggered by Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on 9/1/1939.

WWII Opposing Coalitions

The Allied Powers and the Axis Powers.

Causes of WWI

Summarized as MAIN: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.

WWI Opposing Coalitions

The Allied Powers and the Central Powers.

WWI Fronts

The Western Front, Eastern Front, and Italian Front.

Outcomes of WWI

The fall of 4 major empires, redrawing of world maps, and social and technological changes.

Treaty of Versailles

Peace agreement that forced Germany to accept blame for WWI, pay big financial reparations, give up territory, reduce its military, and agree to the creation of the League of Nations.

Fascism

Ideology advocated by Hitler and Benito Mussolini believing the nation comes before individual interest, emphasizing a strong military, opposing communism/socialism, and using propaganda to promote loyalty to the leader of the state.