history vocab 6/6/25

Deng xiaoping

Took over as leader of china in 1978

Centrally planned/command economy

A command economy is when the government controls the production and distribution of goods and services.

Four modernizations

This program stressed the need for major improvements in agriculture, industry military ,science.

Tiananmen Square protest and massacre

Chinese people demanded democratic reform and the restoration of social safety nets

Democratic reforms

Changes that make a government more fair and representative.

Social safety nets

Government programs that protect people from poverty.

Tibet

China controls the Buddhist region of Tibet

Over population

China as 1.3 billion people the government of china used to only follow each family to have one child

Mao Zedong

Chinese communist revolutionary and founder of the People's Republic of China.

Little red book

Filled with Maos teachings and quotes

Great Leap Forward

maos program to modernize the industrial and agricultural production of china

Cultural revolution

This was a period in China, where Mao tried to commit China to communism by eliminating all the opposition that within China

Five year plan

Five-Year Plans are government-led economic plans, usually for five-year periods, to achieve specific goals.

Collectivization

Collectivization is when private land or businesses are taken over by the government.